2026 Sacramento Saddle-Up: Limited Prep Tournament
Contend Speech & Debate (CA) · Oct 2-3, 2026
Completed
9:31 AM Pacific
Parliamentary Debate Eligibility
Per Stoa Guidelines, we are requiring Parliamentary Debate competitors to be at least 16 years old (by Jan 1st, 2027). If your student turns 16 after January 1st, 2027, he/she should register for the novice division. If her/his partner is too old to qualify for the novice division, you will need special permission from the tournament director to compete in the NITOC qualifying Parliamentary Debate event.
Tournament Events
Debate
- Novice Parliamentary Debate Non-qual
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Speech
- Apologetics Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Novice Apologetics Non-qual
- Novice Mars Hill Non-qual
- Storytelling Qual
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:01 am Sat 09/12/2026 (Pacific)
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 am Sun 09/13/2026 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 8:00 am Mon 09/14/2026 (Pacific)
- Meal registration will close at 12:01 am Sat 09/26/2026 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:01 am Sat 09/26/2026 (Pacific)
- Community Judge registration will close at 5:00 pm Sat 10/03/2026 (Pacific)
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.