National Tournament of Champions TEAM CHAMPIONS! Speech taught them their voices matter. Your donation tells them you believe that, too. 🧡🖤 gofundme.com/f/support-spud…

These Spud Speakers are on their way to Des Moines to compete at Nationals!! Stay tuned for updates throughout the week, first round of breaks will happen on Tuesday! 👏🏼👏🏼 GO SPUDS!🤘🏼✨

🌽NATIONALS 2025🌽 A very Happy 100th Birthday to National Speech & Debate Association !! These Spuds are READY for Nats ‘25! We’re so excited to cheer them, and Team MN, on this week! Stay tuned here for updates throughout the week. Here we gooo! 🌽✨🤘🏼

These Spud Speakers are about to enter their FIRST ROUND at the National Tournament! Bring the sparkle, bring the RUCKUS!🤘🏼

We are so proud to be in Des Moines with these remarkable young leaders they are awash in awesome! We marvel at these kids and adore this community. cbs.com/shows/video/_9…

Second day of competition at Nationals! These Spuds are ELECTRIC! We are so proud of how they’ve been competing and showing up for each other. Breaks to Octa Finals (top 60) happening later today! Stay tuned! GO SPUDS!!🤘🏼✨

After 6 intense rounds of competition, Spud Speech wrapped up their last preliminary round of Nationals! Now we wait for breaks to Octa Finals (top 60)… stay tuned!🌽✨

🌽Top 60 in the NATION!🌽 Break or no break, we are so proud of how these speakers have rallied around each other and spoke with passion, grit, and a whole lot of Razzle Dazzle! Those who have advanced have two Octa Final rounds and then breaks to Quarter Finals! GO SPUDS!🧡

🌽TOP 30 IN THE NATION🌽 After two rounds of Octa Finals, we have 8 Spud Speakers advance to Quarter Finals, Top 30! They will compete in two rounds of Quarter Finals and then we wait for Semi Final Breaks! 🤘🏼✨ As always… GO SPUDS!🥔✨

🌽TOP 14 IN THE NATION🌽 Congratulations to these Spud Speakers! These students get another two opportunities to share their important, impactful messages. We are so proud of them, and Team MN, and cannot wait to keep cheering them on! GO SPUDS!🧡🥔 #loveyourwordsloveyourteam

🌽TOP 6 IN THE NATION🌽 We are so beyond excited and proud of these students who have broken to the Top 6 in the Nation! After 3 days of intense competition from across the country, we have 3 Finalists representing Spud Speech! We are so excited to cheer you on in these finals!

INFORM FINALS! Inform finals begin at 12:00pm today! Use the link below to support this Spud Speaker, Jack Simon! live.speechanddebate.org

HUMOR FINALS! Humor finals begin shortly! Use the link below to support this Spud Speaker, Allie Skauge! live.speechanddebate.org

Love your words, love your community.

Today’s National Finals! Sam Schaefer will speak at 4:30pm Allie Skauge will speak at 5:45pm Use the link below to watch and support these Spud Speakers!! 🤘🏼✨ live.speechanddebate.org/?fbclid=PAQ0xD…

Finals are running a bit behind, Oratory is beginning now and Allie immediately after! GO SPUDS!🤘🏼✨

AWARDS! Debate awards are currently happening, Speech Awards will follow! Tune into the livestream following the link below! live.speechanddebate.org/?fbclid=PAQ0xD…