Welcome to THE Scots Cup!

THE Scots Cup will be held at Highland Park High School in St Paul (information below). All five divisions (Novice A, B, and C, JV, and Varsity) will be offered. All divisions will have three debates (see schedule below). Please try to register by 10/6 at the latest so that we can ensure enough food, rooms, and judges are available.

When registering for the tournament, please read through all the information below:

Tournament Location (Saturday)

Highland Park High School
1015 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55116

When parking at or entering to Highland Park High School, please makes sure you are in the parking lot on the southwest side of the school. The best way to access the parking lot is off of Edgecumbe Road (which is just south of the high school). The main entrance to the high school is next to the large flagpole. Do not park on Snelling Ave or try to enter from the Snelling Ave side of the building - the doors are locked and inaccessible on that side of the building.

We will be using both the high school and middle school, which are joined together. The high school is the southern building, the middle school is the northern building. Please enter through the high school and head to the cafeteria.

Tournament Schedule

Friday Schedule (Online)

Check In: 2:45-3:20

Tech Check: 3:30-4:00

Round 1: 4:00-6:00

Dinner Break: 6:00-6:30

Round 2: 6:30-8:30

Friday: Debate will be online; check in from 2:45-3:30, pairings at 3:40, and we will begin rounds at 4:00pm. (20 minutes of tech check time from 3:40-4:00.) PLEASE make sure your debaters have linked tabroom accounts and have gone through the tech checklist. If your debaters are not connected then *you*, the coach, are responsible for sending them the link to correct room. If their tech does not work and you can't promptly fix it then we will be forced to give your debaters a forfeit in order to keep the tournament on time. If your debaters are not prepared, it not only hurts them, but it wastes another team's time (since they get a forced bye)!

Saturday Tournament Schedule (in person at Highland Park HS)

All teams should arrive BEFORE 9:15am

Round 1: 10:00am-11:45am

Lunch: 11:45am-12:30pm

Round 2: 12:45pm-2:30pm

Round 3: 3:00pm-4:45pm

Awards: Done by 5:45pm

Very important ------->>>>>Please arrive to the tournament between 8:45am-9:15am. The minute your team is on the bus and moving please text the Tournament Director, Jake Swede, at 507-382-3740. Let him know who you are, your ETA to the tournament, and if any changes to registration need to be made (including debaters and judges). <<<<<<--------

I recommend planning to have your buses pick up at 5:30pm in the Highland Park HS parking lot or on Snelling Ave. Make sure the bus driver contacts you about where they are.

Best Practices Notes:

There should ALWAYS be an adult with your team at the tournament. You cannot drop off students unsupervised or leave them unsupervised at a tournament.

At least one of your team's coaches should have your students' emergency contact information with them in a physical file for ease of access in case of any emergency.

You should have one judge for every two partnerships you have entered in the tournament (MNUDL schools you are excluded from this). If you have an odd number of partnerships, round your judge obligation up to the nearest whole. If you are missing a judge, the tournament reserves the right to charge you for the standard cost of hiring plus a judge finding fee ($145 per judge). If you are low on judges the day of the tournament, the tournament will do its best to provide a judge to cover you, but if a sufficient number of judges are not available, the first partnerships dropped will be novices from schools that did not meet their judge obligation.

We will be serving pizza, snacks, and water for lunch - there will also be snacks available before round 3 and before awards. Please know your students' dietary restrictions so that we can provide them with food as necessary. Ideally, communicate any restrictions at least a week in advance to the tournament.

Thanks and see you at Highland Park High School!