We are proud to announce the 2024- 2025 FIRST Tech Challenge UIL State Championship for the INTO THE DEEP Season on May 10th at the American Bank Building in Corpus Christi.

**NOTE**All coaches, students, and volunteers are required to complete the FIRST in Texas Consent and Releases in order to attend this event.

UIL State Championship Details:

24 1A-4A Teams // 24 5A Teams // 24 6A Teams // The UIL State Championship is May 10th with load-in beginning at 7am-7:30am. UIL Trophies for Gold, Silver & Bronze will be awarded.

UIL Judging:

There will be three onsite judged awards:  Innovate, Design and Team Spirit. No presentation nor portfolio is required. Winners are determined based on pit interviews and match observations.

Advancement from Regions:

General Event Information:

Coaches Packet:

We are still working on the coach’s packet. More details to come about load in, lunch, and other important information.

Field Details:

UIL Event Attendance Guidelines

Since UIL invitations are school-based rather than strictly team-based, you are welcome to bring students from any of your teams to the event, as long as:

• • Every attending student is a full-time student at your school.
  • The majority of the students attending are high school students.

If you compete in North, South, Central, or West and have turned in a FiT and FIRST roster at previous events, you are not required to bring one for this event. If you have not turned in any Rosters yet this season, please have your team members (parents must fill out for students under 18) and attendees coming with your teams fill out: FIRST in Texas Consent and Releases. Once this is completed, please email emily.demille@firstintexas.org for the next steps.

Since your FTC teams do not typically compete at FIRST in Texas events we are asking that you have all team members (parents must fill out for students under 18) and attendees coming with your teams fill out: FIRST in Texas Consent and Releases. Once this is completed, please email emily.demille@firstintexas.org for the next steps.

Safety:

Teams are required to bring their own safety glasses / side shields, wear closed toe and heel shoes and be prepared to secure any hair or jewelry that may become in contact with moving parts of the robot. Participants / Coaches are expected to follow any safety directions signs and instructions by FIRST in Texas volunteers / staff while onsite. Safety FIRST in Texas!

PLEASE NOTE: We are asking that teams do not bring Latex balloons and avoid utilizing other latex products.

Tech Notice:

Teams are expected to have the latest version of software on control systems and all devices set to AUTO for channel assignments. We will be looking for this during your field inspection. Reminder, NO personal hotspots. We will be actively tracking down interference and those offenders not following instructions will be asked to leave.

ADA Accommodation Information:

American Bank Center Accommodations

Prohibited Items:

weapons, outside food, drinks, balloons, pets and items general prohibited at FIRST events.

PLEASE NOTE: We are asking that teams do not bring Latex balloons and avoid utilizing other latex products.

Food and Drinks:

We are still finalizing details for food. There will not be onsite concessions, but we are working to arrange options with the venue to see about providing lunch options. Please be aware

Schedule

We are still finalizing the details for the schedule, though we expect the below schedule to be relatively unchanged.