2025 Arkansas Diamond

SOAR (AR) - Jan 23-25, 2025 | Status: Completed | 3:56 AM Central

Tournament Time
3:56 AM Central

JUNIORS EVENTS AND GUIDELINES

Juniors events are only for students who are 5-11 years old on Oct 1, 2024. Junior debate is for students ages 9-11.
Junior speech registration fee is $10 for the first event, $7 for each additional event. Junior debate event is $10 per student.
Juniors can register using the Student Registration tab at the top of this webpage, just like Seniors.
Juniors may register for a maximum of three speech events plus debate.
There is no script submission for Juniors.
There will not be any finals for Juniors.
Juniors can check-in at the same time as the Seniors.

There will be two rounds for the Juniors in the following Speech categories

(Click on each event for the corresponding guidelines.)

Juniors Apologetics Questions

1. Who is Jesus?

2. How does the Holy Spirit help us?

3. How do we see God in creation?

4. What is the fall?

5. Why did Jesus have to die?

6. Can a person do enough good things to get into heaven?

7. What is grace?

8. What is repentance?

9. What is sin?

10. What is the Bible?

11. Why must Jesus be truly human and truly God?

12. How many persons are there in God?

Bible Story Impromptu Topics

1. Healing of Naaman

2. Jonah

3. Noah's Ark

4. Christ is Born

5. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine

6. Jesus Calms the Storm

7. The Burning Bush

8. The Tomb is Empty

9. Jesus Walks on Water

10. Prodigal Son

11. Daniel in the Lion’s Den

12. Saul Becomes Paul

We will offer two rounds of debate for Juniors.

Resolved: In US history, Benjamin Franklin was more important than Thomas Jefferson.

One mentor is allowed per team. Prior to the tournament, each team should pick a mentor or contact the Junior Tournament director for help in finding one.
Junior Debate Guidelines and Helpful Hints: Junior Debate 2024-2025

Juniors Judges

Senior students who would like to judge Juniors speech events must have competed in at least one NITOC-modeled tournament as a Senior prior to the Diamond.

Senior students who would like to judge Juniors debate must be at least a second-year debater.

Sign-up sheets will be available throughout the tournament.

Juniors Judges need to arrive 10 minutes before each Juniors round in order to judge. At that time, they'll go through a short judges' orientation to prepare them.

QUESTIONS? Contact the Juniors Tournament Director, Martina Schaaf, at (501-703-3317).

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Lincoln Douglas Sat 1/25 7:45-9:30 am Round 4 Flight A
Flight	Affirmative		Negative		Room
A	LCH	Seth Putman	SOL	Seth Shearman	New Life B209
A	SOAR	Hope Hinton	SURG	Joseph Thenhaus	New Life B211
A	PRUD	Anna Gray	FTFY	Preston Sloan	New Life C120
A	LCH	William Highfill	INVF	Benjamin Caudal	New Life C122
A	INVF	Millie Friederichsen	SOAR	Reese Hinton	New Life C124
A	PRUD	Cooper Shaw	ARCH	Anneliese Gobble	New Life C126
A	PRUD	Grace Link	PRUD	Luke Willingham	New Life C128
A	LCH	Andrew Putman	FTFY	Jillian Heise	New Life C129
A	PRF	Daniel Hawkinson	LCH	Micah Magness	New Life C130
A	INVF	Shepard Souders	GRSP	Michaela Baker	New Life C131
A	PRF	Garrett Chrystie	SURG	Cade Kirkman	New Life D221
A	SOAR	Joshua Durand	STLS	Naomi Bulus	New Life D225
A	INVF	Gabriel Linn	LCH	Vivien Grover	New Life D226
A	RISI	Reagan Payne		bye	none assigned

Lincoln Douglas Sat 1/25 7:45-9:30 am Flight B
Flight	Affirmative		Negative		Room
B	SURG	Grayson Wurpts	STLS	Roman Gaugh	New Life B209
B	LCH	Lily Stubbs	IGNI	Samuel Russell	New Life B211
B	AMBA	Trey Cullum	INVF	Garrison Dixon	New Life C120
B	LCH	Amity Grover	ARCH	Loralee Gobble	New Life C122
B	LCH	Taryn Putman	SOAR	Abigail Durand	New Life C124
B	PRUD	Wesley Alberts	PRUD	Pete Silverthorne	New Life C126
B	LCH	John Highfill	PRUD	Lila Willingham	New Life C128
B	SURG	Sam Mauldin	RISI	Charles Raith	New Life C129
B	LGOK	Alison Earnest	LCH	Caleb Keel	New Life C130
B	ASTX	Gus Richardson	SOL	Luke Shearman	New Life C131
B	LGOK	Ezra Speed	SOAR	Brynlee Patterson	New Life D221
B	PRUD	Matthew Gray	D315	Josiah Estrada	New Life D225
B	FTFY	Samuel Maganda	LCH	Selah Lee	New Life D226

2025 Arkansas Diamond

Lincoln Douglas

Sat 1/25 7:45-9:30 am Round 4

Flight A

Lincoln Douglas

Sat 1/25 7:45-9:30 am

Flight B