General Info
General Info
We invite your teams to participate in the Placer Robotics Override Tournament for middle school teams, held at Cavitt Jr High School in Granite Bay, CA
All events will receive state championship award bids based Qualifying Criteria.
Please make sure to review the refund policies and payment deadlines - any team not paid in full by payment deadline will be moved to the waitlist.
- Venue
- Cavitt Junior High School
- Address
- 7200 Fuller Drive, Granite Bay, California 95746, United States
- Dates
- December 5, 2026
- Grade Level
- Middle School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Engineering Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 40
- Spots Open
- 29
- Event Region
- California - Region 2
- Priority Registration Opens
- 27-Jul-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 10-Oct-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 1-Dec-2026 18:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 20-Nov-2026 03:00 EDT
- Price
- $200.00
Agenda
Tentative
7:45 AM
Doors, pits, and practice field open; Check-In and inspection begins
8:15 AM
Robot Skills begins
8:45AM
Inspection closes, event meeting
9:00 AM Qualification matches begin12:00 PM
Lunch break begins (May work through lunch if behind)
12:30 PM
Qualification matches resume
2:30pm
Qualification matches and skills conclude, Alliance Selection
3:00
Final begin
4:30pm
Tournament champions crowned and awards ceremony
Stream
https://www.youtube.com/@PlacerRobotics/streams
Webcast Livestream is available on the Placer Robotics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PlacerRobotics/streams
Judging Format
Judging Format Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on events.vex.com Notebooks are due Tuesday November 3rd, 9pm. Notebooks submitted after the deadline may not be accepted.
Volunteer
Volunteer We always appreciate volunteers and are in need for volunteers on: - Friday evening for setup - Sunday evening for teardown - Event day volunteers (Sat / Sun) Please sign up for volunteering by contacting us at events@PlacerRobotics.org
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Bad weather should not affect this event. In case of a cancellation, the event partner will contact you as early as possible. Teams should make sure their contact information in events.vex.com is up to date, and includes both school and non-school phone numbers.