West Texas District Qualifier

for the 2026 National Tournament

Main

This will be held at Hanks HS.

*Please note: NSDA rules dictate that we have 4 prelim rounds of debate and 3 prelim rounds of Individual events. Depending on entry numbers, some events may go to semi-finals after prelims and others may go to finals.

Debate Topics: We will be using the February topics for PF and LD. They are:

LD - Resolved: The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.

PF - Resolved: The Federal Trade Commission should establish a federal regulatory framework for sports betting.

Debates will have four prelim rounds followed by a single elimination bracket. All debaters who lose 0 or 1 round will advance. If we end up with a small number of entries in any debate, will may use the round robin method. Each team will debate every other team (including ones from their own school) once. The qualifiers will be determined based on the results of those rounds. We will make this decision after entries are due and let everyone know.

Friday, 2/20

9:30am- 12pm House Prelims, Senate Session 1
1:00pm-3:30pm House Finals, Senate Session 2

4:30pm Round 1 LD, PF, CX, DUO, POI
5:30pm Round 2 LD, PF, DUO, POI
6pm Round 2 CX
6:30pm Round 3 LD, PF, DUO, POI
7:30pm Round 3 CX, Round 4 LD/PF, Finals POI/DUO

8:30pm: Round 5 PF (PF rounds will be accelerated as possible)

Saturday, 2/21

8am Draw for USX and IX
8:30am Round 1 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
10am Draw
10:30 Round 2 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
12pm Draw
12:30pm Round 3 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI

1:00pm: Round 4 CX

2pm Draw, Semis LD
2:30pm Finals USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
3:30pm Draw/LD Finals
4pm CX Semis, Finals for any remaining speech events

5:30: CX Finals

Schedule is subject/additional rounds may be added to change based on entry numbers

Extemp Topic Areas:

• USX Topics
  1. Politics
  2. Business & Economics
  3. Supreme Court & Legal Issues
  4. Health, Education & Social Issues
  5. Energy & Environment
  6. Foreign Policy & National Security
  IX Topics
  1. Africa
  2. Asia
  3. Europe
  4. Southwest Asia
  5. Americas
  6. Energy & Environment