2025-2026 Debate Tournaments
Please Note the Following: These days many debate tournaments are held IN PERSON, but some tournaments will always be virtual (for various reasons), especially the ODL (Online Debate League) Tournaments, the Virtual TOC Qualifying series, Lexington's own Virtual JV Round Robin, and certain Invitationals where classroom space is unavailable. ONLINE tournaments are VERY important to allow students to get more rounds of experience than they could possibly get by attending exclusively IN PERSON events!
6/14-20/2026 NSDA Nats – (VA) Qualifiers in LD/PF/Potentially Policy
Ten 2026-2027 Debate Tournaments
Dates Place Events Offered
9/12-14/2026 Kentucky Season Opener -- Virtual Varsity Policy, LD and PF
9/19/2026 Lexington Online JV RR JV PF/Policy/LD
9/25-28/2026 Soph LD RR/Des Moines Valley (IA) VLD (In Person)/VPF and VCX (Virtual)
9/26/2026 ODL #1 – VIRTUAL LD/PF/Policy -- JV and Varsity Divisions
10/2-4/2026 Yale (CT) V & JV LD&PF/VCX/Cong/Worlds
10/16-18/2026 Bronx Science (NY) Varsity LD/PF/Policy/Congress/Worlds
10/24/2026 MSDL Novice – Location TBD (MA) Novice PF and LD
10/24/2026 ODL #2 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- CX, PF. LD (Nocember Topics)
10/30 -11/1/2026 Averill (MA) – Virtual VPF Fri-Sun/V&NLD, NPF. NCX, Worlds Sat
11/6-8/2026 Urban Dragon (DC) Varsity Policy
11/7/2026 ODL #3 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- CX, PF. LD (Nocember Topics)
11/7-9/2026 Apple Valley (MN) Varsity LD and PF (Congress Also)
11/13-15/2026 Groves – Virtual Varsity and Novice -- Policy and PF
11/14/2026 Scarsdale (NY) JV & Novice LD & PF (Nocember Topics)
11/14/2026 Winchester (MA) PF, LD, Congress
11/21/2026 Little Lex REQUIRED Nov/Var PF&LD/NCX/Congress
12/4-6/2026 Mamaroneck (NY) Varsity & Novice Policy
12/4-6/2026 Princeton (NJ) VPF, JVPF, NPF, VLD. NLD. Congress
12/4-6/2026 DTOC Qualifier #1 – VIRTUAL Varsity/Rising Stars LD/Policy/PF/Cong/Worlds
12/5/2026 Arlington (MA) Varsity and Novice LD and PF, Congress
12/11-13/2026 Ridge (NJ) CX, PF and LD – Varsity/JV/Novice
12/12/2026 Lincoln-Sudbury (MA) Varsity & Novice LD and PF, Congress
12/18-21/2026 Blake (including Round Robins) (MN) Varsity LD/Policy/PF/Congress/Worlds
12/19/2026 The Holly (Natick) (MA) PF and Congress Only
12/19/2026 ODL #4 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N Policy Divisions ONLY
1/7-10/2027 Newark VLD RR/Newark (NJ) CX, LD and PF – Varsity & Novice
1/9/2027 ODL #5 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- Policy, PF. LD
1/9/2027 Newton South (MA) Varsity & Novice PF and LD, Congress
1/9-11/2027 MBA (TN) Varsity Policy Only
1/16-18/2027 Big Lex (MA) REQUIRED (Most Work Not Debate)
1/16/2027 NSDA Congress National Qualifier Congress Only
1/22-24/2027 Emory (GA) Varsity LD/Policy/PF/Congress
1/23/2027 ODL #6 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- Policy, PF. LD
1/23/2027 Boston Latin (MA) – TENTATIVE Varsity & Novice PF and LD, Cong, Also CX
1/29-30/2027 NSDA Qualifier Boston (MA) Varsity LD/PF/CX with EXPRESSED Interest
1/29-31/2027 Pennsbury (PA) V and N for CX, PF and LD, Congress
2/5-7/2027 UPenn – VIRTUAL V, JV & N LD and PF, V and N CX, Worlds
2/6-8/2027 Stanford – VIRTUAL Congress (Worlds if Penn Doesn’t Host It)
2/6/2027 NCFL National Qualifier (MA) Varsity LD. PF, Congress
2/13-15/2027 Harvard (MA) Varsity LD/Policy/PF/Congress/Worlds
2/19-21/2027 DTOC Qualifier #2 – VIRTUAL Varsity/Rising Stars LD/Policy/PF/Cong/Worlds
2/26-28/2027 Lakeland – VIRTUAL Varsity, JV, Novice Policy, LD and PF
2/27/2027 Mardi Gras -- Shrewsbury (MA) Varsity and Novice PF & LD, Congress
3/5-7/2027 DTOC Qualifier #3 – VIRTUAL Varsity/Rising Stars LD/Policy/PF/Cong/Worlds
3/6/2027 Brookline (MA) Varsity and Novice PF & LD, Congress
3/12-14/2027 Woodward (Novice-JV Nats) (GA) JV Policy, LD and PF
3/20/2027 Needham (MA) Varsity & Novice LD & PF/Nov Policy/Congress
3/19-21/2027 NDCA Nats (IA) Varsity LD/Policy/PF (Qualifiers Only)
4/2-4/2027 MA State Debate Tournament Open Policy, Qualifiers in LD and PF – V & N
4/10/2027 MA State Speech and Congress Congress Qualifiers
4/17-19/2027 TOC -- Lexington (KY) Varsity LD/Policy/PF (Qualifiers Only)
4/22-24/2027 NSDA Last Chance Qualifier Varsity LD/Policy/PF
5/28-30/2027 NCFL Nats – (MN) Qualifiers in LD/PF/Cong/Potentially Policy
6/12-19/2027 NSDA Nats – (AZ) Qualifiers in LD/PF/Maybe Policy/Cong/Worlds
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