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WFCA State Tournament - 2023
General information This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Wisconsin. View manager contact information To Wisconsin Forensics Coaches,
You are invited to enter your students in the 2023 Wisconsin WFCA tournament in Oshkosh on April 1st, 2023.
Eligibility - All WFCA member schools in good standing are eligible to compete and can earn team awards and individual category awards. Schools who are not members of the WFCA may compete as guest schools, which are ineligible for team awards, but can earn individual category awards. Guest schools may compete at the WFCA state tournament one time without having paid WFCA dues. Any guests schools who wish to participate in the WFCA state tournament in future years will need to pay dues in those future years
Location - This year’s tournament will be hosted by the Oshkosh School District, specifically at Oshkosh West and Oshkosh North High schools. Details about location information can be found on the Speechwire home page of the 2023 WFCA State Tournament, under “additional information pages.”
Entries – Each school will be allowed 25 entries with no more than four entries in any category. Students are not permitted to double enter categories. Only one team per school will be allowed in the tournament. Any bona fide pupil in good standing and in regular attendance in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade of the member school shall be eligible to compete.
Student Congress - The WFCA student congress competition will take place on Friday, March 31st at the Winnebago County Courthouse. Registration for student congress will be through the tabroom.com website. Any questions regarding student congress should be addressed to Tim Sheffler (timscheff@aol.com)
Categories – All WFCA sanctioned categories and category rules will be used. Rules can be found at the WFCA website (www.wfcaforensics.org).
Format – The State Tournament shall consist of three preliminary rounds, a semi-final round, and a final round for each category. Round one for all events will be at 9:00 am, round two at 10:15 am and round three will be at 11:30 am. Semifinal and final rounds will take place in the afternoon.
Fees – An entry fee of $10 per individual entry, $15 per group entry, and $10 per congress contestant shall be charged. A fee of $15 will be charged for any changes occurring after the posted tournament close time. Schools who have not paid fees by the end of May will be assessed a $75 processing fee. If the fees are not paid by the end of June, an additional fee of $75 will be assessed.
Judges – All schools participating must provide 1 judge for every 5 entries (or fraction thereof). Judging will be done electronically through Speechwire. All judges must have a linked SpeechWire account prior to the start of the tournament. The tournament will not be providing paper ballots. All judges must write critiques and submit ranks via SpeechWire. If a school is unable to provide its full quota of judges, there will be a fee of $35 for each uncovered entry on the team.
Food – An a la carte lunch will be served at Oshkosh West High School for both students and judges. Anyone intending to purchase lunch should have cash with them on the day of the tournament. For planning purposes, please go into the "purchase meals" tab on the registration page and indicate the number of students and adults you expect to puchase lunch at the tournament. This tab is not for the actual purchase of lunches, it is just for indicating expected numbers.
Awards – Awards will be presented to all of the finalists and semi-finalists. Sweepstakes trophies will be presented to the top six Division I, II and III schools based on State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) school enrollment for that school year.
Schedule – for Saturday (at the Oshkosh School District) 7:00 am Registration begins 8:20 am Judges’ meeting and Student meeting
8:30 am Draw for round 1 9:00 am Round 1 10:15 am Round 2 11:30 am Round 3 1:15 pm Semifinal round 3:15 pm Final round 5:00 pm Awards
Deadlines – Registration is open now on Speechwire. Wednesday, March 29: (5:00 pm) Entries due (registration will close to any new entries) Friday, March 31: (5:00 pm) Coaches will no longer be able to make drops or name changes. (From this point on, if there are any details that need to be changed, they will need to be directly emailed to the tournament director (bkroll@sasd.net)).
Confirmation – A confirmation communication will be sent out to all registered teams on Wednesday evening, March 29th. That confirmation will contain additional information including: Saturday check-in details, specific logistics of student drop-off and transportation between buildings, details of which categories will be in which building, Maps to distribute to students and judges, Impromptu round themes, Extemp round topics, as well as student codes and more information. So please watch for that communication and please share it with your students.
Additional Information – Please note that additional information can be found on the homepage of the WFCA State Tournament on Speechwire – box lunch information, lodging options, nearby places to dine with your team, and more. If you do not see or find the information that you need or want, please feel free to contact the tournament director directly – bkroll@sasd.net or text to 414-688-2817.
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