by Erin Rehard | Jan 26, 2021 | Competition, Game Changers, Games, News, Ultimate Goal
Sign-ups for the Qualifying Tournaments will be on our website (http://www.firsttechsocal.org/) and will open on Monday, February 1st at 7 AM and will close on Saturday, February 20th at 11 PM. Teams will compete in one Qualifying Tournament (March 14, 20, 28, or April 3)…
by Erin Rehard | Jan 19, 2021 | Awards, Competition, Game Changers, News, Ultimate Goal
We’ve been asked: “Can a team participate in Judging Interviews, and be considered for Awards if they have not built a robot?” The answer is, Yes! A team does not need to have a physical robot in order to take part in the Judging part of the FIRST® Tech Challenge...
by Erin Rehard | Jan 11, 2021 | Awards, Competition, Events, Game Changers, Games, Ultimate Goal
Happy New Year! Please regularly check our website calendar as some events have been added. To provide teams more time to practice, Scrimmage #5 has been added to the calendar for March 1-7, 2021. As a result, the Qualifying Tournaments have been moved back one week and…
by Erin Rehard | Dec 21, 2020 | Competition, Events, Game Changers, Games, News, Ultimate Goal
Congratulations to the 9 teams who were able to compete in Scrimmage #2! Extra high five’s to: 1st place The 2nd Rebellion, 2nd place E.M.P. Chaos and 3rd place Riptide Robotics! We know there were teams who competed with partial robots, but since the points don’t...
by Erin Rehard | Dec 11, 2020 | Competition, Events, Game Changers, Games, Ultimate Goal
Before your first Scrimmage or Qualifier, start now in getting used to the process of uploading scores. To learn how to access and score an event using the FTC Scoring System, read the team guide posted here: FTC Scoring – Team Guide. You may also find it helpful to…
by Erin Rehard | Dec 7, 2020 | Events, Game Changers, News, Ultimate Goal
Thank you for a GREAT kickoff reboot event! If you missed it, you can visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Socalftc/videos….