• 2024 NSDA National Tournament Itinerary
    Saturday, June 15  
    4:00 PM Load Nationals Van at LHS
       
    Sunday, June 16  
    6:00 AM J. Plinsky's van leaves
    1:00 PM Stafford/R.Plinsky's van leaves
    4:00 PM Meet at Hotel
      Baymont Inn & Suites Des Moines Airport Hotel
      6221 Willow Creek Avenue
      Des Moines, Iowa, 50321
    6:30 PM Team dinner @ tbd
    8:00 PM Rehearsals
    10:00 PM Lights Out
       
    Monday, June 17  
      Vans Leave Hotel
    8:00 AM Congress Opening Assembly
    9:00 AM Main Speech Round 1; Congress Session 1
    11:30 AM Main Speech Round 2
    12:45 PM Congress Recess for Lunch
    2:00 PM Main Speech Round 3
    2:15 PM Congress Session 2
    4:00 PM Main Speech Round 4
    5:45 PM Congress Recess for the day
      Dinner on way back to hotel
    10:00 PM Lights Out
       
    Tuesday, June 18  
      Vans Leave Hotel
    8:00 AM Main Speech Round 5; Congress Session 3
    10:30 AM Main Speech Round 6
    11:30 AM Congress PO recognition & Leadership Bowl Voting
    12:00 PM Supp. & Ext. Debate Reregistration Opens
    1::00 PM Main Speech Breaks Announced (Top 60)
    2:00 PM Main Speech Round 7
    3:00 PM Congress Breaks Posted (Top 60)
    4:00 PM Main Speech Round 8
    6:00 PM Main Speech Breaks Announced (Top 30)
      Dinner on way back to hotel
    9:00 PM Supp. & Ext Debate Reregistration Closes
    10:00 PM Lights out
       
    Wednesday, June 19  
      Vans Leave Hotel
    8:00 AM Congress Elim Round Opening Assembly
      Ext. Debate Topic Released
    8:30 AM Main Speech Round 9; Congress Quarters Rd. 1
      Ext. Debate Rd 1 (Preset)
      Supp Speech Pattern A Rd. 1
    10:00 AM Supp Speech Pattern B Rd. 1
    10:30 AM Main Speech Round 10
      Ext. Debate Topic Released
    11:00 AM Ext. Debate Rd. 2 (Preset)
    11:45 AM Congress Recess for Lunch
    12:00 PM Supp Speech Pattern A Rd. 2
    1:00 PM Main Speech Breaks Announced (Top 12)
      Ext. Debate Topic Released
    1:30 PM Congress Quarters Rd. 2
      Ext. Debate Rd. 3 (Power-matched)
      Supp Speech Pattern B Rd. 2
    2:30 PM Main Speech Round 11
    3:00 PM Supp Speech Pattern A Rd. 3
    3:30 PM Ext. Debate Topic Released
    4:00 PM Ext. Debate Rd. 4 (Power-matched)
    4:30 PM Congress PO Recognition, Leadership Bowl Voting
      Supp Speech Pattern B Rd. 3
    5:00 PM Main Speech Round 12
    6:00 PM Ext. Debate Topic Rel. (only 3 and 4 wins advance)
    6:30 PM Ext. Debate Rd. 5 (Power-matched)
    7:00 PM Congress Breaks Posted (Top 30)
    7:30 PM Main Speech Breaks Announced (Top 6)
      Dinner on way back to hotel
    10:30 PM Lights out
       
    Thursday, June 19  
    Morning Schedule TBD, based on placings and round times.
    12:30 PM Informative Speaking Finals
    2:00 PM Humorous Interp Finals
    3:30 PM Dramatic Interpretation
    5:30 PM POI Finals
    7:00 PM Coaches Diamond Assembly
    8:30 PM Duo Interp Finals
       
    Friday, June 20  
    8:00 AM World Schools Debate Finals
    9:30 AM Public Forum Debate Finals
    11:00 AM Lincoln Douglas Debate Finals
    12:30 PM Policy Debate Finals
    2:30 PM US Extemp Finals
    3:45 PM International Extemp Finals
    5:00 PM Original Oratory
    6:30 PM Awards Ceremony
    10 PM - 12 AM Return to LHS
       

  • May 3-4, KSHSAA 6A State Speech Championships at Garden City HS

    May 3 Friday    
     Sponsor J. Plinsky     
     All day Excused    
    5:45 am Meet at FSHS    
    6:00 am Bus Leaves    
    9:30 am Pit Stop in Great Bend    
    12:00 pm Lunch in Garden City    
    2:30 pm Bus leaves for LD    
           
    Schedule Friday Practice     
      Matejkowski Greenwood Luckett
    3:00 pm Kennedy - HI Allgeier - Prose Ridings - Info
    4:00 pm A.Spiess - Poetry Ventello - Poetry Blettner - IX
    5:00 pm Johnson/Morse - Duo Ridings - Poetry Kennedy - Info
    6:00 pm Ventello - POI Spiess/Williams - Duo A.Spiess - DX
    7:00 pm S.Spiess - HI Allgeier/Sivits - Duo Kennedy - OO
    8:00 pm     Ventello - DI
           
    10:00 pm Room checks Room A Room B
    11:00 pm Lights out Trent Blettner Adelle Spiess
        Shea Spiess Giulia Ventello
    May 4 Saturday    Devyn Ridings
    6:00 am Breakfast at hotel   Sophia Montrose
    6:45 am Check out of hotel    
    7:00 am Bus leaves hotel Room C Room D
    7:45 am Extemp Draw Bea Johnson Adelaide Sivits
    8:00 am Round 1 Channing Morse Rose Kennedy
    9:15 am Extemp Draw Rose Allgeier  
    9:30 am Round 2 Madeline Williams  
    10:45 am Extemp Draw    
    11:00 am Round 3 Room E Room F
    12:30 pm Lunch Plinsky Luckett
    1:45 pm Extemp Draw   Greenwood
    2:00 pm Semifinals    
    3:30 pm Extemp Draw Room G  
    3:45 pm Finals Matejkowski  
    6:00 pm Awards Free State Asst  
    7:00 pm Bus leaves Garden City    
           
    Competitors      
     Allgeier Duo, Prose    
     Blettner IX    
     Johnson Duo    
     Kennedy INF, OO, HI    
     Montrose LD    
     Morse Duo    
     Ridings INF, Poetry    
     Sivits Duo    
     Spiess, A. USX, Poetry    
     Spiess, S. Duo, HI    
     Ventello DI, POI, Poetry    
     Williams Duo    

    You will need money for 3 meals, including one sit-down meal. Lunch at the tournament will be $12, and I need to collect that by Tuesday, May 30.

    Bring things to do on a 6 hour bus ride; book, games, pillow, etc.

  • April 19-20, East Kansas District IE Qualifier at Shawnee Mission East

     April 19 Friday
     Sponsor J. Plinsky 
     5th - 7th hrs Excused
     1:00 pm Bus Leaves
       
    Schedule  
    Pattern A LD, PF, DUO, DI
    Pattern B IX, USX, HI, INF, OO, POI
     2:45 pm Opening assembly
     3:30 pm Round 1, Pattern A 
     4:30 pm Round 1, Pattern B
     6:00 pm Round 2, Pattern A 
     7:00 pm Round 2, Pattern B
     8:00 pm Round 3, LD/PF
     9:45 pm Return to LHS
       
    April 20 Saturday 
    Sponsor J. Plinsky
    6:30 AM Meet at LHS
    6:45 AM Bus leaves LHS
    8:00 AM Round 3 Pattern A; Round 4 LD/PF
    9:00 AM Round 3 Pattern B
    10:30 AM Round 4 Pattern A; 1st Elim LD/PF
    10:30 AM Senate Session 2
    11:30 AM Round 4 Pattern B
    1:00 PM Elim round
    2:00 PM Elim round
    3:00 PM Elim round
    4:00 PM Elim round (if needed)
    ASAP Awards
       
    Competitors  
     Allgeier Duo
     Blettner INF, IX
     Johnson Duo, POI
     Kennedy INF, HI
     Montrose LD
     Morse Duo, POI
     Ridings INF
     Sivits Duo, POI
     Spiess, A. OO, USX
     Spiess, S. Duo, HI
     Ventello DI, POI
     Williams Duo

  • April 5-6, Bishop Miege HS - EK Congress Qual and BM Invitational

     March 22 Friday
     Sponsor J. Plinsky 
     All day Excused
     11:30 am Van Leaves
     1:00 pm Opening assembly
     1:45 pm Session 1 
     5:15 pm Session 2
     8:30 pm Awards 
       
    Competitors  
    T. Blettner House
    E. Cokelet House
    B. Johnson House
    S. Montrose House
    A. Spiess House
       
    March 23 Saturday 
    Sponsor J. Plinsky
    6:15 AM Meet at LHS
    6:30 AM Bus leaves LHS
    7:30 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1; Senate Session 1
    8:30 AM House Super Session
    9:30 AM Round 2
    10:30 AM Senate Session 2
    11:00 AM Round 3
    1:00 PM Finals
    1:30 PM Congress Awards
    3:30 PM Awards
    5:00 PM Return to LHS
       
    Competitors  
    T. Blettner IX, Info
    B. Johnson POI, Poetry
    C. Larson OO, IMP, Prose
    C. Morse POI
    G. Nitz IX, IMP
    D. Ridings Info
    A. Spiess OO
    G. Ventello DI, Poetry
       
       

  • March 29-30, Piper

     March 22 Friday
     Sponsor J. Plinsky 
     1:20 pm Excused; Meet in room 258
     2:30 pm Van Leaves
     3:30 pm Round 1; Session 1 
     4:30 pm Round 2 
     5:30 pm Round 3; Session 2
     6:30 pm Round 4 
     ASAP Awards
       
    Competitors  
    S. Montrose Lincoln-Douglas Debate
    A. Spiess Congress
       
       
    March 23 Saturday 
    Sponsor R. Plinsky
    6:15 AM Meet at LHS
    6:30 AM Bus leaves LHS
    7:30 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1
    9:45 AM Round 2
    11:30 AM Round 3
    1:30 PM Finals
    3:30 PM Awards
    5:00 PM Return to LHS
       
    Competitors  
    R. Allgeier Duo, Prose
       
    B. Johnson Info, Poetry
    R. Kennedy OO, Info, HI
    G. Nitz IX, Impromptu
    I. Outka DX, Info, Impromptu
    D. Ridings Info, Poetry, POI
    A. Sivits Duo, POI
    A. Spiess OO, DX
    S. Spiess Duo, HI
    M. Williams Duo, Prose
       
       

  • March 22-23, SM West & DeSoto

     March 22 Friday at SM West
     Sponsor Plinsky 
     1:20 pm Excused; Meet in room 258
     2:30 pm Van Leaves
     3:30 pm Round 1; Session 1 
     4:30 pm Round 2 
     5:30 pm Round 3; Session 2
     6:30 pm Round 4 
     ASAP Awards
       
    Competitors  
    B. Johnson Congress
    S. Montrose Lincoln-Douglas Debate
    D. Ridings Congress
    A. Spiess Congress
       
       
    March 23 Saturday at DeSoto
    Sponsor A. Matejkowski
    6:30 AM Meet at LHS
    6:45 AM Bus leaves LHS
    7:45 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1
    9:45 AM Round 2
    11:30 AM Round 3
    1:30 PM Finals
    3:30 PM Awards
    4:30 PM Return to LHS
       
    Competitors  
    R. Allgeier Duo, Prose
    T. Blettner IX, Info
    B. Johnson Duo, Info, Poetry
    R. Kennedy OO, Info, HI
    C. Larson OO, Impromptu
    S. Montrose  DX, Impromptu
    C. Morse Duo, POI
    G. Nitz DX, Impromptu
    I. Outka DX, Info, Impromptu
    D. Ridings Info, Poetry
    A. Sivits Duo, POI
    A. Spiess OO(?), Poetry, Prose
    S. Spiess Duo, HI, Imp
    G. Ventello Poetry, DI, POI
    M. Williams Duo, Prose, Impromptu
       
       

  • March 1-2, Olathe Northwest

     March 1 Friday 
     Sponsor Plinsky 
     2:15 pm Meet at LHS
     2:30 pm Van Leaves
     3:30 pm Round 1; Session 1 
     4:30 pm Round 2 
     5:10 pm Session 2
     5:30 pm Round 3
     6:30 pm Round 4 
     ASAP Awards
       
    Competitors  
    B. Johnson Congress
    D. Ridings Congress
    A. Spiess Congress
       
       
    March 2 Saturday
    Sponsor R. Plinsky, J. Plinsky
    6:30 AM Meet at LHS
    6:45 AM Bus leaves LHS
    7:45 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1
    9:45 AM Round 2
    11:30 AM Round 3
    2:00 PM Semifinals
    4:00 PM Finals
    5:30 PM Awards
    6:00 PM Return to LHS
       
    Competitors  
    R. Allgeier Duo, Prose
    T. Blettner IX, Info
    B. Johnson Duo, Info, Poetry
    R. Kennedy OO, Info, HI
    C. Larson OO, Impromptu
    C. Morse Duo, POI
    D. Ridings Info, Poetry
    A. Sivits Duo, POI
    A. Spiess DX, OO, Poetry
    S. Spiess Duo, HI
    G. Ventello Poetry, DI, POI
    M. Williams Duo, Prose
       
       

  • Feb. 16-17, Free State

     Feb. 16 Friday 
     Sponsor Plinsky 
     Excused 6th and 7th periods 
     2:30 pm Bus Leaves
     4:00 pm Round 1; Session 1 
     5:00 pm Round 2 
     6:00 pm Round 3; Session 2
     7:00 pm Round 4 
     ASAP Awards
       
    Competitors  
    B. Johnson Congress
    S. Montrose LD
    D. Ridings Congress
    A. Spiess Congress
       
       
    Feb. 17 Saturday
    Sponsor Matejkowski
    7:15 AM Meet at FSHS
    7:30 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1
    9:45 AM Round 2
    11:30 AM Round 3
    1:30 PM Finals
    4:00 PM Awards
    4:30 PM Pick up from FSHS
       
    Competitors  
    R. Allgeier Duo, Prose
    T. Blettner IX, Info
    B. Johnson Duo, Info, Poetry
    R. Kennedy OO, Info, HI
    C. Larson OO, Impromptu
    C. Morse Duo, POI
    G. Nitz IX, Impromptu
    D. Ridings Info, Poetry
    A. Sivits Duo, POI
    A. Spiess DX, OO, Poetry
    S. Spiess Duo, HI
    M. Williams Duo, Prose
    G. Ventello Poetry
       
       

    Pack a lunch

  • Feb. 10, Olathe South

    Feb. 10 Saturday
    Sponsor R. Plinsky
    6:15 AM Meet at LHS
    6:30 AM Leave LHS 
    7:30 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1
    9:30 AM Round 2
    11:00 AM Round 3
    1:00 PM Finals
    3:30 PM Awards
    5:00 PM Return to LHS
       
    Competitors  
    Kennedy INF, HI, OO
    Nitz DX, IMP
       
       
       

    Pack a lunch

  • Jan. 27, Lansing

    Jan 27 Saturday
    6:15 AM Meet at LHS
    6:30 AM Leave LHS 
    7:30 AM EXT draw
    8:00 AM Round 1
    9:30 AM Round 2
    11:00 AM Round 3
    1:00 PM Finals
    3:30 PM Awards
    5:00 PM Return to LHS
       
    Competitors  
    Kennedy INF, HI
    Nitz DX, IMP

    Pack a lunch.