The Florida Forensic League, Inc., or FFL, is a speech and debate organization offered to all schools in the state of Florida. It is the governing body for local and state speech and debate competitions in Florida, with higher-level competition under the auspices of the National Forensic League and the National Catholic Forensic League. The league was officially incorporated by the State of Florida on November 20, 2003, and began operations on January 1, 2004,[1] although it existed some time before then in an unorganized fashion. Competitors in the league have been extremely successful at national tournaments.
The Florida Forensic League also offers Group Interpretation at the regional qualifying tournaments and the Varsity State Championship. Declamation is also offered at the Novice State Championship.
Districts
The Florida Forensic League divides the state of Florida into six regions:[4]
Art Deco - includes the counties of Monroe and Dade.
Hurricane - includes the counties of Collier and Broward.
Qualifying
To compete at the Varsity State Championship, competitors must place in the qualifying range for their district. The number of qualifiers per event is determined in proportion to the membership of each region.
To compete at the Novice State Championship, competitors must:[5]
Be in grades 6–12.
Have fewer than 25 NFL Points at the start of the current school year.
Have competed in less than three tournaments during the previous school year.
Have never competed in the Novice State Championship before.
Championship tournaments
The Florida Forensic League offers two state championships every year: a Varsity State Championship, which is open to all competitors who qualify; and a Novice State Championship, which is open only to novices.
The 2019–2020 Varsity State Championship was held February 29 and March 1 at Olympia High School in Orlando. The 2019–2020 Novice State Championship was scheduled to be held April 4 and April 5 at Cypress Bay High School in Florida but was cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The 2020-2021 Varsity State Championship was held March 6 & 7 2021 Virtually on Speechwire. The 2020-2021 Novice State Championship was held April 10 & 11 Virtually on Speechwire. The 2021-2022 Varsity State Championship was held March 5 & 6 at Apopka High School The 2021-2022 Novice State Championship was held April 9 & 10 at Cypress Bay High School The 2022-2023 Varsity State Championship was held March 4 & 5 at Dr. Phillips High School
LD Varsity Championship Winners and runner ups
2017: David Min - American Heritage; Stephen Scopa - Pembroke Pines Charter High School
2018: Julia Wu & Ari Azbel - Lake Highland Prep (Close out)
2019: Ethan Massa - West Broward High; Elijah Pitt - Ft Lauderdale
2020: Roberto Sosa - Cardinal Gibbons High School; Mariana Colicchio - Pembroke Pines Charter High School
2021: Emilin Mathew - American Heritage Broward; Prateek Seela - Lake Highland Prep
2022: Roberto Sosa - Cardinal Gibbons High School; Sebastian Frazier - NSU University School
2023: Ayman Badawy - Lake Highland Prep; Bryce Ownby - Olympia High School
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