On Saturday, October 26, 2024, 235 Middle School debaters from 11 schools competed in the CT Middle School Debate League’s season opener, a scrimmage for Novices and a tournament for Open Level debaters. They debated the motion: This House would…

The CTMSDL held its 2023-24 season Championship Tournament on Saturday at Bethel Middle School. To qualify, debaters scored among the top 15 speakers and/or teams during the regular season. The prep ahead motion was: This House believes that only violent…

On Saturday the CTMSDL held its last regular tournament of the season at Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor. Despite morning traffic and an afternoon software crash, 260 debaters from 16 schools combined into 52 Novice teams and 42…

Yesterday the CTMSDL held a tournament at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury. 308 debaters from 19 schools combined into 74 Novice teams and 35 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House would set maximum age limits for elected…

Yesterday the CTMSDL held a Novice Scrimmage and Open Level Tournament at Seymour Middle School. 241 debaters from 14 schools combined into 60 Novice teams and 26 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House supports student uniforms. Proposition…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League held another successful tournament at Middlebrook School in Wilton,  One-hundred sixty-six students from 17 schools debated the motion: This House would eliminate life without the possibility of parole sentences for all adults. Proposition prevailed…

On Saturday, December 3, 2016 Smith Middle School in Glastonbury hosted the CT Middle School Debate League’s largest tournament to date. 183 students from 17 schools debated the motion: This House would make voting in US elections compulsory. Proposition prevailed…

On Saturday, we wrapped up the CT Middle School Debate League’s 2015-16 season with a tournament at Smith Middle School.  One hundred and seventy three students from eighteen schools debated the motion: THW provide a path to citizenship for immigrants…

One hundred and forty three debaters from fifteen schools converged at Hamden Hall Country Day School on Saturday, January 30, 2016 to debate the motion: This House believes that the United States should curtail free speech rights in order to…

On Saturday, November 21st, one hundred and fifty nine debaters from fifteen Connecticut schools debated the motion: This House would establish a program to revive extinct species and re-introduce them into the environment. Thank you to TJ Noel-Sullivan and…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League’s 2015-16 season is off to a great start. One hundred and three debaters from thirteen schools scrimmaged today at Luis Munoz Marin School in Bridgeport. They did a fabulous job debating both sides of…

One-hundred twenty-three debaters from 13 schools competed at our second tournament of the 2014-15 season.  Many thanks to Bethel Middle School and Coach Cathy Emerick who was hosting for the second time this year!  And thanks also to the eleven…

We held our first tournament on January 31 at Wamogo Middle School in Litchfield!  Ten schools and 103 debaters participated in three rounds of Parliamentary-style debate on the motion: This House believes that zoos do more harm than good. We’d…

The Connecticut Middle School Debate League is LIVE! Special thanks to Cathy Emerick and Bethel Middle School, and John Rook and Smith Middle School in Glastonbury for hosting our first two events, practice scrimmages, on November 10 and 12. We…