Welcome to the 2024 CENTENNIAL STATE TOURNAMENT!

February 14th -17th, 2024

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the Head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:15

Registration Opens: January 19, 2024 at 10:00am MST
Registration Closes: January 23, 2024 at 10:00pm MST

PLEASE READ OUR SCRIPT SUBMISSION PAGE for instructions on submitting scripts.

EARLY Script Submission Opens: January 26, 2024 at 9:00am MST
EARLY Script Submission Closes: January 31, 2024 at 10:00pm MST

REGULAR Script Submission Opens: February 1, 2024 at 9:00am MST
REGULAR Script Submission Closes: February 9, 2024 at 11:59pm MST

All scripts MUST be submitted electronically!

All scripts must be submitted by the final deadline of Friday, February 9th. (Or for Early scripts by Wednesday, January 31 if you want to enter the SCRIPTS4CASH drawing!) to *avoid a late fee of $15 per script. ALL scripts must be approved on or before February 12th. Scripts not in compliance by this date will be dropped from that event with no refund.

Tournament Locations

Wednesday

Front Range Alliance Church
5210 Centennial Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Thursday - Saturday

Vista Grande Baptist Church
5680 Stetson Hills Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80917

Be Aware

All CST competitors and family members are expected to be respectful of Church staff. Please show your deepest respect for our host's hospitality by following the child supervision guidelines:

  • Children may not be unsupervised in the building.
  • Our facilities staff will be enforcing this policy.

Events Offered

  • Team Policy Debate
  • Lincoln Douglas Value Debate
  • Parliamentary Debate
  • 12 Stoa Sanctioned Speech Events

This is a NITOC Modeled Tournament

All Stoa USA Event Rules, Stoa Student Code of Conduct and Dress Code will be followed.
See Stoa link below.

Contacts

Tournament Directors:
Colleen Enos and Alyssa Hayes

Tournament Registrar:
Deb Buster - debbuster@hotmail.com

Parent Judge Administrator:
Megan Bette - resolvejudgecoordinator@gmail.com

Community Judge Administrator:
Julie Roberts - resolvejudgecoordinator@gmail.com

NOTE:

All Parliamentary Debate Preliminary Rounds and Extemporaneous Speaking Preliminary Rounds will run on Wednesday.

Registration Guidelines and Information

Participants must be Stoa members in order to compete in Stoa tournaments. Stoa membership will not be offered onsite. For information on becoming a member of Stoa, please go to Stoa Registration.

A completed Centennial State Tournament registration includes:


  • Stoa Membership

  • Student Registration

  • Parent Judge Registration (please read info below)

  • Payment via Stripe (see details during registration process)

  • A Team Policy Team, Parli Team or Duo Team is not considered registered unless BOTH PARTNERS are registered and paid - Spots can be given to other Teams that register later if both of their partners register and pay, before previously signed up paid single partners register the other partner and pay.

Upon registering you are affirming STOA eligibility, and agreeing to abide by all STOA dress code requirements and STOA speech and debate rules. See the website for details:
Stoa USA

Judging Needs

In order to provide competitors with varied feedback from a broad range of judges, we seek to include community, parent, and alumni judges. Each speech round in the tournament will require approximately 75-90 judges. Each debate round will require about 40 judges.

Parent Judges

Please see the Tab at the left.

Community Judges

Please see the Tab at the left.

Alumni Judges

Please see the Tab at the left.

  • Judges should arrive at the tournament for check-in 45 minutes prior to their scheduled round. Judge Orientation/Training will be provided before each round.

Student and Parent Check-in Procedures

See side Schedule Tab for Check-in times.

Mandatory Check-in for Students and Parents is on Wednesday evening.

  • There will be a Mandatory Tournament Orientation on Thursday morning at 7:30am. All students are expected to attend.

Chaperones

All competitors must be chaperoned by someone 21 years or older. If a parent will not be on site, a signed medical release form (see left menu tab) must be provided for the chaperone. All chaperones need to be willing to judge. Sorry, no un-chaperoned competitors allowed.