FTC PA 2025-26 Season Blast #22 – Added Off Season Event and Advancement Results

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Hi to all PA FTC Teams and Volunteers,

It is officially springtime! Now only if the weather would cooperate consistently. As always, we hope you are all well and enjoying a respite from the FTC PA season enjoying spring break or perhaps thinking about your vacations.

As published in our last email blast #21 back in February, we announced a PA Off Season event called Kennett Square Off to be held on May 30th, 2026. This turned out to be a very popular event and filled up to its 24-team capacity very quickly, with another 7 teams currently on the Waitlist. https://www.ftcpenn.org/ftc-events/2025-2026-season/kennett-square-off

We are thrilled to announce the addition of another Team Powered, Off Season event thanks to host FTC Team 17458 Bensalem Misfits and the support of the Bensalem FIRST Community of teams and volunteers. It will be another 24-team competition called Misfit Midway and it is planned for Saturday, May 16th. As you recall, two of our season Qualifiers on Jen 31st and Feb 1st were at the Bensalem HS, and they were incredible events of 36 teams each. The challenge game will be the same as this past season however there will not be any judging, just pure on-field competitive fun. Also, it will be held in the school cafeteria and not the gymnasium. For details and agenda, please go to our website:

https://www.ftcpenn.org/ftc-events/2025-2026-season/misfit-midway

Teams Register directly with the host:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtu3ZFz731b9MalJ6x9ndu90gpAqPHjEiMkLQ6XnRcY3wLKA/viewform

 We hope to see you there!

Advancing Championship and Premier Events:

As a result of our PA Championship, we had 15 teams eligible for advancement to the FTC Championship in Houston (6 slots) or a Premier Event (9 slots). Teams had a short window of only 3 days to make their decisions and set priorities for the desired events through FIRST HQ. Great news! We our teams have been invited to their respective first choices for either the FTC Championship in Houston or a Premier Event. We know PA will be well represented from both a competitive and G.P. perspective. Good luck to all our advancing teams. Results follow. Please CONGRATUATE and wish these teams well and the best of luck as the competition will be substantial at each and every one of these events.

FIRST Championship – FIRST Tech Challenge April 29, 2026 to May 2, 2026 in Houston, TX, USA

7244 – OUT of the BOX Robotics

8393 – The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

9791 – Divide by Zero

14423 – RoboCorns

20153 – Silver Wolves

25650 – One Small Step for an Axolotl

Run for the Robots Premier Event May 28, 2026 to May 30, 2026 in Lexington, KY, USA

8645 – Robotic Doges

Western Edge Premier Event May 28, 2026 to May 31, 2026 in Long Beach, CA, USA

18603 – TeraBridges

21364 – First Try

Canada Cup – Niagara Premier Event June 13, 2026 to June 16, 2026 in St. Catharines, ON, Canada

10098 – 2 Eyed Illuminati

12792 – Sharon High Robotics Team

16468 – Green Lemons

21324 – Hackin Hounds

Michiana Premier Event Presented by GEARS June 18, 2026 to June 21, 2026 in South Bend, IN, USA

13474 – MARS: Curiosity?

22312 – The Brobdingnagian Tritocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

Carolinas Premier Event July 25, 2026 to July 26, 2026 in Winston-Salem, NC, USA

17895 – The Prodigiously Hemicephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team

Full Season Results:

This is a reminder that seasonal results for each qualifier can be found on our website. You can find your individual performance results in several ways. If you earned an Award, you may find the text of the Judges’ comments that were announced during the ceremonies by clicking on and opening the “Award Details” tab indicated with the associated award.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed and participated in all our events. Pennsylvania FIRST Robotics does indeed have a bright and growing future.

All the best.

Tom and the FTC PA Core team

Pennsylvania FIRST® Robotics
FIRST Tech Challenge® Program Delivery Partner
phone: (302) 383-9925
email: ftc@pennfirst.org

Website: www.FTCPenn.org