Speech and Debate in North Carolina
This is the official home of the Tarheel Forensic League (TFL) and is an information clearinghouse for North Carolina's high school speech and debate programs. You’ll find the North Carolina speech and debate tournament schedule, information about other organizations associated with speech and debate, as well as the TFL’s history, and detailed information leading up to the North Carolina state speech and debate championship tournament.
2017-2018 Speech and Debate Schedule (follow links for details and results)
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15-16 |  |
Laird Lewis at Myers Park HS |
| Sept. 23 | Riverside HS (SC) | |
| Sept. 30 | |
Pinecrest Open at Pinecrest HS |
| Oct. 14 | |
Jimmy K. Poole Viking Classic at North Mecklenburg HS | Oct. 14 | DSDL #1 - East Carteret HS |
| Oct. 21 | Bob Jones Academy (SC) | |
| Oct. 21 | |
DSDL #2 - South View High School |
| Oct. 28 | |
Queen City Invitational at Charlotte Catholic HS |
| Nov. 4 | |
Corona Rostrensis at Charlotte Latin School |
| Nov. 4 | |
DSDL #3 - Jack Britt High School |
| Nov. 11 | |
DSDL #4 Cary High School |
| Nov. 18 | |
Cougar Classic at Asheville HS |
| Dec. 2 | |
Massey Hill Classical HS Challenge |
| Dec. 9 | |
Guilford County Challenge at Northwest Guilford H.S. |
| Jan. 13-14 | |
Cavalier Invitational at Durham Academy |
| Jan. 20 | |
Sandhoke Early College HS |
| Feb 3 | Carolina West District NSDA Congress Championship - Southside HS, Greenville, SC | |
| Feb 3 | |
DSDL #5 - Croatan High School |
| Feb. 10 | |
DSDL #6 - Cumberland Polytechnic HS |
| Feb. 10 | Queens University of Charlotte | |
| Feb. 24 | |
Grady Franklin Invitational at Chase HS |
| Feb. 24 | |
Steven Davis Invitational at Ardrey Kell High School |
| Mar. 3 | |
DSDL NOVICE - Cumberland International Early College HS |
| Mar. 16-17 | Carolina West District NSDA Championship (all events except Congress), Riverside HS, Greenville, SC | |
| Apr. 14-15 | |
TFL NC State Championship | Apr. TBD | Tournament of Champions |
| May TBD | National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) | |
| May TBD | Tournament of Champions - Extemp | |
| May 26-27 | NCFL Grand National Tournament, Washington, DC | |
| June TBD | NSDA National Championship | |
| July/Aug TBD | World Schools Debating Championship, Zagreb, Croatia |