Board and Bylaws
2022-2023 CBSR Board
President -- Erik Pielstick
Vice President -- Debate David Sylva
Vice President -- Speech Mark Stowitts
Secretary -- Natalie Jones
Treasurer -- Dave Chamberlain
Constitution and By-laws
Revised: September 2022
Erik Pielstick, C.B.S.R. President
Los Osos High School
Rancho Cucamonga, California
C.B.S.R. CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I -- NAME
Section 1. The name of this organization shall be the Citrus Belt Speech Region.
ARTICLE II -- PURPOSE
Section 1. The purpose of this organization shall be to promote the development and continuation of educationally sound speech curricula in the high schools of the Region, and to promote co-curricular activities as laboratory experiences.
ARTICLE III -- MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Membership of schools shall be accepted upon completion of application by the principal or his/her proxy and by the payment of dues and assessments as prescribed in the By-laws.
Section 2. Student participation is limited to grades 9 through 12.
ARTICLE IV -- LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Section 1. The Legislative Assembly shall consist of the membership of the Region, meeting as a committee of the whole.
Section 2. Each member school shall have one vote within the Legislative Assembly. The principal or his/her proxy casts this vote.
Section 3. The Legislative Assembly shall have the power to ratify or veto any action of the Executive Board.
ARTICLE V -- REGION OFFICERS
Section 1. The Region officers shall consist of a President, a Vice-President of Debate Events, a Vice-President of Speech/Interpretation Events, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.
Section 2. The method of election and procedures of Region officers shall be prescribed in the By-laws.
Section 3. The President shall be the official delegate of the Citrus Belt Speech Region to the California High School Speech Association.
ARTICLE VI -- EXECUTIVE BOARD
Section 1. The Executive Board shall consist of the Region officers.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to propose rules and regulations for the CBSR with the approval of the Legislative Assembly. The Executive Board shall also supervise financial matters.
ARTICLE VII -- BY-LAWS
Section 1. The By-laws shall govern the procedure for all CBSR tournaments. All CHSSA rules apply at all tournaments except when specified otherwise within the By-laws.
Section 2. By-laws shall be adopted by the Legislative Assembly.
Section 3. By-laws may be changed or enacted by a majority vote of the Legislative assembly provided the following:
a. The meeting of the Legislative Assembly was announced to all CBSR members at least four weeks prior to its occurrence.
b. The Legislative Assembly has a quorum (at least a majority of the CBSR membership).
c. The changes in By-laws must be sent to all member schools within four weeks of their passage.
ARTICLE VIII -- AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments to this Constitution shall be submitted in writing to the President at least four weeks prior to a scheduled meeting of the Legislative Assembly, and copies shall be distributed to the entire membership at least one week prior to said meeting.
Section 2. Amendments shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of the Legislative Assembly.
________
date
_______________________
President VP
________________________
Debate VP
________________________
Speech VP
_______________________
Treasurer
________________________
Secretary
PART I: MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Schools shall be eligible for membership in the Citrus Belt Speech Region (CBSR) if they are in Riverside County, San Bernardino County, or those areas of Los Angeles County within the physical boundaries of the Bonita, Claremont, and Pomona School Districts. (5/2015)
Section 2. Applications for membership shall consist of:
a. Payment of dues.
b. Map showing route to school, with address and phone number.
c. Name, home address, and phone number of the speech coach.
d. Properly filled-out application form, with signature of principal or his proxy.
e. Membership shall be renewed annually.
Section 3. Each CBSR School must designate a Coach of Record who will be responsible for:
a. Correspondence with CBSR and CHSSA, and attending CBSR meetings.
b. Financial obligations of his or her team
c. Registration for all CBSR tournaments
d. Supervision and safety of his or her team at CBSR events
e. Registration for the CHSSA State tournament
f. Supervision of his or her team at CHSSA events
g. Ensuring that all his or her team’s students, judges, and assistant coaches comply with CBSR rules and standards of appropriate behavior at CBSR and CHSSA events. (9/2018)
Section 4. The Coach of Record shall be formally established by submission of the “Principal’s Designation Letter” which shall be submitted to the league president prior to participation in a team’s first tournament. A person may only be coach of record for a single school. Assistant coaches or parents authorized by the school administration to assume the duties of the Coach of Record in his or her absence may be submitted with the original Principal’s Designation Letter, or on a separate document. (9/2018)
Section 5. CBSR Schools are required to join the California High School Speech Association. Schools that fail to pay CHSSA dues at least two weeks prior to the League Championship Tournament are not eligible to compete at the League Championship or the State Tournament.
PART II: ELECTION AND PROCEDURES FOR REGIONAL OFFICERS
Section 1. The regional officers shall be chosen at a meeting of the Legislative Assembly to be held either during or after the month of March. Their terms of office shall commence the following July 1.
Section 2. The terms of office for all Regional officers shall be two consecutive years, with the exception of the Vice-Presidents, elected on an annual basis.
Section 3. The President and Treasurer shall be elected in even numbered years. The Secretary shall be elected in odd numbered years. The Vice-Presidents shall be elected every year.
Section 4. Vacancies in Regional offices shall be filled by appointment by the Executive Committee to be ratified or rejected at the next scheduled meeting of the Legislative Assembly.
Section 5. The duties of officers shall be as follows:
a. The President shall be the chief administrator of all CBSR tournaments, shall represent the CBSR at all meetings of the California State Speech Council, and shall preside at all CBSR meetings. The President shall supervise the approval of scripts for entry at the State Tournament, report the league’s entry and alternates to the CHSSA Director of Activities, and coordinate the notification of alternates.
b. The Vice-President(s) shall perform duties as assigned by the President, and shall succeed to the office of President in case of a vacancy.
c. The Treasurer shall collect and disburse all CBSR finances and shall arrange for all awards.
d. The Secretary shall take minutes of all Legislative Assembly meetings and shall distribute them to all members within four weeks.
Section 6. The President shall receive a yearly stipend of $300, the Vice-Presidents shall receive a yearly stipend of $200 each, and the Treasurer shall receive a yearly stipend of $150. Stipends shall be paid upon successful completion of duties at the spring coaches meeting.
PART III: MEETINGS
Section 1. The CBSR shall have two scheduled Legislative Assembly meetings each year, in the fall and spring. Other meetings may be scheduled upon the call of the President.
Section 2. A petition of 25% of the member schools shall make it mandatory for the President to call a meeting of the Legislative Assembly.
Section 3. All Legislative Assembly meetings shall be conducted according to Robert's Rules of Order.
PART IV: BY-LAWS AND GRIEVANCES
Section 1. The CBSR By-laws shall be binding on all member schools.
Section 2. Interpretation of the By-laws shall rest first with the President, then with the Executive Committee, and finally with the Legislative Assembly.
Section 3. No decision by the President or Executive Committee shall contravene the intent of any rule or by-law.
Section 4. Any member school with a grievance may proceed as follows:
a. File an immediate written protest with the President.
b. If the school wishes, it may appeal the President's decision to the Executive Committee. The President shall convene the Executive Committee on demand from any member school.
PART V: DUES AND FEES
Section 1. First year schools may elect to join at a fee of $100. Payment of this fee entitles a school to attend all CBSR tournaments as a full member.
Section 2. All other schools will pay dues according to the following:
a. A base fee of $400 per school.
b. An additional fee of $1.00 per NSDA member and degree (chapter strength) on record as of June 30 of the previous school year. (5/2015)
c. Non-NSDA schools or schools with fewer than ten NSDA degrees will pay a minimum of $10 in addition to the base fee. (5/2015)
d. Any league school that has not paid its annual dues to the League Treasure by Jan. 1 will be assessed a $100 late fee and that school will be unable to compete at any league events until all dues are paid in full.
e. The Treasurer will earmark $500 each year to savings for the Newbold Scholarship. (5/2015)
Section 3. No CBSR school may participate in a qualifying tournament for the California State Finals unless it has paid the appropriate dues with the California High School Speech Association and is a member of good standing of that association.
PART VI: OPERATION OF REGULAR CBSR PRACTICE TOURNAMENTS
Section 1. Team debate tournaments will be power matched and will include the following divisions: NOVICE DIVISION & VARSITY / OPEN DIVISION. (9/2015)
Section 2. Congress shall be conducted using the rules for the State Qualifying Student Congress, with the following exceptions:
1) Students will debate one bill/resolution per round.
2) Procedures may be modified by the executive committee to match the realities of tournament scheduling. (9/2014)
Section 3. Individual event tournaments shall offer thirteen events, grouped into "A" and "B" events and coded as follows:
Group “A” Group “B”
101 US Extemp 1 Foreign Extemp
201 Original Oratory 301 Original Advocacy
401 Impromptu 701 Expository
501 Original Prose/Poetry 901 Dramatic Interp
601 Thematic Interp 1101 Oratorical Interp
801 Humorous Interp 1201 Duo Interp
1001 Lincoln Douglas Debate
Students may enter one event from each group unless tournament logistics require single-entry. Sectioning and scoring will be as follows, with the President empowered to vary procedures as needed. Round 1 of each event will be set up from a master list with a school not meeting itself more often than necessary. Round 2 shall be set by the drop-slide method. Round 3 shall have hidden finals. Lincoln-Douglas Debate, however, shall be power matched. Scores worse than 4 shall be rounded to 4. The President shall determine the size of each final panel. Tiebreaking and final winners shall be determined by the following, in this order:
1. Total cumulative score, all rounds.
2. The final round score itself.
3. If there were three judges in the finals, by judges' preference.
4. The greatest number of firsts, all rounds.
5. The greatest number of seconds, all rounds
Section 4. It is the intention of the league to follow existing CHSSA rules regarding the use of electronic devices. (5/2015)
PART VII: COMPETITIVE DIVISIONS, PRACTICE TOURNAMENTS (9/2015)
Section 1. CBSR tournaments held prior to January shall have two competitive divisions; Novice and Open. The executive board may, at its discretion, eliminate the novice division at a tournament if there is a compelling reason to do so.
Section 2. In speech events, interpretation events, and congress, students may compete in the novice division in their first school year of competition only.
Section 3. In debate events students may compete in the novice division if they are first-year competitors; second year competitors who have never competed in any debate event; or are second year competitors with very limited experience, fewer than three total wins in debate, and are considered by their coach to be on-par with the average first-year competitor.
Section 4. In all partner events both competitors must qualify as “Novice” in order to compete in the novice division.
Section 5. A first-year competitor may choose to compete in the Open Division of an event without losing their eligibility to compete in the Novice Division of another event at that or any later tournament.
PART VIII: AWARDS FOR PRACTICE TOURNAMENTS (5/2014)
Section 1. The executive board will select trophies or plaques, as appropriate, for the Open division of each event, and medals or other awards, as appropriate, for the Novice division. (9/2015)
Section 2. Number of awards presented: (9/2015)
Speech and Interpretation Events
8 or more entries in the first round = 1st, 2nd, 3rd
4 to 7 entries in the first round = 1st, 2nd
3 or less in the first round = 1st
Debate Events
12 or more entries in the first round = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
4 to 11 entries in the first round = 1st, 2nd
3 or less in the first round = 1st
Congress
Two or more houses in each division = 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
+ Finalist medals for others in the powerhouse.
Only one house in each division = 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
+ Finalist medals to 8th place
Section 3. At league debate practice tournaments, ranking shall be determined by: (9/2015)
1) Win/loss record. 2) Total speaker points when high and low scores are dropped. 3) Total speaker points when high and low scores are dropped. The intention being to match TRPC rankings. (5/2014)
Section 4. At league practice tournaments, medals (or other suitable awards) shall be given to the top three speakers in each division of teamed debate events. The top three shall be determined by:
1) Speaker points total. 2) Speaker point total when high and low scores are dropped. (5/2014)
PART IX: JUDGES
Section 1. Each school shall bring one judge for every six individual events entries or fraction thereof, one judge for every two Lincoln-Douglas, Parliamentary, and Public Forum debate entries or fraction thereof, and one judge for every two debate teams or fraction thereof. This rule applies to all schools, all tournaments.
Section 2. The following may be used to alleviate an inadequate number of judges on the part of any school during any CBSR tournament:
a. extra judges from other schools
b. coaches and tab personnel will be used
c. varsity students may be used as appropriate
d. larger panels will be used (not to exceed 8)
When these and any other reasonable options have been exhausted, the coach from the school "short" judges will be asked to reduce entries until the tournament can be run adequately. The coach may shift entries between events. All names dropped will be at the coach's discretion.
C.B.S.R. BY-LAWS FOR QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS
PART I: STATE QUALIFYING STUDENT CONGRESS
Section 1. Congress requires six bills and/or resolutions for debate, which may be submitted by member schools. Enough lead time must be provided to allow each school at least two weeks preparation on the bills and resolutions to be used.
Section 2. Each CBSR member school may enter up to 12 congresspersons.
Section 3. Each school is to list its entry in order of strength, best first.
Section 4. The congress is comprised of houses all of equal prestige and size. There is no "senate" or "novice house." The number of houses in the congress is determined by the total number of students actually ready to debate when the congress convenes, according to the following table:
under 21 one house
21 - 36 two houses
37 - 54 three houses
55 - 72 four houses
73 - 90 five houses
91 - 108 six houses
etc.
Section 5. Each house has equal (or nearly equal) numbers. Also, each house has an equal (or nearly equal) number of #1 seeds, #2 seeds, etc. The entry from each individual school is spread out so as to have equal representation, as nearly as possible, in each house, with the school's seeded entries separated as much as possible.
Section 6. Each house holds two preliminary sessions; three judges for each session. The ballots of the adult judges each list nine "best" competitors with all others being given 10's.
Section 7. Judges are rotated, changing every session. Each school is responsible for bringing one judge for every six entries or fraction thereof (in accordance with CBSR guidelines for judges at state qualifying tournaments). Any necessary additional judges are to be hired by the league. The President is responsible for anticipating such needs.
Section 8. After two preliminary sessions, the best 14 cums and ties advance to a final house. Students ranked 15 to 28 after the preliminary rounds will be a semi-final house. (1/28/2022) the lowest cumulative scores from each chamber will advance to the final or semi-final house. There shall be fifteen competitors in each chamber. The advancing competitors shall be selected in the following manner:
If there are three preliminary chambers: The five lowest cumulative scores from each chamber advance to the final chamber.
If there are four preliminary chambers: The three lowest cumulative scores from each chamber, plus the next 3 lowest cumulative scores from among the remaining competitors from all chambers advance to the final chamber.
If there are five preliminary chambers: The three lowest cumulative scores from each advance to the final chamber.
If there are six preliminary chambers: The two lowest cumulative scores from each chamber, plus the next 3 lowest cumulative scores from among the remaining competitors from all chambers advance to the final chamber.
After the final chamber has been selected, the remaining competitors from all chambers shall be ranked from lowest to highest cumulative score. The fifteen lowest cumulative scores from among this group will advance to the semi-final house. (1/28/2022)
Section 9. The final and semi-final houses will have an odd number of adult ballots. Five judges is the preferred number for the final house, three judges for the semi-final house.
Section 10. The tournament winners and state qualifying list are determined by low total cum from prelims and final house together (11 ballots). Alternate qualifiers after 14th 15th place will advanced from the semi-final house. Ties for positions are broken by the following criteria, in this order:
1. Low cum, finals only
2. Apply individual event tie breaking process
Section 11. Chairperson candidates are rotated between preliminary houses in such a way that judges' vote determines two candidates for finals. The qualifying chairperson is also selected by judges' vote, but from the finals only.
Section 12. All speeches, all sessions, are three minutes maximum. There are no authorship privileges. Cross examination periods of one minute follow each speech. The rules may not be suspended to extend cross-examination time. All CBSR congress tournaments will use the CHSSA approved motions for Student Congress. (9/2014)
Section 13. The President will set a maximum time limit for each session in each house. The "maximum time limit" for each house will be calculated using the following formula:
5 minutes times the number of contestants in that house
plus 30 minutes (prelims) or 45 minutes (finals)
The "maximum time limit" may not exceed two hours, and should automatically be set at two hours if the above formula produces a time exceeding two hours.
All preliminary session will be directed to start at the same time. A half-way time will be determined by the President and communicated to Presiding Officers. This time will be written on the board in the competition room. At the halfway point the Presiding Officers will rotate to different rooms as directed by the President. The tournament will establish a ten-minute period of time for the presiding officers to communicate in order to facilitate a smooth transition.
Each house shall remain in session until each contestant has had the opportunity to speak. Speeches shall be recognized by the Presiding Officer. If the "maximum time limit" has not been exceeded after everyone has had that opportunity, any time left over in the session may be used for "additional speeches" and cross-examination. An "additional speech" may not begin after the maximum time limit has been exceeded. A contestant who waives his/her opportunity to speak before "additional speeches" begin MAY NOT give an "additional speech."
Section 14. In addition to the Final and Semi-Final houses, consolation houses are formed as necessary for the third round. The scores from this session are added to the preliminary round scores, and the final scores are used to rank all contestants after the finalists and semi-finalists.
PART II: STATE QUALIFYING FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
Section 1. Each school may enter up to 12 students in each event. NOTE: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EXTEMP WILL BE DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR THIS TOURNAMENT. International will be assigned codes starting with 1 and domestic with 101. Lincoln-Douglas Debate will be included in a separate debate qualifying tournament.
Section 2. There shall be three preliminary rounds run on one Saturday, and then semifinal and final rounds run on the following Sunday.
Section 3. A student may enter any two individual events. If they are in conflict, he/she will always be placed early in one event and late in the other, according to guidelines established in advanced by the President.
Section 4. The first three rounds will each be judged by single judges. Round 1 is set up by the diagonal placement method with no school's students meeting more often than necessary. Round 2 is set up by the drop-slide method with students from a school again separated as far as possible. Round 3 is set by the power-protect method, again with a school's students separated.*
*CBSR will use computer tabulation software such as Tabroom.com (5/2016), the paneling parameters will be set to achieve, as much as possible, the paneling goals listed above.
Section 5. ADVANCING INTO SEMIS AND FINALS
The preferred number for the semifinals shall be 14. For the final round, the preferred number shall be 7. If two or more contestants from the same school are the only contestants to finish in an unbreakable tie which includes the 14th and 15th places in the semifinals or the 7th and 8th places in the finals, the coach of the school involved shall have the option to break the tie and choose from among the tied contestants to fill the open place(s) in the semis or finals. If two or more contestants from different schools are involved in ties for the final positions in the semifinals or finals, the open positions shall be filled from among the tied contestants through the use of a random selection system designated by the President.
Section 6. JUDGES
Each school must provide one judge for every 8 entries at prelims and one judge for every 4 entries at semis and finals. All judges at State Qualifying Tournament must be at least 19 years of age or have graduated from high school at least 365 days previous to the date of the tournament. There shall be one judge for each panel in prelims, three in semifinals, and three in finals. The Executive Committee may vary this rule in an emergency. In all rounds, judges will rank contestants 1 through 7. At the League Championship the tab room will enter and record ranks for each event so that no student is given a ranking greater than the number of students in the smallest panel in that event. (5/2014)
Section 7. TIEBREAKING INTO SEMIFINALS
The low 14 cums after three preliminary rounds shall advance into the semifinals. Ties shall be broken by TRIEPC standards. If ties still cannot be broken, a random selection shall be made. (5/2014)
Section 8. TIEBREAKING INTO FINALS
The seven low cums after semifinals shall qualify for finals. These cums are computed by adding
together the ranks assigned by each individual judge, all rounds--thus a total of six scores involved. If
ties still cannot be broken, a random selection shall be made. (5/2014)
1. By the lowest semifinal cum by itself
2. By the greatest number of firsts, all judges, all rounds
3. By the greatest number of seconds
4. By the greatest number of thirds
5. By the greatest number of fourths
6. If there are still ties for the last slot, see Section 5. (5/2014)
NOTE: If semifinalists advance to the state tournament, the above rules will be used to determine which semifinalists shall go.
SECTION 9. FINAL RANK, ALL EVENTS
The final tournament rank will be decided from the total cum of all judges, all rounds (thus 9 ranks are involved). If any two or more speakers tie for one place on the basis of total cum, the following tiebreakers shall be used, in this order:
1. Low cum, final round judges only
2. Judges preference, final round only
3. Greatest number of firsts, all rounds
4. Greatest number of seconds
5. Greatest number of thirds
TIEBREAKING EXAMPLE, JUDGES' PREFERENCE, FINAL ROUND ONLY:
JUDGE A JUDGE B JUDGE C CUM RANK
Mary 1 2 3 6 2nd
Bob 3 1 2 6 1st
(Bob wins because he was preferred by two of the three judges)
PART III: STATE QUALIFYING FOR TEAM, PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE, AND LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
Section 1. The following rules are used for both types of debate. When the word "team" is used, read "individual" to apply to Lincoln-Douglas.
Section 2. FORMAT. Four preliminary rounds are guaranteed each team. If the total entry is over 30, a fifth preliminary round is added to the schedule. The league shall choose between one of two possible tournament formats:
1. The tournament begins with two rounds on a Friday afternoon, and continues with the remaining preliminary and elimination rounds on Saturday.
2. The tournament begins on Saturday, and all preliminary rounds are held on that day. All elimination rounds are held on Sunday.
Section 3. LIMITS. Each school may enter up to 8 teams in and Policy debate, Parliamentary Debate, and Public Forum Debate and 8 individuals in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. They must be listed in order of strength, best first. Each school must provide one judge for every two teams or fraction thereof.
Section 4. TOURNAMENT PROCEDURE
SPEAKER POINTS/BALLOTS
All debate ballots used the State Qualifying tournament will have the following speaker point rubric:
20-23 Rude/Unprofessional
24-25 Fair
26-27 Good
28-29 Excellent
30 Superior
ROUND ONE
Protection: The top half of the entry from each school is designated as "protected." Single entries from a school, or the middle entry from a school with an odd number of teams, would be designated as "swing teams." Swing teams cannot receive a bye for the first round, regardless of the pool of teams they end up in. If the number of swing teams is odd, they must be divided between the protected and unprotected pools so that the unprotected pool has one more team in it than the protected pool (see chart below).
Number of Number of teams to be Number of teams to be
Swing teams added to protecteds added to unprotecteds
1 0 1
3 1 2
5 2 3
7 3 4 and so on...
In order to divide the swing teams, the league officers meet and rank them, first to last. The team or teams judged best by this vote become protected; the others become unprotected.
Byes are only to be drawn if there are an odd number of teams in the tournament. There can never be more than one bye per round, and no team may be assigned more than one bye for the tournament. A bye cannot be refused.
Byes: The bye in Round One goes to an unprotected team (but not to a swing team).
Matching: Random assignment of sides, with no school meeting another more often than necessary. No school shall meet itself unless more than half of the teams entered in the tournament are from that school. Protected teams will be matched against unprotected. If the original number of swing teams in the tournament is even, they should debate each other in Round One.
THE REMAINING PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
Byes: The bye in preliminary rounds after round one goes to the lowest rated team in the tournament eligible to receive it. The only reason a team would be ineligible would be due to the assignment of a bye to it in a previous preliminary round.
*CBSR will use Tabroom.com software or another similar program as determined by the league Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will supervise the paneling in rounds 2 through 5 so that the computer paneling parameters meet, as near as possible, the goals set below. Once the top 8 teams are established a double-elimination bracket will be created as explained in the “Elimination Rounds” section below.
MATCHING, ROUNDS 2 AND 4
Step One: Pool the cards into groups of teams with like won-loss records.
Step Two: Draw any necessary bye (see above).
Step Three: Taking one pool at a time, place on the left the cards of those teams which are required an affirmative round, and on the right those teams requiring a negative round. Use those cards with an equal number of affirmatives and negatives to "even up" the piles, striving to honor side rotation. If this cannot be done, move teams from the side with more cards to the side with fewer by blind draw. At the end of Round Four, no team should have debated more than two rounds on each side unless absolutely necessary.
Step Four: If there remains any pool with an odd number of teams, bring up the lowest point team from the next lower pool and put it into the higher pool. Attempt to move teams so that the teams due affirmative and negative are evened up in the higher brackets. Keep moving up the lowest rated teams to make the next higher pool even until all pools have an even number of teams (not equivalent; just even). A team can only be drawn up into a higher bracket once during a tournament. Any team that is moved up from a lower bracket should be placed where its points put it, not automatically at the bottom of the higher bracket. However, the team which receives the bye for the first round automatically becomes the lowest-rated team in the one-win bracket for Round Two.
Step Five: Match the teams in each pool. The highest rated affirmative meets the lowest rated negative, the second highest affirmative meets the second lowest negative, etc.
Step Six: Make adjustments in the pairings, avoiding the following restrictions, in this order of preference:
1. Avoid matching teams which have met. If such a debate must take place, reverse sides from the first encounter.
2. Avoid matching teams from the same school. No constrained sides or won-loss brackets will be altered to avoid a school meeting itself.
MATCHING, ROUNDS 3 AND 5
Step One: Same as above.
Step Two: Same as above.
Step Three: See Step Four, above.
Step Four: Taking one pool at a time, match the teams. The highest rated team meets the lowest rated team, the next highest rated team meets the next lowest rated team, and so on.
Step Five: Virtually all the debates will take place between two teams which have had an even number of debates on both sides. In these rounds, sides should be set randomly in the tab room. In other rounds, sides should be set so that both teams have as close to an equal number of debates on both sides as is possible.
Step Six: Same as above.
ELIMINATION ROUNDS
Selection and seeding: Select and seen the best eight teams based on:
1. Won-loss record
2. Total speaker points for the tournament
3. Total speaker points, minus high and low rounds
4. Head to head preliminary round meetings (for two team ties only, unless one team has defeated all of the teams with which it is tied)
5. Strength of preliminary opponents (using 1, 2, and 3 above)
6. Coin flip
Matching: Rounds five through seven will be as follows. Under no circumstances should these pairings be altered. Sides will be determined by coin flip unless the teams involved have met before, in which case sides will be reversed from their previous meeting. Each elimination round should have three judges, unless the coaches involved consent to a different number. Teams will be eliminated after their second loss.
ROUND FIVE
Debate 1: Seed #1 vs. Seed #8
Debate 2: Seed #2 vs. Seed #7
Debate 3: Seed #3 vs. Seed #6
Debate 4: Seed #4 vs. Seed #5
ROUND SIX
Debate 5: Winner, Debate 1 vs. winner, Debate 4
Debate 6: Winner, Debate 2 vs. winner, Debate 3
Debate 7: Loser, Debate 1 vs. loser, Debate 4
Debate 8: Loser, Debate 2 vs. loser, Debate 3
ROUND SEVEN
Debate 9: Winner, Debate 5 vs. winner, Debate 6
Debate 10:Winner, Debate 8 vs. loser, Debate 5
Debate 11:Winner, Debate 7 vs. loser, Debate 6
See Appendix I for a schematic of the elimination round pairings.
FINAL PLACEMENT OF TEAMS
First Place: Winner, Debate 9
Second Place: Loser, Debate 9
Third and Fourth: Winners, Debates 10 and 11; tie broken on criteria printed above for selecting and seeding elimination round teams.
Fifth and Sixth: Losers, Debates 10 and 11; tie broken as above.
Seventh and Eighth: Losers, Debates 7 and 8; tie broken as above.
PART IV: QUALIFYING TO THE CHSSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
In accordance with Article VII sec. 6 N of the CHSSA by laws,
[N. Individual leagues shall have the power to devise and use seeding, pre qualifying, and/or automatic qualifying systems as they see fit. Any league tournament used to qualify a student to the State Tournament shall be run as closely as possible by the State Tournament rules.]
CBSR will utilize the following automatic qualifying system to determine which competitors represent the league at the State Tournament.
1. After the completion of each of the League Championship Tournaments for Congress, Debate, and Individual Events, the executive committee will compile lists of the top 14 finishers in each event (top 28 in congress) in descending order, eliminating competitors from schools that have not met the obligation to pay CHSSA dues.
2. Using the lists described above, the executive committee will then designate the appropriate numbers (based on that year’s CHSSA allocations) of competitors as “automatic qualifiers” and alternates to the State Tournament.
3. In order to resolve any issues of students who have automatically qualified in more than one event, partner events, or students who will be unable to accept their qualification to the State Tournament; at the conclusion of the final League Championship Tournament the coach of each school or his/her designee must accept or decline each of the qualifying entries for his/her school with his/her initials prior to the awards ceremony for the tournament.
4. The league President shall create a final list of automatic qualifiers, forward the list to the Area Four Chair, and enter the CBSR qualifiers into the shared electronic document of state qualifiers as directed by the CHSSA Vice President of Activities.
PART V: JUDGE QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBERS
Section 1. Any judge provide or hired for any State Qualifying event must be more than one year out of high school. Exception: For Team and Lincoln-Douglas Debate only the Region may invite judges who are in their first year out of high school provided each coach has an opportunity to strike such judges for his/her teams in each round in which they are used.
PART V: SWEEPSTAKES TABULATION, SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP
Section 1. School sweepstakes ranks shall be computed based on the most points earned in state qualifying tournaments according to the following formula. In a case of ties in total points, the school with first places in the most events shall be the winner.
Team Event Points (CX, PuFo, Parli, Duo) Lincoln-Douglas Points
1st place team 14 points 1st place student 7 points
2nd place team 12 2nd place 6
3rd 10 3rd 5
4th 8 4th 4
5th through 8th 6 points each 5th through 8th 3 points each
Student Congress Points Individual Events Points
1st place 7 points 1st, each event 7 points
2nd 6 2nd 6
3rd 5 3rd 5
4th 4 4th 4
5th through 7th 3 5th through 7th 3
Other finalists 1 point each Semifinalists not
1st place P.O. 3 advancing to finals 1 point each
2nd place P.O. 2
Each school shall receive one additional sweepstakes point for each event entered by that school in the State Qualifying tournaments.
Section 2. The top three schools will each receive appropriate awards. The top school shall receive the "Tom Roper First Place Sweepstakes Award." Section 3. The top three students in the league will each receive appropriate awards. For the purposes of individual sweepstakes awards, points will be calculated based upon the individual event points allocations for all events in which the student is entered (i.e. a 1st place win in policy is worth 7 points not 14).
PART VI: CBSR NAMED AND MEMORIAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Section 1: The following trophies (other appropriate awards) presented at the League Championship Tournament shall be named for the individuals listed below and shall include on the award the name of the person so honored:
1) Team Sweepstakes: "Tom Roper First Place Sweepstakes Award."
2) Impromptu: “Martha Kennedy”
3) Dramatic Interpretation “Gary Walker”
4) Congress “Robert DeGroff” (5/2014)
5) Individual Sweepstakes “Gertrude Baccus Individual Sweepstakes Award” (5/2015)
Section 2: The League will present annually the Michael Newbold Memorial Scholarship. Eligible students must meet the requirements established on the scholarship application and be active participants in a forensic program at a CBSR member school. (5/2015)
Appendix 1
APPENDIX 2
Mike Newbold Memorial Scholarship
Explanation
Purpose: To honor the memory of Michael Newbold and his dedication to speech and debate by providing a scholarship to a worth speech student in the Citrus Belt Speech Region.
Amount: $500
Eligibility: To be eligible for the Mike Newbold Scholarship candidates must complete an application and personal statement and meet the following eligibility requirements:
1. Demonstrate financial need
2. Have a minimum un-weighted GPA of 3.0
3. Currently enrolled as a high school senior and be on track to graduate by the end of the school year
4. Attend a 2/4 year college or university
5. Been a competitor in the Citrus Belt Speech Region for at least two years (including current year)
Approval Process: All applications received by the designated deadline will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of the Citrus Belt Speech Region. Applicants will be evaluated by the metric below and the applicant with the highest score will be awarded the scholarship. In case of a tie a vote of the CBSR Executive Committee will be the deciding factor.
Due Date: March 15th of the current calendar year. All applications must be submitted by the applicant’s coach to the CBSR League President prior to noon on the deadline date.
Category Points Possible Descriptor of how points are awarded
Financial Need 18 Full points are awarded upon demonstration of
financial need. Financial need is defined as an
expected parent contribution of less than 50% as
determined by the FAFSA.
GPA 12 Points calculated by multiplying the un-weighted
GPA by 3 and rounding off to two decimal places.
Competitive Record 20 Points awarded on the following criteria:
• Years of Competition: 2 points per year,
maximum 8 points
• # of times qualified to the CHSSA state
tournament: 2 points per annual
qualification (only 1 event counts per year),
maximum 8 points
• League Champion: 1 point per event student
has been a league champion, maximum 4
points.
Total Points: 50
Mike Newbold Scholarship Application
Name:
___________________________________________________________________________
Date: __________
High School:
___________________________________________________________________________
College/University you plan on attending:
___________________________________________________________________________
Unweighted GPA: __________
Years of Competitive Experience: __________
Number of times you qualified for state: __________
League Champion? Y / N
Number of times (please give details below):
Proof of Financial Need: Please submit a copy of your FAFSA report that lists parents’ expected financial contribution. If you do not have your FAFSA filled out, please submit a copy of your parents’ current tax return with social security information blacked out. If your parents did not file taxes currently, please provide a letter from them that explains why they did not file, and listing their income for the current year.
GPA: Please attach an unofficial copy of your high school transcripts signed by either your coach or a school official.
Personal Statement: (please attach) In 500 words or less please write an essay in which you describe yourself and your participation in speech and debate competition. Please describe any challenges that you have overcome and/or the role that forensics has played in your life thus far.