TO: Activities Directors & Coaches 

Speech, Drama, and Debate

FROM: Amy Smith, Tournament Director

Josh Wolff, Athletic Director

RE: Speech, Drama, and Debate 

Eastern Class B/C 

Divisionals Tournament

Roundup High School

25 January 2020

Roundup High School cordially invites you to the 

Eastern Class B/C Divisionals Tournament for 2020  

We will be handling registration through Forensicstournament.net, registration will open by January 1, 2020 and close January 22, 2020. 

If sending a hard copy registration, it must be received no later than Monday, January 20, 2020.

Registration:

Register at Roundup High School (525 6th Ave. West) between 7:00 am and 7:45 am.  

Contact information is as follows:

Amy Jones, SDD Coach Stacey Mihalovich, SDD Coach

Roundup High School Roundup Elementary School

525 6th Ave West 401 11th Ave East

Roundup, MT  59072 Roundup, MT 59072

(406) 665-5629 (voice/text) (406)855-7396 (voice/text)

amysmith@roundup.k12.mt.us staceymihalovich@roundup.k12.mt.us

(406) 323-1583 (fax)

Each school may have a maximum of three (3) entries in each event.  A drop fee of $5.00 will be assessed for each contestant dropped the day of the meet. There will be NO double entry at this event.

MHSA RULES:

All events will be conducted in accordance to the MHSA Handbook with the following EXCEPTIONS:

• Assistant coaches will be placed in the judging pool should we need emergency replacements.

• Tabbing / Sweeps will be assigned to Head Coaches.

LD Debate topic will be the January/February topic: 

Resolved: States ought to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.

Policy Debate topic will be:  

Resolved:  The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.

Public Forum topic will be the January topic:

Resolved: The United States should end its economic sanctions against Venezuela.

Extemporaneous topics:  

January

MEALS:

Snacks will be provided for judges, coaches and bus drivers at both locations.

Lunch will be provided for judges, coaches, and bus drivers at RHS only.

Concessions will be available.

Optional pre-order lunch menus will be available soon

Speech events will be held at Roundup Central Elementary School (401 11th Ave East)

Drama and Debate events will be held at Roundup High School (525 6th Ave. West)

All Final rounds will be held at Roundup High School 

COMPETITION:

There will be three preliminary rounds and finals in all events.  The schedule for the day is as follows:

                        Individual Events Extemp Draw and Debate (Policy & LD)

Round 1 8:30 am          8:00 am

Round 2 10:15 am     9:45 am

Round 3 12:15 pm     11:45 am

Round 4 2:00 pm     1:30 pm

Finals 4:00 pm     4:00 pm

Some events will have time between rounds, some will not have much. Time between Round 2 and 3 is increased for lunch. We have tried to allow enough time for everyone without too much for anyone.  Please remind students to be respectful of other events still in progress and to remain in commons area when not in rounds.

Awards Assembly will be at Roundup High School gym as soon as possible after finals.