2025 Cactus Clash
Mars Hill Speech & Debate (AZ) · Oct 23-25, 2025
Location
Cornerstone Family Church
10215 N Saguaro Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Remember, we are Guests!
Trash: Pick it up!
Parking: Please save the parking lot spaces close to the building for our Community Judges. Competitors may park at the back or the south side .
Student Area: Outside. The mild October weather is great in Arizona! There is no outside seating, so consider bringing camping chairs. Please do not leave them out overnight.
Weather: Mornings and evenings are cool in the desert. A sweatshirt or jacket will be appreciated!
Student meals: Pre-purchased student meals will be picked up in the Student Area. Food coolers may be placed in the student area during the day, but please do not leave them out overnight.
Only water is allowed in the competition rooms, Worship Center, and hallways.
Personal crockpots: Can not be used at this facility.
As you might expect, no smoking is allowed on the church property.
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.