• Setup:

  This status is used while the tournament is still being setup.

• Open:

  This status means tournament registration is open. Families can register for the tournament.

• Drops Only:

  This status means only registration drops are allowed. There are no new entries allowed but families can drop entries.

• Closed:

  This status means registration is currently closed for the tournament. There are no adds or drops allowed. Please contact the tournament director with any questions.

• Completed:

  This status means the tournament is completed.

Registration Opens – January 31 at 12:00 PM 

Registration Closes – February 7th

You may drop events in your account without communicating with the tournament and without incurring a drop fee through February 21st. Event fees are not refundable.

Event Drop Fee Begins – February 21st

You may drop events in your account without communicating with the tournament through February 28th with a $20 drop fee per event.

Event Drop Fee Increase – February 28th

Beginning on February 28th, you will no longer have the ability to adjust your registration. Please reach out to the tournament if you need help with registration changes. All drops will incur a $30 drop fee after February 28th.

Meal Order Deadline – March 7th

All meals must be ordered by this date.

Full Registration Fees Due – March 7th

All fees must be paid by this date. All unpaid registrations will be dropped after this date.

Family Registration Fee - $30

The family fee is applied to each family at the time of registration and helps cover facility costs, parent meals, insurance requirements, and food for community judges.

Junior Debate

Age Requirement

Junior Debate competitors should be ages 9-12. 12 year-olds must have turned 12 after October 1, 2024. Please contact the tournament for exceptions.

Event Fee

Junior Debate — $20

Junior Resolution — Resolved: In US history, Benjamin Franklin was more important than Thomas Jefferson.

Junior Debate is all about having fun and building debate skills!

Here are the basics to get you started:

• The Junior Debate Tournament will have two rounds, giving each team the chance to compete on the affirmative and negative sides of the resolution. Rounds will take place during Parliamentary Debate, but exact round times are TBD.

• Junior Debate is a partnered event, and your student will sign up to debate both rounds with the same partner as a team.

• Your student will work with their partner to research, gather evidence, and write an affirmative case supporting the resolution.

• Each Junior Debate team will also research for their negative round, compiling evidence and arguments for their negative round.

• Each team may have a mentor, a senior competitor willing to work with them before and during the rounds to guide and give moral support.

Junior Debate Guidelines
Junior Debate Ballot

If you have questions regarding the Junior Tournament or need help finding a mentor for your team, please do not hesitate to reach out to the tournament via StoaHub.

Thank you!

Gabriell Church
Junior Tournament Director

Please read the Texas Escalade 2025 Release and Indemnification Agreement. By completing your Texas Escalade registration, you are indicating agreement to the terms of this document.

Dallas Baptist University

3000 Mountain Creek Parkway

Dallas, Texas 75211

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DBU Campus Dining

In addition to the parent or student meals you can preorder through our tournament website, DBU has two on-campus dining options. We will be on campus during Fall Break, but some of the dining facilities will remain open during the Texas Escalade with limited hours.

Chick-Fil-A

Wednesday & Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Friday: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Saturday: CLOSED

Coffeehouse-2nd Floor Collins Learning Center

Wednesday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Saturday: CLOSED

Dress Code

During competition, students must dress in modest, professional business attire.

Gentlemen: Suit or slacks and a blazer jacket; collared shirt and tie; professional dress shoes and socks.

Ladies: Skirt or pant suit; or professional slacks, skirt, or dress with a blazer jacket; professional dress shoes. Dress/skirt hemlines and slits should be no higher than the middle of the knee. Hose not required.

Awards Ceremony: Students must attend the awards ceremony in full competition attire.

Violations: If the competitor's attire at any time during the tournament is deemed a violation of the dress code, the competitor will be asked to come into compliance before being allowed to participate.

Code of Conduct

Tournament participants will exhibit kind, polite, and respectful attitudes toward each other and behave in a manner that brings honor to God.

Conflicts that arise mid-tournament will be resolved at the sole discretion of tournament leadership. Tournament leadership has final authority in all tournament decisions.

Tournament participants will adhere to the Peacemaker’s Pledge derived from Matthew 5:23-25 and 18:15-17. This principle dictates that if an offense occurs, the offended should go directly to the offender to resolve the issue; no gossiping or discussing with another person. We seek to restore relationships. A third party may be necessary to resolve issues.