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Westfield Rock Talk Tournament
General information This is a High School tournament in Indiana. View manager contact information Westfield Middle School Rock Talk Tournament November 14, 2026 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Greetings Coaches and Competitors, You are invited to Westfield Middle School’s Rock Talk Tournament. We will be competing in person at 345 W. Hoover St, Westfield, IN 46074 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. AWARDS - Single ribbons will be awarded to the top six places in each event. Team trophies will be awarded to the top three schools in both Speech and Debate divisions for Team Sweepstakes. WMS will not participate in Team Sweepstakes. CATEGORIES - We will be offering all Indiana Middle School Speech & Debate Events. DEBATE RESOLUTIONS LD - Resolved: De-extinction is ethical. WSD - This house believes that schools should ban the use of electronic educational technology. DISCUSSION - Middle School Discussion Theme: Media Literacy Specific questions TBA. BROADCAST RADIO - Commercial product information TBA. DOUBLING - Doubling is encouraged in all categories with these exceptions. These specific combinations will not be available due to scheduling conflicts: DEBATE + DISCUSSION DEBATE + EXTEMP DEBATE + BROADCAST BROADCAST + EXTEMP ENTRY DEADLINES & CAPS - Entries are due on Friday, November 13, at 9:00 am. Drops can be made as late as 7:00 am on Saturday, November 14. There are no entry caps and no fees. JUDGES - Each school is responsible for bringing one judge for every five speech entries or fraction thereof (6 entries = 2 judges) and 1 judge for every two debate entries. Judges need to bring a laptop for scoring. We will score online through SpeechWire. SPEECHWIRE REGISTRATION & ENTRIES - Please remember that in order to enter students and judges in the tournament, you must first collect email addresses from them, set up SpeechWire accounts for them, and remind each of them to activate their accounts. Participants and judges cannot share the same email address. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - The schedule is tentative, but we will start with check-in at 8:00 am. There will be three speech rounds and four debate rounds. Awards will follow. COACHES’ & JUDGES’ MEETING - There will be a meeting for coaches and judges beginning promptly at 8:30 am in the media center. We hope you'll join us at Westfield Middle School's Rock Talk Tournament!Stephanie Hodge Mailing address 345 W Hoover Street SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2026 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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