West Texas District Tournament

2024 — TX/US

West Texas District Qualifier

for the 2024 National Tournament
Congress, Debate, IE
Eastwood High School
El Paso, TX
Fri 2/23 Sat 2/24 DI DUO HSE HI INF IX LD OO CX POI PF SEN USX

*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.

Friday, 2/24

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/PF, Round 4 LD, Finals POI/DUO

Saturday, 2/25

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

Extemp Topic Areas:

US Extemp
  1. US Politics & Elections
  2. US Economics, Business, & Industry
  3. US Energy & Environment
  4. US Foreign Policy & National Security
  5. US Supreme Court & Legal Issues
  6. US Education, Healthcare, & Social Issues
International Extemp
  1. Americas & Caribbean
  2. Asia & Pacific
  3. Southwest Asia & North Africa
  4. Sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Europe
  6. Global Environmental & Humanitarian Issues

5:30 CX Finals