2025 Kickoff Challenge
SOAR (AR) · Oct 9-11, 2025
Tournament Check In
Check In for both Students and Parents will be Thursday, October 9 at 2:00 pm
Speech-only students may also check in Friday, October 10 from 7:45-8:00 right after announcements and devotional
Check In is located on the second floor of Burks American Heritage Building
Students will pick up their check in packet and it will contain a name badge and any debate tents that are needed.
Parents must also check in! Parent packets will contain the meal tickets. Each year we have students who can't find their meal tickets and it is because the parent did not pick up their check in packet. If your student comes with another adult, they should ask for your packet to get meal tickets.
It is very important to check in on time! If you will be late please communicate with us so we will know not to drop you from the tournament. Thanks!
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.