2024-25 CALENDAR
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All schools are invited to participate in the extensive slate of weekly tournaments January through March. In this year's regular season there are: 28 In-Person Forensics Tournaments Also happening are 2 conference tournaments for Milwaukee area schools, WISDAA qualifier events, and qualifier events for NCFL and NSDA Nationals. The Wisconsin season concludes in April with the WFCA State Tournament, WFCA State Student Congress, and WISDAA State Festival. |
According to WFCA Bylaws: The Secretary shall be responsible for creating, updating and distributing the calendar of WFCA sanctioned events. For questions about the calendar, contact Anna-Lisa Dahlgren, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tournaments are designated as [S] Single Entry, [D] Double Entry, and [T] Triple Entry.
All local tournaments are open to all schools (not just WFCA members) and are run independently by each school and therefore may have differences in format and rules which will be listed in the invitation.
AUGUST 2024
August 31 (Saturday) – WFCA Bylaw Proposals Due (for any bylaw changes to be voted on at the fall meeting, they must be posted 3 weeks in advance)
SEPTEMBER 2024
September 21 1:00 PM (Saturday) – Fall Membership Meeting and coach training sessions at Eau Claire North High School, 1801 Piedmont Rd. 54703
JANUARY 2025
January 11 Arrowhead Tournament [D]
Both Sussex Hamilton’s and Arrowhead’s Forensics Teams invite you and your team to join us for our Lake Country Invitational Traveling Forensics Tournament at Arrowhead High School. We are honored to host the first tournament of the season and we are looking forward to having you in-person on our campus.
January 11 Milwaukee Public Schools Conference Tournament (MPS schools only) [T]
at Ronald Reagan College Prep High School
January 18 Watertown Tournament [D]
The Watertown High School and Luther Preparatory School Forensics teams invite you and your team to the Rock River Forensics Tournament. Our goal is to help teams get the ball rolling for the upcoming competition season!
January 25 Appleton East Tournament [T]
Appleton East High School is pleased to invite you and your forensics team to the “Appleton East Forensics Tournament”.
January 25 DeForest Tournament [D]
January 25 Divine Savior Holy Angels Tournament [S]
DSHA welcomes you to our 2nd annual Forensics Tournament.
January 31 Milwaukee City Hall Congress (hosted by Marquette University High School)
FEBRUARY 2025
February 1 Slinger Tournament [D]
February 1 Sun Prairie West Tournament [D]
The Sun Prairie West High School Forensics team invites you and your team to the Sun Prairie West Forensics Tournament. Our goal is to reach schools in a variety of regions throughout the state. We are prepared to offer a professionally-run, fun and exciting day of competition.
https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=17318
February 1 Wrightstown Tournament [T]
February 8 Eau Claire North Tournament [T]
We are excited to invite you and your students to celebrate Valentine’s week by participating in the eighteenth annual Steve Sparks Memorial Forensics Tournament at Eau Claire North High School. This tournament is both WFCA and WISDAA friendly, and students may double or triple enter.
February 8 Madison West Tournament [D] (Student Congress Friday February 7)
The Madison West High School Forensics team invites your team to our 14th annual invitational forensic tournament. It begins with online student congress on Friday, February 7 and speech events on Saturday, February 8, including oratorical declamation, extemp reading and TRIPLE ENTRY!
https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=17550
February 8 Oshkosh West Tournament [T]
The Oshkosh West coaches and forensics team cordially invite you to join us for the Tom Lynch Legacy Tournament.
February 8 West Bend East Tournament [S] (Student Congress Friday February 7)
February 15 (Saturday) WFCA Scholarship, Student Officer, and Coaching awards nomination deadline
Scholarship information
Student Officer information
Coaching Awards information
February 15 Durand Tournament [D]
February 15 Greater Metro Conference Tournament at Menomonee Falls [S] (conference schools only)
February 15 Lodi Tournament [D]
The Lodi High School Forensics Team extends a warm and hearty invitation to your to team to attend our tournament
February 15 RESCHEDULED TO JANUARY 11
Milwaukee Public Schools Conference Tournament (MPS schools only)
February 15 Oshkosh North Tournament [D]
Year 9: Approaching a Decade! We are already on Year 9! And a special thank you to the several schools that have joined us annually for nearly the past decade! We enjoy hosting, and we hope you enjoy attending!
February 22 Altoona Tournament [T]
February 22 St. Mary Catholic (Neenah) Tournament [T]
St. Mary Catholic High School invites you to join us for the second annual Zephyrs Classic Tournament
February 22 Sheboygan South Tournament [T] (Student Congress Friday February 21)
On behalf of the administration, forensics staff, and students of Sheboygan South High School, we are pleased to once again open our doors to you for our annual Forensics Tournament. We are excited to offer students the opportunity to double or triple enter in multiple categories once again this year, with the exception that students competing in extemp or radio may not enter in both of those categories.
We are also holding an in-person Student Congress competition on the evening of Friday, February 21st.
https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=17575
http://shebsouthcongress.tabroom.com/
MARCH 2025
March 1 Kaukauna Tournament [D]
March 1 Port Washington Tournament [D]
AHOY! Welcome to another year of the Pirate Invitational!
March 1 Vel Phillips Memorial (Madison) Tournament [T] (Student Congress Friday February 28)
Have your students compete in the TRIATHLON!
March 2 (Sunday) Green Bay NCFL Qualifier at Neenah [D]
March 8 Eau Claire Memorial Tournament [T]
We are excited to invite you and your students to the Eau Claire Memorial High School Annual Forensics Tournament
March 8 Milwaukee CFL Qualifiers at location TBD [D]
March 8 Neenah Tournament [T] (Student Congress Friday March 7)
The Neenah Forensics Team invites you to the Neenah Invitational
https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=17560
Student Ccngress Invitation on TabRoom.com
March 8 UW-Whitewater Tournament [T]
The forensics team at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is excited to welcome high school forensics teams back to the campus for the 2023 Speech Bowl!
March 15 Sun Prairie East Tournament [T]
March 15 Waupaca Tournament [T]
Waupaca High School would like to invite you to our annual Waupaca Green Tournament
March 15 Southern NSDA Qualifier at West Bend [D]
March 22 Brookfield East Tournament [D] (Student Congress Friday March 21)
The Brookfield East High School Forensics Team is pleased to invite you to the Brookfield East Forensics Tournament
https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=32972
March 22 Fond du Lac Tournament [T]
This is the second annual Lac Tournament, and Fond du Lac High School is excited to be back to host a WFCA tournament.
APRIL 2025
April 4 (Friday) WFCA State Student Congress at Madison area location
A warm invitation is extended to all Wisconsin schools to enter the Wisconsin Forensic Coaches Association State Congress.
http://wfcacongress.tabroom.com
April 5 (Saturday) WFCA STATE TOURNAMENT at Vel Phillips Memorial High School in Madison [S]
State Tournament and Congress information page
State Tournament details & registration on SpeechWire:
https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=17579
April TBD (Saturday) – WFCA Bylaw Proposals Due
For any bylaw changes to be voted on at the spring meeting in May, they must be posted 3 weeks in advance.
April 11-12 WISDAA State Festival https://wisdaa.org
April / May TBD WFCA Spring Meeting location to be determined
Attend in-person at location to be determined, or via a virtual online option which will be available. Proposals for the meeting may be submitted to president Scott Peterson, and if they involve a change in the bylaws, they must be received at least 3 weeks before the meeting (April date to be determined) so that they may be posted to the website.
MAY 2025
May 23-25 NCFL Nationals in Chicago http://ncfl.org
JUNE 2025
June 15-20 NSDA Nationals in Des Moines IA https://speechanddebate.org
SEPTEMBER 2025
September WFCA Fall Meeting at location to be determined