2025 Kickoff Challenge
SOAR (AR) · Oct 9-11, 2025
Tournament Location
Harding University is located in Searcy, Arkansas, just north of Little Rock.
The address is: 915 E. Market Ave.
Searcy, AR 72149
The hub of our tournament, including check-in, judge hospitality, the student room, and all meals will be located in the Burks American Heritage Building, #21 on the Harding Campus Map. The hotel is also in that building. Our competition rooms will be in the Mabee Building, #7 on the map. The map page also has helpful travel information.
Parking information:
When you arrive on campus, you will want to come in on East Market St. The best entrance into the Burks American Heritage Building is through the Heritage Inn entrance. So the best place to park will be the lot across the street from that entrance. Most parking is open on campus, so if the lot is full when you arrive, there are several others nearby.
Tournament Events
Speech
- Apologetics Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 am Sun 08/24/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 8:00 am Fri 08/29/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Fri 09/19/2025 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Sun 09/28/2025 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 12:01 am Mon 09/29/2025 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 am Fri 10/10/2025 (Central)
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.