Yahoo! It's Tournament Time!

Tomorrow is our first FIRST Tech Challenge Oregon League Tournament!  
Shout out to our Central Oregon League kicking off the tournament season. 
Tune in for the Live Stream on available @ HDRex.org 
Our thanks to Charlotte Van Valkenburg and Scot Brees, Co-League Managers. They also received a lot of help from FRC #5468 Chaos Theory, Summit High School to make the meets/tournament happen.

Saturday, January 13th
Opening Ceremonies 11:30
Qualification Matches 1-4 12:00
Qualification Matches 5-17 1:30
Alliance Selection 3:00
Elimination Matches 3:15-4:15
Final Match 4:15
Closing Ceremonies 4:30
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Super-Qualifier Host Application Process now OPEN 
I hope teams have taken time (or will take time) to consider being a Super-Qualifier Host for our upcoming events in February. Information and live online application link is now available.  Application Process is open from January 12 – Jan 19   CLICK HERE 
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END OF AN ERA
It was announced this week that this season will be the last for the FIRST Tech Challenge Super-Regional Championship. Read all about it in Ken Johnson's blog. 
I have assurances that going forward (starting with the 2018-2019 season) when we send teams from State to World Championship, the number of slots allocated to each region will be proportional to the number of teams in that region.  With 200 FTC Oregon teams, that will provide more advancement slots than most regions will receive.
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FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON HOT TOPICS FOR FTC OREGON 
Click on FTC Team Resources at www.ortop.org