Please join us for our annual UIL Invitation A tournament on January 9-10, 2026 a tPine Tree High School in Longview, Texas. We have hosted Invitation A for a number of years. We offer all UIL events as well as NSDA speech and debate events with no entry caps on objective tests. We are worth the drive.

• We offer testing and judging that consistently follows UIL guidelines and norms.
• Our proctors and lead judges have proven experience, and we are willing to help new coaches learn the ropes.
• We have hired judges and contest directors.
• We have many volunteers who help us help you so that you can focus on your team.
• We run on schedule so cross entries are not impacted.
• We offer a wealth of medals and plaques including 1st and 2nd place team medals, 1st-6th place grade-level medals for all TMSCA events in addition to overall medals for those events, 1st place team plaques, Top Speaker awards, and 1st-3rd place plaques for Sweepstakes schools in both 1A-4A and 5A-6A categories. Our medals and plaques are unique and each medal is labeled with the event and place.

We care about the details.

Please visit our website here: Pine Tree Jar of Dirt UIL Invitation A Jan 9-10 2026

Sincerely,

Lee Branson

UIL and Fine Arts Director

(903) 399 - 6210

Email:lbranson@ptisd.org