FIRST Tech Challenge Team Portal

Transportation drives us forward – impacting economies, bridging cultures, and making us all more globally interconnected.

FIRST^® Tech Challenge teams will race against time to transport hard-to-move essential goods as they explore the future of transporting relief to those in need in 2021-2022 FREIGHT FRENZY^SM presented by Raytheon Technologies.

FREIGHT FRENZY Documents

• • Game materials such as field piece assembly and field dimensions
  • Challenge information and rules (available 9/18/2021)
  • Robot Building Resources
  • Programming Resources

• Consent and Release Form (Only needed if participants have not completed this online through FIRSTInspires.org)

For 2022, we are planning as close to a “normal” season as possible including in-person events.

We will continue to monitor conditions and reevaluate the possibility of shifting to a different competition format for the safety of our community.

Use these sites to stay up to date throughout the season:

• FIRST Tech Challenge Forum: Ask questions, follow the topic threads
• FIRST Tech Challenge Blog: See the latest news from headquarters

League Meets

League Meets are scheduled on the following dates:

November 20, 2021 – Annunciation Greek Orthodox Christian Church, Kansas City

December 4, 2021 – Pleasant Lea Middle School, Lee’s Summit

December 11, 2021 – Knob Noster High School, Knob Noster

December 18, 2021 – Pleasant Lea Middle School, Lee’s Summit

January 15, 2022 – The Pembroke Hill School – Ward Parkway Campus, Kansas City

January 22, 2022 – Cobalt Colts Building – Overland Park

We implemented the League model of competition for Missouri and Kansas teams in 2020-2021.The Leagues were designed with geography in mind. Team counts will determine the number of Leagues in 2021-2022.

Leagues (replace Conferences)

• • • Teams must play Meets within their League
    • The number of teams in a League is to be determined
    • Each League will offer multiple Meets so that teams have flexibility on dates
    • You want to play in at least 2 Meets so that you have your top 10 match scores to carry into the League Championship

League assignments are now available in the Team Location Map and Team List.

League Tournaments

League Tournaments are scheduled on the following dates:

January 29, 2022 – FTC KC East League Tournament – Yeokum Center of Innovation, Belton

February 5, 2022 – FTC KC West League Tournament – MCC Penn Valley, Kansas City

League Championships are the qualifying event to advancement.

• Teams are placed in a League and must play in that League Tournament
• Teams will carry their top 10 match scores into the League Tournament
• The number of teams that will advance from each League Tournament is to be determined

MO/KS Championship

The event is scheduled for March 5, 2022 on the campus of Missouri S&T in Rolla. MO.

• The number of teams at State this year is to be determined

• Teams will advance from Missouri Kansas Championship to the FIRST Championship in Houston, TX from April 20-23, 2022.

Registration for league events in Missouri or Kansas takes place through the FIRST Tech Challenge Partner.  Please refer to http://stlfirst.org/ftc-team-portal-page under Competition Outline and the tab for Registration Fees and Event Selection Process to register.

Check out the Missouri FTC Scores site for event dates and League results.

Visit the FIRST Tech Challenge Event Results site for MO State Championship results.

Watch the Events Calendar and Team News & Events page for events as they come up.

If you would like to participate in a off-season or STEM outreach event, we may be able to help.  We can rent or loan items—from kits and parts to field components—to help teams and organizations in the area with STEM outreach and to make FIRST more widely known and accessible to all.

Please complete the Equipment Agreement Form and email to kcstem@kcstem.org.  We also have space at the KC Engineering Zone for Open Fields or other STEM outreach events. Send us a note at kcstem@kcstem.org to find out more.

• MO FTC SCORES Tracks teams and event results throughout the season
• MO/KS FIRST Tech Challenge Newsletter – Archive of MO/KS Team Emails
• FIRST in Missouri includes MO/KS FIRST Tech Challenge Regional Partner information for FIRST Tech teams in Kansas and Missouri

• FIRST Tech Challenge @ FIRST Inspires: Program overview
• FREIGHT FRENZY Game Page: Find game resources
• FREIGHT FRENZY Season Team Webinar Recordings (updates coming soon)
• FIRST Tech Challenge Forum: Ask questions, follow the topic threads
• FIRST Tech Challenge Blog: Keep up with the latest news from headquarters
• FIRST Tech Challenge Team Email Blasts: An archive of news sent to teams by headquarters
• FIRST Tech Challenge on Reddit: Not an official FIRST site

Teams advance to the state championship through their League Championship.