2025 Texas Escalade

Invictus Fides (TX) - Mar 12-15, 2025 | Status: Completed | 4:44 AM Central

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Expository Information
Parli Competitor Information - Please Read
Dallas Baptist University Location
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DBU Campus Dining
Dress Code & Code of Conduct
Stoa Event Descriptions
Stoa Debate Resources
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Community Judge Flyer (PDF)

Tournament Timetable

Community Judge registration will open at 10:34 am Wed 01/08/2025 (Central)

Tournament Status will update to Open at 12:00 pm Fri 01/31/2025 (Central)

Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Fri 02/07/2025 (Central)

Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:59 pm Fri 02/28/2025 (Central)

Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Fri 03/07/2025 (Central)

Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sat 03/15/2025 (Central)

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.

Important Registration Information

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 Information

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

Release Agreement

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.

Expository Information

Storage for Expos will be located near the bottom of the stairs on the first floor of Pilgrim Chapel (near Roger's Theater) and on the opposite long hallway (follow the signs!).

Please do not leave valuable items unattended in these areas.

Parli Competitor Information - Please Read

We recommend each team carry a copy of the Parliamentary Debate Rules. Please also be familiar with the Stoa Evidence Philosophy and Standards.

Please visit the "Helpful Links" page to access a quick link to the rules and standards.

Resolution Announcement

You must be in Pilgrim Chapel (the Parli announcement room) 10 minutes before the scheduled start time for each round.

Timing

Parli Debate will be self-timed, so please bring a working timepiece.

Internet

Should there be any unforeseen issues with the internet, you will have to rely on your brilliant Parli minds. You are free to bring Extemp boxes or hard copies of magazines to use in prep.

Dallas Baptist University Location

Dallas Baptist University

3000 Mountain Creek Parkway

Dallas, Texas 75211

Google Maps

DBU WiFi Information

Username: STOA

Password: 2LmfuH!/

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 & Code of Conduct

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.

Tournament Events

Speech Pattern A

Apologetics

Qualifying

Dramatic Interpretation

Qualifying

Duo Interpretation

Qualifying

Impromptu

Qualifying

Persuasive

Qualifying

Slam Poetry

Qualifying

Speech Pattern B

Expository

Qualifying

Extemporaneous

Qualifying

Humorous Interpretation

Qualifying

Mars Hill

Qualifying

Open Interpretation

Qualifying

Original Oratory

Qualifying

TP/LD Debate

Lincoln Douglas

Qualifying

Team Policy

Qualifying

Parliamentary Debate

Qualifying

Juniors

Junior Debate

Juniors

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Lincoln Douglas Wed 3/12 5:30-7:30 pm Round 2 Flight A
Flight	Affirmative		Negative		Room
A	SURG	Cade Kirkman	FTFY	Laura Link	Collins 318
A	D315	Gavin Heinrichs	SURG	Sam Mauldin	Collins 326B
A	ASTX	Gus Richardson	COAST	Lydia Leach	Collins 327
A	D315	Ephraim Adams	PRUD	Pete Silverthorne	Collins 332
A	ENV	Shari Dunbar	COAST	Gavin Tucker	Collins Comp Lab A
A	SALT	Titus Businelle	INVF	Stanley Crouch	Collins Comp Lab B
A	LGOK	Alison Earnest	INVF	Garrison Dixon	Collins Rumbly
A	INVF	Amelia Ignatenko	SALT	Reuben Businelle	Education 112
A	FTFY	Preston Sloan	COAST	Reilly Ruth	Education 114
A	PRUD	Matthew Gray	D315	Josiah Estrada	Mahler 1
A	RISI	Charles Raith	INVF	Benjamin Caudal	Pilgrim 05
A	PRUD	Naya White	D315	Simeon Adams	Pilgrim 06
A	FTFY	Jeffery Link	COAST	Madyson Grosstick	Pilgrim 07
A	RSLV	Liliana Kurtz	PRUD	Zoe Parker	Pilgrim Corrie
A	LCH	Melody Magness	INVF	Gabriel Linn	Pilgrim Rogers

Lincoln Douglas Wed 3/12 5:30-7:30 pm Flight B
Flight	Affirmative		Negative		Room
B	GRSP	Michaela Baker	INVF	Aleyah Jimenez	Collins 318
B	PRUD	Grace Link	SOAR	Reese Hinton	Collins 326B
B	INVF	Bryce Catahan	WD40	Grant Geissler	Collins 327
B	INVF	Millie Friederichsen	VOYG	Faith Cho	Collins 332
B	COAST	Josephine Hunt	ASTX	Andres Flores	Collins Comp Lab A
B	INVF	Shepard Souders	LCH	Micah Magness	Collins Comp Lab B
B	PRUD	Grace Mauriello	D315	Sidney Muscarella	Collins Rumbly
B	INVF	Mason Downey	ASTX	Christian Bach	Education 112
B	COAST	Reagan Leach	FTFY	Jackson Moody	Education 114
B	PRUD	Isaiah Tallon	MARS	Seitaro Jack Oda	Mahler 1
B	TORCH	Emmanuel Lejeune	COAST	Walker Tucker	Pilgrim 05
B	MARS	Luke Gile	PRUD	Kelsey Minor	Pilgrim 06
B	PRUD	Noelle Tallon	INVF	Elijah Tutton	Pilgrim 07
B	IGNI	Samuel Russell	PRUD	Anna Gray	Pilgrim Corrie
B	D315	Miryam Adams	PRUD	Ryland Roedel	Pilgrim Rogers

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