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Events:

* All 13 MSHSL events and Impromptu and POI.

* Extemp will be split Domestic & International - students cannot compete in both due to schedue constraints.

* Judges should provide speakers a 30 second grace period.

Double & Triple-entering:

* Students in draw events (ER, IX, ST, & USX) and Discussion can be registered in one non-draw event as well but not two due to schedule constraints.

* Students can register in three non-draw events.

* Impromptu is not considered a draw event since it is an in-room draw event with a running clock.

Discussion:

* Discussion tasks will be released at the table.

* All tasks will come from Sections III and IV of the MSHSL Discussion outline and will be delivered in paper form to each table.

Round themes for Extemp Speaking will be in the live doc.

Tournament format:

* Four prelims and then all events will break to Finals & Honor Finals.

* Events with large entry pools (60+) may have additional final rounds to give additional students the opportunity to compete.

NIETOC Bids:

* All finalists in DI, Duo, HI, Info, IX, OO, POI, & USX likely will earn bids. Some in Honor Finals will too. And maybe even some others - we'll see where numbers end up.

* Entries in Prose are eligible to earn DI bids this year per NIETOC board decision for the 2019 season.

* For more information about NIETOC, see NIETOC.com.

Extemp TOC Bids:

* All finalists in IX and USX will earn bids to the Extemp TOC, hosted by Northwestern University's Speech team.

* For more information, please click HERE.