2025-2026 Debate Tournaments (Some Dates Tentative)
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!
Dates Place Events Offered
9/6-8/2025 Kentucky Season Opener (KY) Varsity Policy (In Person)/LD (Virtual)/PF (Both)
9/13/2025 Lexington Online JV RR JV PF/Policy/LD
9/19-21/2025 Yale (CT) Varsity & JV LD&PF/Varsity Policy
9/26-29/2025 Des Moines Valley (IA) VLD (In Person)/VPF and Var Policy (Virtual)
10/4/2025 ODL #1 – VIRTUAL LD/PF/Policy -- JV and V Divisions
10/17-19/2025 Bronx Science (NY) Varsity LD/PF/Policy
10/18/2025 MSDL Novice – Sharon HS (MA) Novice PF and LD
10/24 -26/2025 Averill (MA) – Virtual VPF Fri-Sat/VLD, NLD, NPF. NPol Sat Only
10/31-11/2/2025 Apple Valley (MN) Varsity LD and PF
11/1/2025 ODL #2 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- Policy, PF. LD (Nocember Topics)
11/7-9/2025 Urban Dragon (DC) Varsity Policy
11/8/2025 Scarsdale (NY) JV & Novice LD & PF (Nocember Topics)
11/14-16/2025 Groves – VIRTUAL Varsity and Novice -- Policy and PF
11/15/2025 Natick #1 (MA) PF Only
11/15/2025 ODL #3 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- Policy, PF. LD (Nocember Topics)
11/22/2025 Little Lex REQUIRED Nov/Var PF&LD/Nov Policy
12/5-7/2025 Mamaroneck (NY) Varsity & Novice Policy
12/5-7/2025 Princeton (NJ) Varsity & Novice LD & PF (Maybe JV)
12/5-7/2025 Online TOC Qualifier #1 – VIRTUAL Varsity/Rising Stars LD/Policy/PF
12/6/2025 Lincoln Sudbury (MA) Varsity and Novice LD and PF
12/12-14/2025 Ridge (NJ) All Debate Events – Varsity & Novice
12/13/2025 Arlington (MA) Varsity and Novice LD and PF
12/19-22/2025 Blake (including Round Robins) (MN) Varsity LD/Policy/PF
12/20/2025 The Holly (Natick 2) (MA) PF Only
12/20/2025 ODL #4 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N Policy Divisions ONLY
1/3-5/2026 MBA (TN) Varsity Policy
1/8-11/2026 Newark LD RR/Newark (NJ) All Debate Events – Varsity & Novice
1/10/2026 ODL #5 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- Policy, PF. LD
1/10/2026 Newton South (MA) Varsity and Novice PF/Maybe LD
1/18-20/2026 Big Lex (MA) REQUIRED (Mostly Working Not Debating)
1/23-25/2026 Emory (GA) Varsity LD/Policy/PF
1/24/2026 ODL #6 – VIRTUAL V/JV/N -- Policy, PF. LD
1/30-31/2026 NSDA Qualifier Boston (MA) Varsity LD/Policy/PF
1/30-2/1/2026 Pennsbury (PA) All Events
2/6-8/2026 UPenn – VERY LIKELY VIRTUAL All Debate Events
2/7/2026 NCFL National Qualifier (MA) Varsity LD and PF
2/14-16/2026 Harvard (MA) Varsity LD/Policy/PF
2/20-22/2026 Online TOC Qualifier #2 – VIRTUAL Varsity/Rising Stars LD/Policy/PF
2/27-3/1/2026 Lakeland – VIRTUAL All Debate Events
2/28/2026 Mardi Gras -- Shrewsbury (MA) Open PF & LD
3/6-8/2026 Online TOC Qualifier #3 – VIRTUAL Varsity/Rising Stars LD/Policy/PF
3/7/2026 Brookline (MA) LD and PF
3/21/2026 Needham (MA) Varsity & Novice LD & PF/Nov Policy
3/19-23/2026 NDCA Nats (MN) Varsity LD/Policy/PF (Qualifiers Only)
3/27-29/2026 MA State Tournament All Events – Varsity and Novice
4/11-13/2026 TOC -- Lexington (KY) Varsity LD/Policy/PF (Qualifiers Only)
5/22-24/2026 NCFL Nats – (DC) Qualifiers in LD/PF/Potentially Policy
6/14-20/2026 NSDA Nats – (VA) Qualifiers in LD/PF/Potentially Policy
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