The UIL Region 17 Congress competition has been scheduled for Thursday, November 7, 2024.
The UIL Region 17 Congress contest has been scheduled at the ESC 17 facility in Lubbock, 1111 W. Loop 289.
The tournament will be in-person.
1. "Letters of Intent" are due by Sept. 10th. The letter may be accessed at: Letter of Intent
2. Legislation is due by Sept. 10th sent as an email attachment to the Region Clerk. (Thirty-seven pieces were received.) You may submit 1 piece per competitor.
3. Remember that each school must file the official UIL entry via Speechwire by Monday, Oct. 28th. (Registration is via Speechwire.com.)
The official legislation for our contest is posted on the UIL Congress . Use this UIL site version.
The morning session will use bills 1-8 and the afternoon session will use bills 9-16.
We recieved legislation from: Denver City, Borden County, Jayton, Muleshoe, O'Donnell, Plains, Post, Roosevelt, Seminole, Shallowater, Spur, and Sudan. Each school can submit up to a Max. of 1 piece of legislation per competitor. Legislation was due by Sept. 10th. Thirty-seven pieces were sent to the committee for ranking. The top 16 made the final docket.
The Committee has voted to use a randomly generated Preset Precendence Chart this year. (This will parallel the method used at the state meet.) All POs will follow a Preset Precendence chart for each session that will get Precedence started off in a random fashion. The POs will be instructed to use the chart backwards to start off the recency for questioning. There will be a different chart for each session.
The cost is $3 more than last year, $38.00/competitor. We have about 20 more competitors than last year, at 92 this year. Checks should be made out to: Sudan High School. Invoices will be emailed Oct. 27th and 28th or sooner for those with early entries. As we must secure judges in advance, drop fees will be charged after Monday, Oct. 28th.
You may bring the check the morning of the contest or mail it in advance to:
Sudan ISD
Attn: J. Robertson
PO Box 249
Sudan, TX . 79371
Current Entries:
1A - 4 schools - 1A may not add any alternates as a competitor. (Chamber size = 18)
2A - 4 schools - 2A may add 1 alternate as a competitor. (Chamber size is 16 + 5 from 4A = 21)
3A - 5 schools - 3A may not add any alternates as a competitor. (Chamber size = 21)
4A - 1 school - 4A may add 2 alternates as competitors. (Size is 5 added to 2A = 21)
5A - 4 schools - 5A may not add any alternates as a competitor. (Size is 17 added to 6A = 22)
6A - 1 school - 6A may add 2 alternates as competitors. (Size is 5 added to 5A = 22)
Chambers: (As of Oct. 28th, 2024)
Chamber 1: 1A # of competitors = 18 1 PO Candidate
Borden County = 5
Jayton = 5
O'Donnell = 4
Spur = 4
Chamber 2: 2A/4A # of competitors = 21 2 PO Candidates
New Deal = 1
Plains = 6
Post = 3
Sudan = 6
Seminole = 5
Chamber 3: 3A # of competitors = 21 1 PO Candidate
Denver City = 4
Roosevelt = 3
Talkington = 4
Muleshoe = 5
Shallowater = 5
Chamber 4: 5A/6A # of competitors = 22 No PO Candidates
Lubbock High = 5
Cooper = 5
Coronado = 2
Monterey = 5
Frenship = 5
2024 Schools: (These are the schools that have submitted Letters of Intent as of 9/10/24. If you don't see your school's name and you filed a Letter of Intent, please email the Region Clerk.)
Coronado,
Denver City,
Frenship,
Gail Borden County,
Jayton-Girard,
Lubbock-Cooper,
Lubbock High,
Lubbock-Roosevelt,
Lubbock-Talkington,
Monterey,
Muleshoe,
New Deal,
O'Donnell,
Petersburg(dropped),
Plains,
Post,
Seminole,
Shallowater,
Spur,
Sudan,
Number of Schools by Classification 9/10/24:
1A = 4 schools, 2A = 4 schools, 3A = 5 schools, 4A = 1 school, 5A = 4 schools, 6A = 1 school (19 total)
Registration - 8:00-8:15
Meeting with POs - 8:15
Swearing in ceremony - 8:20
Begin morning Session - 8:30
End morning Session - 11:30
Lunch - 11:30 12:45
Begin afternoon Session - 12:45
End afternoon Session - 3:45
Awards assembly - 4:20
(If you notice anything omitted or in error please notify the Regional Clerk.)
Please check back often as this website will grow to include more information.
Hillary Bleiker - Jayton
Heather Byars- Frenship
Sharla Lacey - Roosevelt
Savanna Winn - Seminole
Jonathan Robertson - Sudan (District Clerk) (jonathanrobertson@sudanisd.net)
