2026 Sacramento Saddle-Up: Limited Prep Tournament
Contend Speech & Debate (CA) · Oct 2-3, 2026
Homeschooling 101
Free workshop - invite friends and neighbors!
Invite a friend, neighbor, or relative who may be interested in homeschooling! We will have a free community workshop on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 12:30 PM for those curious about homeschooling - from state requirements to finding trusted resources. This workshop will walk parents through the essentials of homeschooling in California.
After the workshop, guests can watch rounds and see homeschooled students in action. Sign up to judge here: Community Judge Registration
No experience needed! We provide a full judge orientation.
This workshop is hosted by SCOPE
scopehome.org
Location:
Village: A Christian Fellowship
4400 58th St, Sacramento, CA 95820
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.