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Supporting future STEM standouts!

Dean’s List Award Nominations

Attention Dean’s List Award nominations are open now! December 15, 2024, is the last day to submit Dean’s List Award nominations for ALL SoCal FTC Teams (this is a month earlier than last year). Dean’s List Award nominations are open to students in grades 10th and 11th. Please read the Dean’s List Award Nomination Guide for all…
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Teams Registered for this season so far: 48!

We already have 48 teams registered/paid with FIRST and 16 teams in the registration process. We are expecting 200 teams this year and are well on our way!  Once you complete the annual registration with FIRST® (https://www.firstinspires.org/), you are ready to register your team with SoCal FTC.  From our website socalftc.org,  go to “Season Info” on…
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ILT Dates

Teams! Interleague dates are now set!  As part of your registration fees, all teams are invited to 4 League Meets and your InterLeague Event.  The committee does their best to limit the drive times for teams, but as you can imagine, our region is very spread out, so some longer drives are necessary.  More details…
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SoCal FTC Championship – Awards and Advancements

Hello SoCal FTC Teams, Thank you ALL for a great in-person event on Saturday! Even with rain, traffic accidents and 42 teams, we did a great job completing matches in record time. I appreciate all of you who provided volunteers – we had over 130 people to run the event. It made a real difference…
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Championship – Live Streamed!

The SoCal FTC Championship goes live beginning at 8 AM, Saturday, March 11th. To watch the matches, please click: https://www.laftc.live/RC-Saturday.html

Championship – Rain or Shine

It is expected to rain this Saturday, but the SoCal FTC Championship will take place rain or shine! Most activity will be in the main gym (pit area, competition fields, and audience) . However, please make sure your team(s) bring rain protection for their robots (ie. plastic cover) because teams will need to walk outside…
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Important Championship Information

Hello Teams competing in the SoCal FTC Championship, To view your team’s assigned times for judging, robot inspection, and field inspection, click here . Please remember that your mentor must submit through their FIRST dashboard your team’s Engineering Portfolio, Control Form, and Feedback Request Forms by this Thursday, March 9th, at 9 PM. If you…
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Championship Submission Deadlines

Hello teams competing in the SoCal FTC Championship, Submittal due dates are as follows: If you have any questions, please contact us at info@socalftc.org. All the best! – SoCal FTC Committee Members

SoCal FTC Championship Roster

Teams, what great performances we saw this past month for the 170 teams at the 6 SoCal FTC Inter-League Tournaments (ILT)! The Committee received a special exception to run a 42 team Championship this year. We advanced 7 teams of each 3-Team Alliance ILT and 6 teams of each 2-Team Alliance. Due to different levels…
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ILT #5 and #6 – Awards and Advancements

Thank you ALL for two great in-person events on Saturday and Sunday! We appreciate all of you who provided volunteers – we had over 85 people volunteer at each event and it made a huge difference in running smooth, efficient and FUN tournaments! To see the awards and advancements at each ILT, please click here.