Gulf Coast District Qualifier

for the 2026 National Tournament

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Welcome to Gulf Coast NSDA's district tournament!

This year the meet will be held at La Vernia High School.

Congress legislation is due January 20th. There are no exceptions. Please email legislation in the correct format to Noah Recker at nrecker@lvisd.org. Legislation in an incorrect format will not be accepted.

Entries are due February 10th by 5pm. All schools need to email single entry intent letters to nrecker@lvisd.org by February 10th as well. Also due are a list of candidates you would like considered for the world school teams.

This year there will be an application for World Schools. Please fill out the google form using the link below. Only 10 entries from each school can be nominated for world schools. The applications will be given to an independent reviewer to help determine our world schools teams.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciwDAuD25e_c81I9UNcZ168Mpc3edeihEfFlOXziXJ_BJ3sQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor

This schedule is subject to change depending on numbers of entries.

Thursday February 19

1:45pm - Congress 1

5:45pm - Congress 2

Friday February 20

8am - Debate 1 / Duo 1

9am - BQ/LD Round 2

9:45am - IE 1

11:15am - IE 2

12:45pm - Debate 2 / Duo 2 / LD & BQ 3

2:30pm - IE 3

4pm - Debate 3 / Duo 3 / LD & BQ 4

5:45pm - IE Outround 1

7:15pm - Debate 4 / Duo Outround / LD & BQ Outround

Saturday February 21

8:30am - Debate Outround 1

10:15am - IE Finals

11:45am - Debate Outround 2

12:45pm - Debate Outround 3

Rounds may be accelerated.