Valley Forensic League 1 (VFL)

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General information

This is a College tournament in Minnesota.

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Dear Forensic Colleagues:

We invite you and your teams to join us for the 2026-2027 Valley Forensic League season! We are thrilled to offer both speech and parliamentary debate competition on November 13-14 at Concordia College-Moorhead, in Moorhead MN.

The competition will offer all 11 AFA-NST events on both days as well as parliamentary debate on Saturday. We will recognize all finalists in each event, top novice in each event, and the top three teams. We will also recognize outround participants in debate. 

League fees for the year are $125.00 and covers event entry and some refreshments for participants. The league fees do not cover uncovered judge slots, which will be $15.00 per uncovered slot. One full time judge will cover 6 entries, or a portion thereof. Debate judges cover 2 entries. Schools are asked to cover all slots whenever possible to cut down on hired judge costs. All judges are expected to help cover final rounds. 

Payments will be accepted via cash or check made out to the Valley Forensic League. 

More details on VFL 1-2 will be provided below. If you have any questions about the tournament, please feel free to contact any member of the VFL Executive Committee. On behalf of the Executive Committee, welcome to a new year and we hope to see you in Moorhead MN in November!

Dominic Meyers

Executive Secretary, VFL

dmeyers@cord.edu 

Chris Outzen

Advisory Member, VFL

outzencp@uwec.edu

Marina Kerekes

Advisory Member, VFL

marina.kerekes@sdstate.edu 

Thomas Muscha 

Advisory Member, VFL

thomas.j.muscha@und.edu 

Flight A: Communication Analysis, Dramatic Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, Program Oral Interpretation

Flight B: Afterdinner Speaking, Dramatic Duo, Impromptu Speaking, Informative Speaking, Prose Interpretation. 

Day 1: The tournament will feature IE events. Students may enter up to two IEs on Day 1. 

Day 2: The tournament will feature both IE and Parliamentary Debate. 

• IE-only competitors may enter up to four IEs, no more than 2 per flight. 

• Parliamentary debate competitors may enter parliamentary debate plus one IE per flight. Students cross-entering will be expected to go to their IE events first without exception. To further assist timeliness of Debate and IE cross-entered competitors, the tournament will attempt to limit the amount of speakers in each extemp section to 4 speakers. This should help alleviate time concerns with extemp prep and debate prep timing. 

Parliamentary Debate Rules: Teams will be allowed 15 minutes of preparation time once the resolution has been released by the judge. Teams are allowed to use internet during prep, but must do so without the assistance of the coach, judge, or teammates who are not their debate partner. 

Friday, November 13 (IE Only)

2:30pm Registration

3:00pm Extemp Draw

3:30pm Round 1 (All IE Events)

4:30pm Extemp Draw 

4:45pm Round 2 (All IE Events)

6:00pm Extemp Draw

6:30pm Finals (All IE Events)

Day 1 Awards will be presented with Day 2. 

Saturday, November 14

8:00am Registration for Saturday-Only Schools

8:15am Extemp Draw

8:45am Round 1A (CA, DI, Ext, Parli 1, Pers, Poe, POI)

10:00am Extemp Draw

10:30am Round 2A + Parli 2

11:45am Lunch Break/VFL Business Meeting

1:00pm Round 1B (ADS, Duo, Imp, Info, Parli 3, Pro)

2:15pm Round 2B +Parli QF

3:15pm Extemp Prep

3:30pm Finals A + Parli SF

4:45pm Finals B + Parli Finals

Awards: Awards for both days of the VFL weekend will be held at the end of the second day of competition as soon as possible after the final round. 

Sweepstakes points will be given for elimination round and finals participants only. Points will be allocated as follows: 

IE- 1st Place (12 points), 2nd Place (10 points), 3rd Place (8 points), 4th Place (6 points), 5th Place (4 points), 6th Place (2 points)

Debate- 1st Place (12 points), 2nd Place (10 points), Semifinalists (8 points)

Manager contact information

Dominic Meyers
Email address: valleyforensicleague@gmail.com
Phone number: 605-290-6777

Mailing address

None provided