2025-2026

Tournament & Team Schedule 

October 

• 25th - Novice Tournament Workshop "Tourna-shop" hosted by Mason High School @ Mason Middle School.  Competition for Novices only, Varsity students act as judges. Parents needed as drivers and can attend judge training at Mason if interested.

November

• 1st - Perry (Canton) - Varsity Only, Overnight; leave on October 31st.

• 8th - Princeton (Cincinnati) - All Team

• 15th - New Albany (Columbus) - All Team

• 21st & 22nd - Beavercreek, Our Tournament! 2 day tournament between Coy and Trebein, all hands on deck!

(Yes, this is pre-Thanksgiving weekend. We will ask unavailable families for non-day-of-contributions and families not traveling to please volunteer labor during the weekend).

December

• 6th - Perrysburg (Toledo) - All Team, Overnight; leave on December 5th.

• 13th - Olentangy Liberty (Columbus) - All Team

January

• 3rd - Oakwood (Dayton) - All Team

• 10th - Beavercreek (Dayton) - All Team - 1 Day tournament held at BHS and Ferguson Hall

• 15th - THURSDAY - Rotary 4 Way Test after school at BHS

• 17th - Wayne (Dayton) - All Team

• 24th - Moeller (Cincinnati) - All Team

• 31st - Pickerington North (Columbus) - All Team

February

• February 7th - State Qualifying Tournament @ Oakwood, 4 students per event.

• February 20th & 21st - National Qualifying Tournament @ Sylvania Southview HS (Toledo), 4 students per event. No Declamation Speakers. Overnight; leave on February 20th.

• February 28th - Ohio Speech & Debate Association Novice High School & Middle School State Finals - Location: Pickerington Central. Start time is supposed to be delayed on Saturday to avoid having an overnight trip for schools needing to travel from outside Columbus.

March

• March 6th - March 7th - Ohio Speech & Debate Association High School State Finals @ both Canfield HS and South Range HS (Youngstown), Qualifiers, Alternates & Observers only. Overnight; leave on Thursday, March 5th, return Sunday, March 8th.

April

• April 3rd -  Speech and Debate Team Banquet @ Shaw Elementary Cafeteria 5:30 - 8:30 pm. All team & families.

Post Season

Coach Guha will help arrange logistics and provide advice and details on post season opportunities, however all travel for the post season is optional and families who choose to participate in them must cover all costs and supervision.

• April - College Speech and Debate Nationals (Students and parents may choose to observe)

• May - Tournament of Champions National Tournament

• June 14-19 - NSDA National Tournament in Richmond, Virginia

• June/July - Various national speech camps and workshops at many colleges and universities.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE UPDATED:  Wednesday, March 18, 2026