Speech and Debate Team

Tournaments

 

The exact tournament schedule varies each semester and each year. In the past, the following tournaments have been fairly regular parts of the SMC Debate Team's calendar.

Fall

  • PSCFA Warm Up (usually at El Camino College)
  • Crossman Invitational (El Camino College)
  • PSCFA Fall Champs (Moorpark College, or Mt. San Antonia College, or other locations)
  • The Debate Team also volunteers to help judge some local high school speech and debate tournaments.

Spring

  • Tabor Invitational (Cerritos College)
  • PSCFA Spring Champs (Palomar College, or other locations)
  • CCCFA (California State Champs) (alternating each year between northern California and Woodland Hills)
  • Phi Rho Pi (community college nationals) (location changes: 2024 (Reno), 2023 (Baltimore), 2022 (St. Louis))
  • PSCFA Cool Off (locations vary)
  • The Debate Team also volunteers to help judge some local high school speech and debate tournaments.