Upcoming Tournament:
| BCFL#1 | October 4th | Mt St. Joseph HS |

Upcoming Tournament:
| BCFL#1 | October 4th | Mt St. Joseph HS |
Some of you may remember Mary Beth Baker. Mary Beth served as a coach at Loch Raven High School and previously at Loyola-Blakefield, as well as serving as our league’s Assistant Director of Speech for several years. Mary Beth served in the Speech and Debate community for many, many years.
Mary Beth died on Labor Day after a short period of time in hospice care. Please see her obituary: https://www.ruckfuneraltowson.com/obituary/mary-beth-baker.
The Fall 2025 Coaches Meeting was held virtually on 8/21/2025. Please find the meeting minutes attached: minutes-BCFL-August-20-2025-Coach-meeting.docx (1480 downloads ) .
As your teams prepare for competition, you should be aware of the following:
Invitations to each tournament will be sent by email about 3 weeks before the tournament to all coaches/sponsors. All registration takes place on Tabroom: https://www.tabroom.com/.
Lynn Banker Hanon passed away from ALS on September 24, 2023. Lynn founded the Speech and Debate Team at Marriott’s Ridge High School in 2010. Her children, Rachel and Alex, both competed in BCFL, NCFL, and NSDA tournaments around the country. Lynn is remembered as a dynamic coach who built a highly successful program from scratch. Her work as a parent-coach is legendary in BCFL, and she set the standard for program development. She retired from coaching and moved to New York after Alex graduated. She is survived by her children and her husband, Steve Hanon, and her legacy is honored by the continued success of the Marriott’s Ridge Team.
The Fall 2023 Diocesan Director Meeting was held 9/29-9/30 in Pittsburgh, PA.
The 2023 Fall Coaches meeting was held (virtually) on August 24th. See the Meeting minutes here.
The 2023 Spring Coaches meeting was held (virtually) on June 22nd. See the Meeting minutes here.
The 2022 Fall Coaches meeting was held (virtually) on August 24th. See the Meeting minutes here.
The Fall Coach’s meeting was held virtually on Zoom on August 24th. See the meeting minutes here!
The Spring Coach’s meeting was held virtually on Zoom on June 10. See the meeting minutes here!