MoonOLSH 2026 Info

Your team is cordially invited to attend the Moon Area/OLSH High School Speech & Debate Tournament on November 14th, 2026 at Moon Area High School.

Registration will be on tabroom.com. Registration will close on November 11^th at 6:00pm.

Events offered:

Congress

Duo

Dramatic Interp

Humorous Interp

Extemp – International/US

Poetry

Prose

Impromptu

Original Oratory

Lincoln-Douglas Debate (JV/V)

Public Forum (JV/V)

Parliamentary Debate

PHSSL rules and time limits will be used in all speech and debate events.

We will have four rounds in speech competitions and in debate.

We will merge HI/ DI and Prose/Poetry if numbers are low.

Registration Fees:

The registration fee will be six dollars ($6) per student.

Checks are to be made payable to MASD.

Judges:

1 per 5 in speech/congress, or fraction thereof

1 per 2 in debate, or fraction thereof

All judges are expected to stay for the entire tournament and present for all rounds. If any judge leaves the tournament early, without providing a replacement, his/her school will be disqualified from competition. Judges may be moved from one event to another if needed.

Registration is from 7:45 – 8:15

Please call or text in drops on your way to the tournament to: Jess 412-680-6730 or Tracey 412-680-4028

Snacks/Lunch:

Snacks will be on sale throughout the day.

Lunch tickets will be on sale for $5 before the tournament begins. (Lunch will be pizza)

Awards

Individual events, congress, and debate – top 6 in each. Events that have fewer than 10 entries will have awards for the top 3.

Anticipated Time Schedule:

We are going to try our best to run our tournament on time. To help us, please make sure that you are on time. Call or text (412) 680-6730 or 412 680-4028 for drops or if you are running late.

Registration: 7:45-8:15

Debate - meeting begins at 8:00 am or when all debate schools have arrived

Speech/Congress - meeting begins at 8:15 am

3:00 Awards