Dear Forensics Coach,

The Sun Prairie West High School Forensics team invites you and your team to the Sun Prairie West Forensics Tournament. The tournament is scheduled for Saturday, February 1, 2025. Our goal is to reach schools in a variety of regions throughout the state. We are prepared to offer a professionally-run, fun and exciting day of competition.

 The tournament will be held IN PERSON at Sun Prairie West High School (2850 Ironwood Dr).  Please note - THIS IS A (RELATIVELY) NEW LOCATION FOR OUR TOURNAMENT!

 

Please note: 

- Electronic ballots will be used.   Judges must come with their own Wi-Fi enabled laptop, tablet or personal device.  

- Schematics and power round postings will be made via speechwire.com. 

 

 

Rules     

WFCA rules will be used for all events (For a list of rules see www.wfcaforensics.org) with the following modifications:

-Allowance of one 4x6 notecard in Oratory

-Solo Actors will be allowed to use a chair

-Allowance of notes in Oratorical Declamation

-Join us in a new experimental category called Music Interpretation! More information is posted as an attachment. 

 

Schedule                      

7:30-8:15   Registration

8:30        Radio/Extemp Draw Begins

8:30        Judges Meeting in the Performing Arts Center

9:00        Round I

10:15       Round II

11:30       Round III

1:30 (or ASAP)       Power Rounds Begin

3:00        Awards in the Performing Arts Center

 

Entries

Students are allowed to double enter. Students cannot double enter in BOTH extemp and radio. Total number of entries for the tournament is capped at 700.

 

Judges   

Each school must provide one judge for every five entries or portion of five entries. Each duo, group interp or play acting is considered one entry. Please try to bring your own quality judges. Your judge commitment will be based on your entry as of Friday (the day prior to the tournament) at 4pm. We will have hired judges available for you at a cost of $20 per uncovered entry.

 

Awards

Trophies will be presented to the top three competitors and medals to the remaining finalists. In addition, the top novice competitor in each category will receive a medal. Team trophies will be awarded to schools in three divisions. Your top 25 competitors with a maximum of four in any one category will count for team awards. Divisions will be determined based on actual entries competing.

 

Deadlines

-Please register (click attending or not attending) via SpeechWire one week before the tournament.

-Teams can and should manage their own drops on Speechwire.com until 4:00pm, Friday (the day prior to the tournament). 

-Entries dropped after that time will still be charged and you will be responsible for the judges listed.

-Day of tournament drops are strongly discouraged. Please text last minute drops as soon as possible on tournament day to Anna-Lisa Dahlgren at 608-712-5152 AND Jason Samens at 608-669-3210. Make sure you have an updated cell phone number in Speechwire, so tournament personnel can contact you in case a member of your team fails to check-in by 8:15am.  

 

Fees

A fee of $10.00 for each individual entry and $15.00 for group entries (Duo, Group Interp, Play Acting). Entry fees are per entry, not per student. Fees will be based on your confirmed entry.

 

Food

The Sun Prairie Forensics Boosters will have breakfast and lunch for sale. Judges will be provided a food voucher for breakfast and lunch.  In addition, we are offering an option for schools to purchase concessions vouchers for students. This fee can be added to your team's speechwire account invoice if this is preferable for your team/school.  

 

SpeechWire    

-Note on Varsity/Novice designation: When prompted to enter a student’s division, please use varsity for all competitors EXCEPT those students in their FIRST year of high school forensics competition. Please mark these students as NOVICE. This will allow us to recognize top novice competitors at awards like we have in the past.

-If you encounter any problems with the online registration, don't hesitate to email amdahlg@sunprairieschools.org

 

We are looking forward to hosting you! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!

 

Anna-Lisa Dahlgren                                        

Head Coach, SPWHS Forensics                  

Cell: 608-712-5152

E-Mail: amdahlg@sunprairieschools.org