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Liberty North Invitational - Varsity
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The 21st Annual Liberty Classic Invitational Zac McGee Kim Lenger Kelsey Bowers Mick Turpin Director of Debate Director of Forensics Director of Debate Director of Forensics Liberty North High School Liberty High School 1000 NE 104th St. ~ Liberty, MO 64068 200 Blue Jay Drive ~ Liberty, MO 64068 Phone 816-736-5500 ext 2237 Phone 816-616-6761 Email zachary.mcgee@lps53.org Email kelsey.bowers@lps53.org Email kimberly.lenger@lps53.org Email mick.turpin@lp53.org
Dear Speech and Debate Coach and Squad,
The Liberty High School and Liberty North High School Chapters of the National Forensics League cordially invite you to our 21st annual Liberty Classic Invitational to be held January 16 & 17, 2026. Our tournament will provide varsity and novice competition in the following Individual Events: Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Domestic Extemp, Foreign Extemp, Student Congress, Duo Interp, Dramatic Interp, Humorous Interp, Oral Interp (novice only), Program of Oral Interp (varsity only), Storytelling. Debate competition will be in: Champ CX, Reg CX, Novice CX, Champ LD, Reg LD, Novice LD, Champ PF, Reg PF and Novice PF and Comic Book Interp at BOTH tournaments. Please read inside for all the information. Students may enter two individual events and debate. At the varsity tournament, we will be awarding the Alexis Elliott Outstanding Competitor award to honor the memory of Alex. The Varsity will also offer NIETOC bids in the following events as entry numbers allow: HI, DI, DUO, OO, INFO, POI, U.S. Extemp, and Foreign Extemp. All information concerning NIETOC can be found at www.NIETOC.com. COACHES ATTENTION: THE NOVICE TOURNAMENT WILL BE AT LIBERTY HS AND THE VARSITY TOURNAMENT WILL BE AT LIBERTY NORTH HS. Each school must be accompanied by a coach or qualified sponsor who may need to meet judging assignments. In addition, each school entering Novice Debate may need to provide judges (may be an advanced student with more than 1 year of experience and 150+ NSDA points). Our entry deadline is Wednesday January 7, 2026 at 4pm. We cannot accept late entries this year, because of the size of the tournament and limited space. Entry fees are $8.00 per entry. We will guarantee 2 entries in each event and then all other entries will be waitlisted upon entry. Extra entries will be awarded as available and at the discretion of the host school. Extra entries, if desired, should be noted in the entry. Should you have any questions, please call Zac McGee at Liberty North (816-736-5500 ext. 2237) cell (816-510-1485) or Kelsey Bowers at Liberty High School (816-736-5340 ext. 2604) cell (816-719-0809). We hope you can help us celebrate our 21st year!!!
Please submit your team’s entries on SpeechWire: “Liberty North Invitational - Varsity” or “Liberty Classic Invitational - Novice”
Sincerely,
Kate Fisher, Eliza Starr , Orian Middleton, Adnan Rathore Liberty High School Chairs Liberty North High School Chairs
General Rules: 1. A student may enter two individual events and debate. Debaters may not enter multiple debate styles and extempers may not enter both Foreign and U.S. divisions. 2. Coaches may be used as judges. Schools entering novice debate may need to provide judges (or a varsity to judge). 3. A Novice shall be defined as a student in his/her first year of any competition. Any concerns related to this rule should be brought to the attention of the tournament host. 4. Trophies will be awarded to the top 6 places in Individual Events, the top 8 in Debate, & top 3 Overall Teams. 5. No refunds for cancellations will be made after January 14, 2026. 6. There is a campus regulation against smoking. Failure to comply with this regulation will result in the contestant being eliminated from competition. 7. No playing of guitars or other musical instruments. No music without the use of headphones. 8. Laptops may be used following MSHSAA and NSDA guidelines. 9. Alexis Elliott Outstanding Competitor Award- (varsity tournament only) Coaches must submit the name and codes of one student they think will be up for the award. The points they accumulated for sweepstakes will be added up for all of their events and the winner will receive a traveling trophy. Coaches must submit the name before the quarter-finals of debate has started. Ties will be broken by the NSDA Points accumulated at this tournament, then total NSDA points of the student. 10. Please note: there is NOT a combined awards ceremony.
Individual Events Rules: 1. US and Foreign Extemp: Topics will be current events on national and international issues. Time limit will be 7 minutes. 2. Original Oratory: The speech must be written by the student. It must be memorized. Time limit is 10 minutes. Not more than 150 words may be direct quotation. 3. Humorous and Dramatic Interp: Selections must be memorized and possess literary merit. Time limit is 10 minutes. 4. Duo Interp: Must be memorized. Selections may be from any appropriate novel, play, or short story. An introduction must be provided. Time limit-10 minutes. Students must have offstage focus. (May not be from recorded material.) 5. Oral Interpretation: Must be performed using performance binder. Selections may not be from plays. Prose interp may only include 50% dialogue. Students may use poetry or prose selections for all rounds. Time limit- 8 minutes. 6. Congress: Sessions will be determined by: Ranks, reciprocals, total points. Finalists will be determined by Semi ranks, judges preference, reciprocals, prelim ranks, prelim reciprocals, prelim points. We will use the December NSDA legislation. Tournament Docket. Rules. This is attached to the speechwire website page. An appendix of expectations for this event will be sent with docket the week of the tournament. Congressional sessions should adjourn after approximately 75 minutes of competition. Motions to abolish questioning or break the docket will not be entertained or accepted. Chambers found to be entertaining such motions will face consequences from the tournament director(s). 7. Comic Book Interp: Selections must be from a form of graphic literature (ex comic book or graphic novel). Children’s story books are not considered graphic literature. It must be memorized and movement is limited. There is no use of props or chairs. Time limit is 5 minutes. This event will not count towards sweepstakes. 8. Program Oral Interp: A program of Prose, Poetry and Drama, up to ten minutes in length using at least two out of the three genres. No props or costumes may be used except for the manuscript. 9. Informative: Students deliver a memorized, self-written, ten-minute speech on a topic of their choosing. All topics must be informative in nature. Visual aids are permitted. 10. Improv Duet Acting: Two students will draw, 5 minutes prior to performance. The performance must be improvised and properly introduced. No props may be used. Students will draw a character, object, and location and will develop their improvisation around those three elements. Time Limit: Five Minutes. Judges may stop students who go over the time limit and will be encouraged to do so.
Cross-Examination Debate: 1. The resolution for debate will be the NSDA national topic. Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic. 2. Novice will be defined as any student in his/her first year of any competition. 3. Time limits will be 8-3-5 with 8 minutes prep time. 4. All teams must remain constant in personnel throughout the tournament. 5. A team more than 10 minutes late to a round shall forfeit, unless it is the fault of the tournament. 6. Since debate is oral communication, evidence shall be presented in an understandable fashion. Judges will be instructed to refrain from reading any evidence after the round unless the truth of the evidence or its misinterpretation has been challenged by the opposing team in that round. 7. In case of a forfeit, the winning team will receive speaker rankings of 1-2 and the opposition record will be averaged. Byes will be tabulated as a win with 1-2 speaker rankings at novice on paper (at Novice– speechwire does not allow for this & byes/forfeits will be recorded as a win with speakers rankings averaged, the opposition record will be averaged. 8. At the end of preliminaries the eight top teams in each division will advance to quarterfinals. Win/loss, speaker rankings, record of opponent lost to, total opposition record, opposition speaker ranks (in that order) will be used to break ties. 9. All teams must consist of two people unless given permission by the tournament director.
Lincoln Douglas Debate: 1. The topic shall be the NSDA January/February topic. 2. Novice is defined as any student in his/her first year of any competition. 3. Rounds will be run at the same time as cross-ex debate, so two L-D rounds will be held during one cross-ex debate. 4. In case of forfeit, the opposition record will be averaged. The opposition record for byes will be averaged. 5. Qualification for quarter-finals will be based on win-loss record; record of opponent lost to; total opposition record; and total opposition to the opposition. 6. Time limits 6-3-7-3-4-6-3 with 4 minutes of prep time.
Public Forum Debate: 1. The topic will be the NSDA January topic. 2. Novice is defined as any student in his/her first year of any competition. 3. Rounds will be run at the same time as cross-ex debate, so two P-F rounds will be held during one cross-ex debate. 4. In case of a forfeit, the winning team will receive speaker rankings of 1-2 and the opposition record will be averaged. Byes will be tabulated as a win with 1-2 speaker rankings (speechwire allowing, otherwise it will be averaged); the opposition record will be averaged. 5. At the end of preliminaries the eight top teams in each division will advance to quarterfinals. Win/loss, speaker rankings, record of opponent lost to, total opposition record, opposition speaker ranks (in that order) will be used to break ties. 6. Time limits 4-4-3-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2 with 3 minutes of prep time.
Sweepstakes Rules: 1. Sweepstakes points in debate will be awarded as follows: Debate win------------------------------5 points Qualifying for quarters-------------------15 points (varsity - 15 points for making top 8) 2. Sweepstakes points in IEs will be awarded as follows: Semifinals-------------------------------5 points Finals-----------------------------------10 points Third place-----------------------------5 points Second Place---------------------------10 points First place------------------------------15 points
Hotel Phone Numbers
In Liberty Outside of Liberty
Sleep Inn & Suites Holiday Inn Northeast 1840 North Church Road 7333 N.E. Parvin Road Liberty, MO 64068 Kansas City, MO 64117816-335-4402 (816)-455-1060
Comfort Suites Candlewood Suites 8200 N. Church Road 4450 North Randolph Rd Kansas City, MO 64158 Kansas City, MO (816)-781-7273 816-886-9311 Days Inn Hampton Inn at WOF 209 N. 291 Highway 4233 N Corrington Ave Liberty, MO 64068 Kansas City, MO (816)-225-3297 816-452-1010
Fairfield Inn Fairfield Inn and Suites at WOF 8101 N. Church Road 4231 N Corrington Ave Kansas City, MO 64158 Kansas City, MO (816)-792-4000 816-452-6212
Holiday Inn Express Best Western Premier 8230 N. Church Road 421 Rte 291 Kansas City, MO 64158 Liberty, MO (816)-781-5555 816-429-8415
Hampton Inn Hotel Days Inn 8551 N. Church Road 7100 NE Parvin Road Kansas City, MO 64158 Kansas City, MO (816)-415-9600 816-453-3355
Super 8 Motel Best Western Country Inn 115 N Stuart Road 2633 NE 43rd St Liberty, MO 64068 Kansas City, MO (816)-781-9400 816-459-7222
Town Place Suites by Marriott Home 2 Suites 130 S Stewart Road 401 N State Rte 291 Liberty, MO 64068 Liberty, MO 816-415-9200 816-429-8646
NOVICE TOURNAMENT TIME SCHEDULE LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL Friday, January 16th, 2026 2:00-3:00-Registration in the Field House Lobby YOUR TEAM WILL BE ESCORTED FROM THE FIELD HOUSE TO THE CAFETERIA/YOUR ASSIGNED AREA BY OUR STAFF. PLEASE KEEP EVERYONE EXCEPT EXTEMPERS IN THE CAFETERIA UNTIL 3:15PM. EXTEMP DRAW WILL BE IN THE PAC AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. 3:00 – Round 1 Extemp Draw 3:30 – Round 1 Individual Events / Congress 4:30 – Round 2 Extemp Draw 5:00 – Round 2 Individual Events / Congress 6:30 – Round 1 Debate 8:00 – Round 2 Debate
Saturday, January 17th, 2026 7:00 – 7:15 am – Registration. 7:30 – Extemp Draw 8:00 – Semifinals of Individual Events / Congress Super Session 1 / CBI Round 1 9:30 – Round 3 Debate 11:00 – Round 4 Debate 12:30 – Extemp Draw 1:00 – Finals of Individual Events / Congress Super Session 2 / CBI Round 2 2:30 – Quarterfinals Debate 3:00/3:15 – Awards at Liberty High PAC 5:00 or ASAP – Semifinals Debate 6:30 or ASAP – Finals Debate
VARSITY TOURNAMENT TIME SCHEDULE LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL Friday, January 16th, 2026 2:00-3:15-Registration in the commons. PLEASE KEEP ALL STUDENTS NOT IN EXTEMP IN THE MEZZANINE OF THE FIELD HOUSE UNTIL 3:15 P.M. EXTEMP DRAW WILL BE IN AUDITORIUM AND THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ESCORTED THERE AT 2:30 3:00 – Round 1 Extemp Draw 3:30 – Round 1 Individual Events / Congress-(75 minutes) 4:30 – Round 2 Extemp Draw 5:00 – Round 2 Individual Events / Congress-(75 minutes) 6:30 – Round 1 Debate 8:00 – Round 2 Debate
Saturday, January 17, 2026 7:00 – 7:15 am – Registration. Call or text Zac with drops (816) 510-1485 7:30 – Extemp Draw 8:00 – Semifinals of Individual Events / Congress Super Session 1*-(75 minutes) +CBI 9:30 – Round 3 Debate 11:00 – Round 4 Debate 12:30 – Extemp Draw 1:00 – Finals of Individual Events / Congress Super Session 2*-(75 minutes)+CBI 2:30 – Quarterfinals of Debate 4:00 or ASAP- Awards 5:00 or ASAP – Semifinals Debate 6:30 or ASAP – Finals Debate
NOVICE TOURNAMENT EVENTS Liberty High School January 16 & 17, 2026 Entry fee: $8.00 per entry
US Extemp Foreign Extemp Original Oratory Informative Speaking Humorous Interp Dramatic Interp Duo Interp Oral Interp (Prose/Poetry) Storytelling Comic Book Interp *(Does not count towards sweepstakes) Congress Cross-Ex Debate Lincoln-Douglas Debate Public Forum Debate
Please submit your team’s entries on SpeechWire: “Liberty Classic Invitational - Novice” DEADLINE: Wednesday, JANUARY 7, 2026 at 4pm Kelsey Bowers kelsey.bowers@lps53.org Liberty High School 200 Blue Jay Dr. Liberty, MO 64068 Phone 816-736-5340 ext 2604
VARSITY TOURNAMENT EVENTS Liberty North High School January 16 & 17, 2026 Entry fee: $8.00 per entry US Extemp Foreign Extemp Original Oratory Humorous Interp Dramatic Interp Duo Interp Congress Program Oral Interp Informative Storytelling Comic Book Interp *(Does not count towards sweepstakes) Champ Cross-Ex Debate Reg Cross-Ex Debate Champ Lincoln-Douglas Debate Reg Lincoln-Douglas Debate Champ Public Forum Debate Reg Public Forum Debate
Please submit your team’s entries on SpeechWire: “Liberty North Invitational”. DEADLINE: Wednesday, JANUARY 7, 2026 Zac McGee at zachary.mcgee@lps53.org Liberty North High School 1000 NE 104TH ST. Liberty, MO 64068 Phone 816-736-5500 ext 2237 Zac McGee Mailing address 1000 Kent St c/o Jennifer Brown SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2025 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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