General Info
General Info
The Northwest PA League is hosted at Fairview High School and will feature 2 competition fields and 1 skills field. This event is open to all Western PA teams. We plan to run 4 qualification matches per team per night. This will be a relaxed environment on match nights so that teams can have a chance to play matches, run skills, AND network with other schools.
A Vex League is something new in this area. Think of a League as stretching out a Qualifier over multiple sessions. The Qualifying Sessions will be the round-robin match play that we are used to seeing during a qualifier, just spread out over different dates. Teams' rankings will be carried from the previous session. There will be a Final Session, which will function as the alliance selection and elimination matches at the end of a qualifier. If a team wants to be eligible for the Final Session, they must compete in at least 3 of the Qualifying Sessions. Skills will be offered at each session, and judging will happen on the final day.
Concessions will be available. It is ok to bring your own food as well. There will be no break during qualification matches for dinner.
The League will consist of four qualification sessions and 1 tournament session. The fourth qualification session and final tournament session will be on the same day.
Qualification Session 1: December 16th, 2026, from 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Qualification Session 2: January 5th, 2026, from 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Qualification Session 3: January 21st, 2027, from 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Qualification Session 4 and Final Tournament: February 15th, 2027, from 7:00 am - 4:00 pm (Judging and Finals)
To qualify for the Final Session, a team must compete in at least 3 qualification sessions.
- Venue
- Fairview High School
- Address
- 7460 Mc Cray Road, Fairview, Pennsylvania 16415, United States
- Dates
- December 16, 2026 – February 15, 2027
- Grade Level
- All
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- All In-Person Judging
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- League
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 23
- Event Region
- Pennsylvania - West
- Max Registrations per Org
- 6
- Standard Registration Opens
- 1-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 1-Dec-2026 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 12/16/26
- Price
- $50.00
Agenda
Tentative Agenda for the first three Qualification Sessions
5:00 pm - Doors Open / Inspection / Skills Open
6:00 - 8:30 pm - Qualification Matches
8:30 - 9:00 pm - Skills Open
Tentative Agenda for the fourth Qualification Session and Finals Session
8:00 -9:00 am - Doors Open
8:15-9:15 am - Robot Inspection
9:30 am - Session 4 Qualification Rounds start
12:30 - End of Session 4 Qualifications
12:30 - 1:30 pm - Lunch (Flexible due to Matches)
1:30 - Final Session Starts
1:30 pm - Alliance Selection
1:45 pm - Playoff Starts
4:00 pm - Award Ceremony
Judging Format
Judging Format Judging will only happen during the 4th session/ the Final Session. 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. A submissions are due Feb. 8th. Physical notebooks will NOT be accepted for this event.
Volunteer
Volunteer Volunteers are vital for events like this to happen. We appreciate those volunteers who are willing to give up their time for the benefit of the students! We are looking for volunteers and a team to bring a field for a practice field. Please contact Graham Fennell at fennellg@fairviewschools.org if you are interested in helping out in anyway.
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy Information will come closer to the event.