2026 Sacramento Saddle-Up: Limited Prep Tournament
Contend Speech & Debate (CA) · Oct 2-3, 2026
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Please make a note of your amount due from your registration and follow the link below to pay your fees. Registration is not complete until full payment is made. Since the fee system we are using is not connected to Stoahub, we will have to manually enter your payment on Stoahub; this may take a couple days. This payment system allows us to save significant processing fees.
SCOPE members: you may use a coupon code to receive a discount. Please use the tournament contact form or text Kimberly at 916-544-3069 to get the code to adjust your registration fees before you click the payment link below.
Payment Link
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Supporting Christian Homeschool Families
This tournament is a ministry of the Sacramento Christian Organization of Parent Educators (SCOPE). Founded in 1984, SCOPE is a nonprofit organization in the Sacramento region dedicated to supporting parent-directed Christian homeschooling. Administrative support is provided by the Contend Speech & Debate Club.
All proceeds remaining after tournament expenses will be donated to the SCOPE Curriculum Grant Fund. This fund is to assist parents who are experiencing hardship access the curriculum and resources they need to homeschool in freedom and truth.
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.