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We are excited to extend this invitation for your team to attend the 2026 Lincoln Northeast Space Race Speech Tournament.

The competition will be held on Friday, January 30.

We are pleased to announce that we are once again a NIETOC bid tournament. We hope you and your team have the opportunity to attend!

GENERAL INFO:

The tournament will be held in-person. Round/judge assignments will be handled electronically. Ballots will also be electronic. Please make sure your judges have access to a Speechwire account on their electronic device!

The entry deadline for all events will be Wednesday, January 28th at 7 PM. Drops and adds will be accepted through the start of the Tournament.

We will accept up to triple-entries for any student, although students will be responsible for ensuring they make it to all their events in each round.

We will not include speaker points on ballots, and will follow the NSDA’s overtime guidelines (over time cannot be first).

Champs / Honors / Merit / Consi finals and NIETOC bid levels will be determined by entry numbers.

EVENTS OFFERED:

HI / HP, DI / SP, Duo/ Duet, PER / OO, INF, POI, ENT, EXT, OID, IMP, POE

EVENT RULES/NOTES:

- EXT will run a 30 min prep. Internet access is acceptable in accordance with NSDA guidelines.

- INF will run a 10 minute time limit. We ask no penalties for students running 8 minute scripts.

- Duet and Duo will run together with a 12 min time limit.

SCHEDULE:

2:30 Registration

2:45 EXT Draw 1

3:15 Round 1

4:15 EXT Draw 2

4:45 Round 2

5:45 EXT Draw 3

6:15 Round 3

7:30 EXT Finals Draw

8:00 Finals

ASAP Awards

ON ARRIVAL:

Please do your best to arrive no earlier than 2:15 as we will be in class until 2:00. Buses may drop students off at the commons doors (door 35) where students will be required to stay until the school is cleared. Judges may park by the weight rooms (Door 27) and students driving themselves may park in the student lot spaces. During the tournament, students may congregate in the commons, and we will move to the auditorium for awards. General concessions will be provided by LNE Athletics!

If you have questions please shoot me an email or send me a text and I will get back to you as quickly as I can!

Email: vthomas@lps.org

Text: 531.289.9031

We are looking forward to seeing you on January 30th!

~Tori Thomas

Head Speech coach