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NM District Big Questions Tournament (ONLINE) -

November 15 -

In order to compete at this tournament:

You must have paid the $200 team dues to the boosters!!
Be sure you have turned in your Tournament APS Permission Packet or you will not be able to compete/attend.

RULES TO COMPETE AT A NATIONAL QUALIFIER

The NMSDA District National Qualifier Tournament ("District" or "Nat Quals") is held to determine who will compete at the NSDA National Tournament. Depending on the number of entries, the top 2 competitors in each event (determined by number of entries) in Speech and Debate will qualify to attend the National Competition held in June.

1- In order to compete, students must have a minimum of 25 merit points, at least 10 of which must be from competition.

2 - No student may qualify in more than one event, prioritizing events will come later.

3 - If you are a qualifier or alternate, you MUST attend the informational meeting held in Mar, prior to the District National Qualifier

4- All students who enter the National Qualifier Tournament MUST plan to attend Nationals. An approximately 1-week grace period following Nat Quals in March will be given to confirm the entry. Any competitor who withdraws after committing to attend Nationals will forfeit entry in the following year's National Qualifier(s) and potentially any further entry during their HS career, per the LCHS coaches' rules.

5 - All qualifying students from La Cueva High School will prepare the event they qualified in AND a supplemental event to be entered if they do not break into elimination rounds. Please refer to our Supplementals Page for more information regarding events available.

6- All qualifying students from La Cueva High School will need to assist with finding judges for Nationals to cover our qualifying judge burden within that week time period. If we can not cover the judge burden, some entries will have to be dropped.

7 - Please refer to the 2026 LCHS National Tournament Fee Schedule for all those who qualify.