2026 The Texas Lone Star
Ascend Texas Speech and Debate (TX) · Mar 26-28, 2026
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John 15: 5
March 26-28th, 2026
The Lone Star will be held in New Braunfels, Texas and will offer all Stoa Debate events (TP / LD / Parli) and Stoa Speech Events, as well as Juniors Events. Speech and debate event offerings may be subject to change.
Location
1st Protestant Church
172 W Coll Street
New Braunfels, TX 78130
You are invited to join us as a Community Judge!
Please click here for more information on judging.
Please go to https://stoahub.org/tournament/the-texas-lonestar-2026/communityjudgeregistration to sign up / register!
Student Registration Dates
Registration & Meals: Open 2/21 @ 12noon - Closes (Drops Only) 3/17 @ 11:55am
Community Judge Registration: Currently Open - Closes 3/25th @ 8pm
No Refunds after registration closes on 3/17 at noon.
All fees must be paid in full on time, or competitors may be dropped from events by 3/17
If we have a waitlist in some events, please be patient. Students will be moved from the waitlist as space becomes available, in the order they registered.
This is a Stoa qualifying tournament, and membership in Stoa is required to participate.
If your script has been approved by The Wildflower or The Escalade, and has not been altered in any way please communicate that to the Script Submission Team and the event will be approved.
*SCRIPT SUBMISSION EXTENSION UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 AT 11:59PM HAS BEEN CREATED.*
Tournament Fees
$30 1st Speech Event, $15 all additional
$35 Debate Events
$15 per Juniors Event
Got questions or need to reach out to the Tournament Directors? Email Michelle Flores at birdingmama@gmail.com
Tournament Events
Speech A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Persuasive Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Speech B
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
TP / LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Juniors
- Juniors Apologetics Juniors
- Juniors Impromptu Juniors
- Juniors Open Interpretation Juniors
- Juniors Platform Juniors
F
G
Tournament Timetable
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 12:00 pm Sat 02/21/2026 (Central)
- Script submission will open at 12:00 pm Sat 02/21/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:55 am Tue 03/17/2026 (Central)
- Meal registration will close at 11:55 am Tue 03/17/2026 (Central)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 11:55 am Tue 03/17/2026 (Central)
- Late fee will be applied at 12:00 pm Fri 03/20/2026 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 am Wed 03/25/2026 (Central)
- Community Judge registration will close at 4:00 pm Sat 03/28/2026 (Central)
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.