The Mid-Hudson League, designed as it is to provide debate opportunities to younger students, is an important part of our overall high school debate program in the northeast. Directors are Kurt Shelton of the Newark School District, Jon Cruz of the Bronx High School of Science, and Jim Menick of Hendrick Hudson. We offer Lincoln-Douglas, novice and junior varsity; Policy, novice and junior varsity; and JV PF (according to the NYSFL rules: available only to freshmen and sophomores, one qual only needed to go to States).

Important note: This year we will be going to a 4-round format, up from the previous 3 rounds. See the General Rules for details. We have also added the news feed (to the right), containing articles of interest to LD and PF debaters (and coaches).

The Mid-Hudson League is open to any school interested in debate. Our schools range from New Jersey to Massachusetts; the only requirement of membership is that the Hudson River be within a 6-hour radius of your school, and we'll waive that if you're really interested! If you haven't been a part of the MHL lately, we urge you to come back. If you've never been a part, why not join up? And if you can host one of the open weekends (or even one of the "taken" weekends), please let us know. We want as many schools as possible to compete, and we're happy to take the tournament to where the debaters are. If you're new to debate, come visit us or drop a line or call us up:
Jim Menick, midhudsonleague@gmail.com 914-382-2661 (cell phone)