2025 Cactus Clash
Mars Hill Speech & Debate (AZ) · Oct 23-25, 2025
Parent Information
Parents
You will need to check in at the same time as your student. After confirming that both competitor and parent judge are present, the student will be able to compete.
We are blessed by the support of many community judges but you are the lifeblood of Cactus Clash! Your presence on campus and willingness to take ballots are essential. Check with Ballot Push 45 to 30 minutes before rounds to see if you are needed to take a ballot.
Please plan on judging every other round. Ballot Push will let you know each round whether or not you are needed.
Even though you will select specific rounds on your registration, please be flexible at the tournament. We want to prioritize community judges that have taken time out of their day to judge our students!
Greatest Need
Our greatest need is often the first and last rounds of the day. Please do your best to be at the ballot table early so that all ballots can be pushed AND we can start the round on time.
Each registered student needs to have at least one of their own parents judging for them every day of the tournament. Thank you for your understanding and efforts to make Cactus Clash Amazing!
Parent Meals
We invite you to enjoy coffee, snacks and standard meals. Use this fuel to help keep you energized for judging.
Tournament Events
Lincoln Douglas and Team Policy
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Speech Events
- Apologetics Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Juniors Speech Tournament
- Juniors Apologetics Juniors
- Juniors Impromptu Juniors
- Juniors Story Telling Juniors
Novice Apologetics
- Novice Apologetics Speech Non-qual
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 am Tue 09/02/2025 (Mountain)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 8:00 am Fri 09/19/2025 (Mountain)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Wed 09/24/2025 (Mountain)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:00 pm Tue 09/30/2025 (Mountain)
- Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Fri 10/17/2025 (Mountain)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sat 10/25/2025 (Mountain)
What the statuses mean
- Setup
- The tournament is still being set up.
- Open
- Registration is open — families can register for the tournament.
- Drops Only
- No new entries are allowed, but families can drop existing ones.
- Closed
- Registration is closed — no adds or drops. Contact the tournament director with questions.
- Completed
- The tournament is finished.