Showdown at the Peak HS Tournament
VEX V5 Robotics Competition High Stakes
- Date
- 15-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-V5RC-24-8136
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 50
- Spots Open
- 50%+
- Event Region
- Ohio
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 16
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 24-Sep-2024 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 4-Jan-2025 12:00 EST
- Registration Deadline
- 7-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 15-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
- Price
- $105.00
General Info
This Tournament is a dual tournament where high school and middle school tournaments will be running simultaneously but separate with separate awards.
Showdown at the Peak hosted by Bellefontaine City Schools, home of the highest point in Ohio, is excited to host our second tournament of the High Stakes season and put on a Dual Tournament of the Highest Quality.
Matches & Judging:
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Each team will have a minimum of 6 play-in qualification matches, the top teams will then continue in tournament play via 2-team alliances in a single elimination bracket.
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Please familiarize yourselves and your teams with the V5RC High Stakes Game Manual
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In-Person Judging (see Judging Format page for more details)
Food:
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Lunch will be provided to all participating teams. (Pizza, Chips, Bottled Water)
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Concessions will be available for a variety of items.
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Advisors and Volunteers will have access to a hospitality suite.
Miscellaneous Information:
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All pit tables will have access to power. Please bring a surge protector/power strip to make sure you have enough outlets for your team
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We will try to have a dedicated Wi-Fi network available for teams to access during this event. Please check to make sure your technology is set up to access connectivity while you are away from your building.
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 15-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:
Bellefontaine High School
555 E Lake Ave,
Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311
United States
Grade Level: High School
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: All In-Person Judging
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 15-Feb-2025
Venue/Location:555 East Lake Avenue
Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode of Conduct
The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.
For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.
Agenda
**TENTATIVE SCHEDULE**
7:00 am - Staff and Volunteers arrive
8:00 am - Doors Open to Teams, Check-In, Inspections
9:15 am - Event Meeting
9:45 am - 12:00 pm - Qualification Matches
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch / Skills
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Qualification Matches
3:00 pm - Alliance Selection
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Elimination Matches
4:45 pm - Awards Presentation
Volunteer
Volunteers are an important part of every event and we acknowledge that these events would be impossible without them. We appreciate those volunteers who are willing to give their time for the benefit of our students!
Please contact Jordan Reser / Micah Woolf at [email protected] if you are interested in being a volunteer. Thank you!
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
In the event of bad weather, we will make every attempt to contact all coaches by email, phone, or text, as well as make announcements through social media of any changes of the event or the event schedule.
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event: We will try to reschedule but will not be able to issue any refunds due to the cost of putting on our event.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend: There will be no refunds for individual team cancellations.
Webcast
We are working hard to get this event Live-Streamed!
If the event is streamed it will be available on the FOAB YouTube page
Judging Format
In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews AND Engineering Notebooks will be judged in person on the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.
Judges will be working in accordance with the Judge Guide, which states that "All teams being judged for an event should be judged in the same format to ensure consistency in the judging experience." PLEASE NOTE...if a team has a digital engineering notebook, these must be printed IN ADVANCE in order for the team to submit a physical copy to the judges. Links to an online version or flash drives will not be accepted.
Please refer to the Guide to Judging for all judging and Engineering Notebook information, criteria, procedures, rubrics, etc.
Notebooks: Can be turned in at Check-In or Inspection on the day of the event before the event meeting.
Pit Interviews: Teams that wish to have a pit interview will be asked to meet our pit interview judges at their table before lunch when it is convenient for their match schedule.
- Second Interviews: Following lunch, the top teams will be selected and asked to complete a second interview before alliance selection begins.
Waitlist
0 teams are on the waitlist for this event.