2026 Hub City Huddle

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January 8 & 9, 2026

We would love to welcome your Stoa club to our first-ever Speech Tournament on the South Plains! Lubbock, also known as the Hub City, is excited to welcome your club! Our West Texas Hospitality is legendary! Let us be your warm-up to the bigger tournaments later in the Spring! Please note: This is a NITOC qualifying tournament, and Stoa membership is required for student participation.

Tournament Location: Lubbock Christian University, with check-in located in the atrium of the Nursing Center for Excellence Building, found at 5601 19^th St., Lubbock, Texas 79407.

Cost:  Speech only - $15 per speech event
Sign up for multiple events! We have extra room set aside for those wanting to try out their Slam Poetry or Impromptu!
Pattern A: Apologetics, Dramatic interp, Duo Interp, Original Oratory, and Persuasiv
Pattern B: Expository, Extemp, Humorous Interp, Mars Hill, Open Interp, Slam Poetry
Pattern C: Imprompt 

Families and Competitors

We can’t wait to meet you! Thank you for joining us in windy West Texas, where boots are welcome as a part of your tournament wear! 

Payment: 

• We will be accepting payments of fees through the SEEK Homeschool Families website, but be aware that when you pay online, you will be agreeing to pay the 3% processing fee. Should you wish to avoid the fee, you are welcome to mail a check made payable to SEEK Homeschool Families to PO Box 803, Wolfforth, TX 79382. If you are mailing a check, please email and let us know. Once payment is confirmed with SEEK, StoaHub will be updated to reflect the receipt of payment and at that time StoaHub will finalize your registration.
• Before registration closes on December 6th, adds and drops will not incur any extra fees, and all drops will be refunded (minus processing fees). After registration closes on December 6th, no refunds will be made, and drops will incur a fee of $5.00 per event. All add, drop, and refund requests must be submitted by e-mail to our Tournament Director. at lubbocklearning@gmail.com
• A late fee of $25 will be charged for any payments received after the tournament closing date on December 6th (this does not include registration fees for being accepted into an event from the waitlist) and those who have not paid by December 10th will be dropped from events.

Script Submission: 

• Script Submission Opens – December 1, 2025, at 9 am**
  **Please note that you are NOT able to submit scripts at registration. Stoa is making some internal changes to script submission, and in order to incorporate those updates, we need to wait until December 1^st to submit scripts. Thank you for your understanding!
• Script Submission Early Deadline- December 10, 2025, at 9 pm CST
• Script Submission Final Deadline- December 17, 2025, at 9 pm CST
• Script Corrections Deadline- December 10, 2025, at 9 pm CST

Host Housing: We are working with several hotels to offer a discount.

•  Aloft, located at 2909 Iola Avenue in Lubbock, is offering tournament families a room with two queen beds for $99 (plus tax) a night for January 7-10. Reserve your room here.
•  Towne Place Suites, found at 5310 W. Loop 289 Access Road, also in Lubbock, has rooms with a king bed and a pullout couch bed for $83 per night (plus tax) for those same dates. To secure this rate, you must book before 12/25/25. Reserve your room here.
• When you call, mention you are with the “homeschool speech competition” to receive the discounted rates.

Meals: Lunch and dinner will be available to order for a price and may be picked up from the Welcome Table in the atrium. You can pay for your meals through the SEEK Homeschool Families web page when you pay for your registration fees. 

Awards & Dinner: We will have a BBQ dinner with entertainment following our Awards Ceremony, and we would love for you to stay and celebrate with us! More information soon!

Judges & Volunteers

Thank you for assisting with the Hub City Huddle! We cannot do this without you!

Volunteers, immediately after New Year's, look for an email confirming your participation and sharing additional details. We appreciate your willingness to help with set-up, clean up, monitoring hallways, and running across campus, etc. 

If you are judging, please plan to check in at the Judges’ Table at least 30 minutes before your first scheduled round. 

We will have drawings for prizes for all who volunteer! Every shift you serve, whether you judge or help with set-up,  you will receive an entry in a drawing. The more you judge and/or serve, the more chances you will have to win prizes. 

Each family registered for the Hub City Huddle is required to have a parent judging for them, once each round (There are three rounds of competition, so a parent can expect to judge 3 times), or help in another significant area like TAB, Ballot PUSH/COLLECT, etc (reach out to HubCityHuddle@gmail.com if you would like to help in one of these areas). Students will need to have their judge physically with them at check-in and for the duration of the tournament. Those judging will receive snacks and meals. Thank you for your help!

Additional Information

We want to help!
We want to make this experience as problem-free as possible for you and your family. Have a technical problem? Lost and can't find the location? Simply have a question? During the tournament, text Tournament Director, Jennifer Odom at (325) 212-0016. Before the tournament, email: HubCityHuddle@gmail.com

Lubbock Christian University is our sponsor for the Hub City Huddle! They mean it when they say "We walk with YOU!" At LCU, your student will foster his or her faith, discover his or her purpose, achieve academic goals, and create friendships that last a lifetime.