Owl Invitational 2025 Invitation

Foothill College

Foothill Community College cordially invites you to attend our Owl Invitational held at our campus in Los Altos Hills, California on November 15th and 16th, 2025. 

 As a reminder - only High School competitors will be allowed to enter from other schools. Middle School is being run as a seperate internal tournament. 

The deadline for entries is Friday, November 7th, 2025 at 11:59PM PST, but we strongly encourage people to enter early.

DROP DEADLINE: Wednesday November 12th, 2025, 11:59 PST.

Fees will be assessed Wednesday at 11:59 PM, Fee payment deadline will be Friday, November 14th at 11:59 PM.

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE WILL BE DOUBLE FLIGHTED!

From all of us at Foothill College Forensics, we look forward to seeing you in November! 

1st Annual Owl Invitational Tournament Schedule

Schedule for Elementary School (Grades 2-5) 

Saturday November 15th 

9:00 - SPAR Round 1

10:15 - SPAR Round 2

11:30 - SPAR Round 3

1:15 - SPAR Finals 

2:45 - Speech Round 1

4:00 - Speech Round 2

5:15 - Speech Round 3

6:45 - Speech Finals 

Sunday November 16th 

9:00 - Congress Round 1 

10:30 - Congress Round 2

12:00 - Congress Round 3

2:00 - Congress Finals. 


Schedule for Middle School and High School (6-12th grade)

Saturday November 15th

 9:00 - LD and Congress Round 1

10:30 - Congress Round 2

11:15 - LD Round 2 

12:00 - Congress Round 3

1:45 - Lincoln Douglas Round 3

2:30 - Congressional Debate Finals 

4:00 - Lincoln Douglas Round 4 

Sunday November 16th 

8:30 - Extemp Prep 

9:00 - Speech Round 1 

10:00 - Extemp Prep 

10:30 - Speech Round 2

11:30 - Extemp Prep 

12:00 - Speech Round 3

1:00 - SPAR Round 1 

2:15 - SPAR Round 2

2:30 - LD ELIMS (QUARTERS)

3:30 - SPAR Round 3

3:45 - LD ELIMS (SEMIS)

4:30 - Speech FINAL

5:00 SPAR - SPAR FINAL

5:15 - LD FINALS

EVENT RULES 

SPAR - SPAR Debate will follow the NOF Guidelines, found Here

All other events will follow NSDA guidelines 

FEES:

IE Entry, Congress

    $35.00

IE Judge (per uncovered entry)                  $25.00

    LD    $70.00

LD Debate Judge (per uncovered entry)    $100.00

Entry Drop/Change 11/7           Entry Fee (EF)

Entry Drop/Change 11/           EF + $25.00

Entry Drop/Change 11/14           EF + $35.00

Entry Drop/Change 11/15           EF +$50.00

Judge Drop             11/13           $100.00

     Judge Drop             11/14             $200.00

JUDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• A qualified judge should be provided for every 6 entries or fraction thereof in individual events. 

• A qualified judge should be provided for every 2 entries or fraction thereof in LD.

• A qualified judge should be provided for every 10 entries or fraction thereof in Congressional Debate.  

• Judge pools are separate; no judge may cover more than one obligation per day.