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Oshkosh North is celebrating 10 years on the WFCA calendar, and we invite you to be part of the action!

We have some fun extras planned for Year 10, and whether this will be your first visit to our tournament or if you have been with us for all 10, we strive to provide a professional, organized, and fun day of forensics!

After a very successful pilot run last year, we will be offering next-in/consolation final rounds for the categories with the greatest number of entries. And we will again be offering novice finals for Prose and Poetry. Note, this year, novice Prose/Poetry entries will compete with varsity in the preliminary rounds, but we will pull the top non-advancing novices to separate power round, exclusively of novices. If your novice entry has a high enough score to quality for the varsity final, they will compete in the varsity final.

We will offer three rounds of preliminary competition of all standard WFCA events. Also, new for 2025, we will be offering Extemporaneous Reading if we get at least two sections of entries by the close of registration on February 11 (we’ll reach out to schools that have students entered in that category in weeks leading up to the tournament to let them know the likelihood of the event having sufficient entries. Please register early if you plan to have students in this event).

The top three finishers in all events, including consolation and novice finals, will receive individual trophies, and we will be awarding medals to all other finalists. We will award trophies to the top three teams in three divisions (we have a new trophy vendor this year 😊). We will determine divisions based on entries the week of the tournament.

We are running a WFCA tournament, but we invite both WFCA and WISDAA schools to attend!

ENTRIES: Teams may enter as many entries as they would like with up to the top 25 counting toward the team score (maximum 4 entries per category counting toward the team score). Double entries are allowed in all categories, except Radio and Extemp entries may not enter in both categories due to scheduling constraints (but students may enter in one draw and one non-draw category, Radio and Duo Interp, for example). Triple-entries are not allowed. Note: Novice Prose/Poetry are only open to students competing in their first year in high school forensics; not their first year in the category.

RULES: WFCA rules will apply in all events, with Extemporaneous Reading following the Sheboygan South-established rules. To accommodate the category differences between WFCA and WISDAA, Public Address competitors may enter as Oratory entries. We will advise judges not to penalize speeches in Oratory that resemble WISDAA Public Address speeches. But please note, no chairs in Group Interp or the Solo Acting categories are allowed. We will also be observing the 10-minute time limit for Group Interp and Play Acting. Additionally, only ONE student is allowed to compete in an Informative Speech that demonstrates. We will not disqualify students in the speech categories who use notes, regardless of the number of cards. However, the use of notes is subject to critique. If you have any questions about rule differences or how the tournament can accommodate your entries, please reach out to discuss. We are happy to make a plan to make it work.

JUDGES: Please provide one qualified judge for every five entries or fraction thereof. If you are short on judges, you may hire one of our independent extra judges at a rate of $125/judge. You must provide the number of judges you indicate on your original entry as of February 14 at 10:00 A.M. and any additional judges to accommodate any late adds. We will be using electronic balloting, which requires your judges to come equipped with a laptop/tablet that has Internet access and a Speechwire account. If this is an issue for your judges, please contact us ahead of time so that we may accommodate.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 11 at 5:00 P.M. via Speechwire.com. Coaches should manage adds and drops on Speechwire through 10:00 A.M. on Friday, February 14. Entry fees will apply to any drops after this deadline.

CONFIRMATION: We will send you a confirmation e-mail the week of the tournament. Each team will must confirm their entries with us via text by 7:15 A.M. on Saturday morning so we can accommodate any last-minute changes while keeping the tournament on time! We will only allow day-of adds if competition space and schedule availability allow.

FEES: $10 per individual entry and $15 for each group entry (Duo, Group Interp, and Play Acting) as of your team’s registration on Speechwire through 10:00 A.M. on Friday, February 14. Please make checks payable to Oshkosh North Forensics. Registration fees will still apply to any entries dropped after 10:00 A.M. on Friday.

FOOD: We will provide a complimentary breakfast and lunch to judges and coaches. Students will be able to purchase breakfast and lunch items. We will have more specific menu information closer to the tournament.

ACCESSIBILITY: Please let us know if any students or judges require special accessibility needs, and we will be happy to accommodate.

QUESTIONS?: Contact Mike Wagner at (920) 203-8055 (cell) or oshkoshnorthforensics@gmail.com (note, I likely will not be able to respond to you until after 5:00 P.M. on most days, except the week of the tournament).

***If any coaches or judges for your school previously were an event champion at our tournament, please let us know via e-mail. We will have recognition for all former varsity event champions throughout the day with a special acknowledgement at the awards ceremony***

We look forward to hosting your team and providing a professional and enjoyable day of forensics!

Mike Wagner
Email address: oshkoshnorthforensics@gmail.com
Phone number: 9202038055

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