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Hello coaches:

You and your team are invited to the sixth annual debate tournament to be held at West Fargo Horace High School on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026. Invite your friends! Division I, II, and III of Lincoln Douglas and Public Forum will be offered. NDHSAA Debate Rules will be followed. We are planning to offer 4 rounds in each division, but we need your support in providing enough judges to make this happen.

PLEASE REGISTER AT http://horacedebate.tabroom.com/

Email me at namberg@west-fargo.k12.nd.uswith questions or concerns

Judging Requirements: Teams will need to provide judges to cover their debate entries. One judge will be able to cover 1-2 entries. If teams are out of line with providing judges, and we are unable to provide hired judges through the tournament, we may ask teams to trim entries. We want to provide a quality experience for both students and judges, and that means running a timely tournament. If we are short judges, we may have to reduce rounds to 3 in each division, but our goal is to provide 4 rounds in each division.

Judges will be scheduled to judge a variety of levels and types of debate. If the judges you list are only able to judge Division III, please indicate this on the registration form. PLEASE ALSO NOTE ANY SCHOOL CONFLICTS OR INDIVIDUAL DEBATER CONFLICTS FOR JUDGES. Again, please do your best to provide enough judges to cover your entries. The rate for hired judges is $85.00.

Registration Costs: 15.00 per PF team; 10.00 per LD debater; Hired Judges 85.00 per judge

Registration is due at 5 pm on Sunday, Nov. 15. You may make changes without penalty until Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 5 PM. After that time, you will be expected to pay for any registration fees or accepted judges requests.

Schedule: A schedule will be sent out as soon as we know how many rounds we need to offer based off of the judge pool.

Registration begins at 8:45 am; Judge Meeting at 9:15 am and Rounds will begin at 9:30 am. Please email day of changes to Katie Bolstad at kbolstad@west-fargo.k12.nd.us. We anticipate rounds at 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm. This would tentatively put awards at 3:00 pm. If we need to shorten the schedule to accommodate

Food Options: Concessions will be offered. We plan to have breakfast options available. Judges and coaches will be fed, watered, and caffeinated. If food is something that motivates your judges, you can guarantee they will be well fed here. We will work to offer vegan and gluten free options

The Horace Debate Coaching Staff: Katie Bolstad, Maggie Dick, Corinne Schmidt, and Nathan Amberg

Katie Bolstad will operate as the Tournament Manager and Nathan Amberg will operate as the Site Manager. Please have patience with us as we continue to undergo this experience called debate. We will likely have blunders, but we promise we will do our best to continue to learn and grow from the experience.