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 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…

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…

On Saturday, April 1, 2023, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League (CTMSDL) held its third annual Championship Tournament.  66 debaters from the following 11 schools qualified for the Championship by placing 1-10 at a CTMSDL Tournament this season:Stamford Middle Schools…

Yesterday 223 debaters from 17 Middle Schools combined into 37 Novice and 46 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House would give low-income parents vouchers to send their children to private schools. Proposition prevailed in 50.8% of the…

Yesterday 222 debaters from 18 Middle Schools combined into 41 Novice and 39 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House believes that state lotteries do more harm than good. Results can be found on Tabroom by clicking on Results…

Results Yesterday, 172 debaters from 12 Middle Schools, combined into 30 Novice teams and 30 Open Level teams to debate the motion: This House believes that zoos do more harm than good.  This was a scrimmage for Novices and a Tournament…

On Saturday, May 7, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League hosted its second annual Championship Tournament.  64 debaters from the following schools qualified for the Championship by placing 1-10 at a CTMSDL Tournament this season:Amity Middle School, Eastern Middle School,…

On Saturday, April 2, 2022, the CT Middle School Debate League, sponsored by the Greenwich Branch of the English Speaking Union, held its third regular tournament of the 2021-22 season.  233 Middle School debaters from 20 schools combined into 25…

On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 227 Middle School debaters from the following 17 schools combined into 24 Novice and 45 Open teams and debated the motion: This House regrets the rise of space tourism:  Stamford schools coached by AITE, Amity…

On Saturday, December 18, 2021, 277 Middle School debaters from 19 schools combined into 96 teams and debated the motion: This House would boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.  Proposition teams prevailed in 58% of the 83 rounds debated.  74…

The CTMSDL kicked off the 2021-22 season with a virtual scrimmage yesterday.  163 Middle Schoolers from 12 schools debated the motion: This House would ban direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising in the U.S.  Thanks to our 41 volunteer judges, our coaches,…

On Saturday, May 22, 2021, 72 debaters from 14 Middle Schools, combined into 24 teams to debate the motion: This House, as the International Criminal Court, would make ecocide an international crime.  Proposition won 50.5% of the day’s ballots. Debaters qualified…

On Saturday, April 24, 2021, 263 debaters from 23 Middle Schools, combined into 94 teams to debate the motion: This House, as the US federal and state governments, would not require standardized testing for the 2020-21 school year.  Proposition prevailed in…

On Saturday, December 19, 2020, the Connecticut Middle School Debate League held its first competitive tournament of the season, online.  300 debaters from 19 schools combined into 106 teams to debate the motion: This House believes that televised Presidential debates…

In our first event of the 2020-21 season, a scrimmage, 187 debaters from 15 schools combined into 65 teams to debate the motion: This House, as Facebook, would ban all political advertising. 46 volunteers judged, including many Varsity High School…

On Saturday, May 9, 2020 the CTMSDL hosted an online Middle School debate tournament.  99 debaters from 11 schools combined into 36 teams to debate the motion: This House believes that it’s time to expand nuclear power for civilian use.  28…

January 26, 2020 Yesterday 244 Middle Schoolers from 22 Connecticut schools came together at Middlebrook Middle School in Wilton to debate the motion: This House would require corporate boards to have women members.  Proposition prevailed in 54.6% of the debates.The team…

December 14, 2019 Results & Announcement of January 25, 2020 Motion On December 14, 2019, 246 Middle-schoolers from 22 Connecticut schools came together at Smith Middle School in Glastonbury to debate the motion: This House regrets the worldwide proliferation of surveillance…

2019-20 Season begins with Scrimmage at Bethel On Saturday, October 19, 2019, 185 Middle Schoolers from 15 schools combined into 65 teams to debate the motion: This House supports restitution of cultural objects.  The Proposition side prevailed in 59% of…

The CT Middle School Debate League held its final tournament of the season on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Eastern Middle School. Huge thank yous go to our hosts Bruce Johnson and Colleen Kishore, the English Speaking Union, Greenwich Branch…

On Saturday, January 26, 2019, The Connecticut Middle School Debate League held it’s second competitive tournament of the season at Bethel Middle School. 254 debaters from 23 schools combined into 92 teams to debate the motion: This House, as the…

On Saturday, December 1, Seymour Middle School hosted 272 debaters from 22 schools.  This is the CT Middle School Debate League’s largest tournament to date! Many thanks to everyone who made this possible: Seymour coaches: Harvey Catlin, Carol Wood and…

The CT Middle School Debate League held its largest tournament to date on April 21!  224 debaters from 23 schools combined into 81 teams to debate the motion: This House believes that Artificial Intelligence will do more good than harm.…

At Glastonbury’s Smith Middle School, 162 debaters in 59 teams debated the motion: This House would eliminate Executive pardons and commutations. The final round was won by the team of Halle Hunt, Ava Prevey, and Nathaniel Valdivieso from The Hive on…

On Saturday, December 2, 2017, 218 Middle School debaters in 78 teams from 20 schools debated the motion: This House would institute year-round schooling. Proposition prevailed in 62% of the 117 debates. The team of Halle Hunt, Ava Prevey, and…

211 debaters (76 teams) from 20 schools came together at Eastern Middle School in Greenwich on Saturday and debated the motion: This House would colonize Mars. First place was earned by The Hive’s team of Halle Hunt, Ava Prevey &…

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…