5th Annual Caston Buzzer Beater VEX IQ Robotics Competition : Mix & Match Elementary School Teams : VEX Events

5th Annual Caston Buzzer Beater VEX IQ Robotics Competition

Mix & Match Elementary School Teams

Date: 21-Feb-2026 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-VIQRC-25-2169
Program: VEX IQ Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: N/A
Capacity: 40
Spots Open: 0
Event Region: Indiana - Region 1 - North
Max Registrations per Organization: 10
Early-Bird Registration Opens: 1-Dec-2025 16:00 EST
Standard Registration Opens: 10-Jan-2026 16:00 EST
Registration Deadline: 18-Feb-2026 16:00 EST
Payment Deadline: 24-Jan-2026 16:00 EST
Price: $70.00

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General Info

Welcome to Caston's 5th Annual Buzzer Beater VIQRC Competition! The last part of the season always brings lots of excitement and we look forward to an exciting day hosting teams!

We will be hosting both an Elementary and a Middle School Competition. The competitions will run side by side with Elementary and Middle School matches being played beside each other.

Caston is located between Rochester and Logansport, Indiana, on State Road 25, 3 miles south of the town of Fulton, on the Cass/Fulton County Line. There are no restaurants in the area without going into either Logansport or Rochester, which are about 12 miles away. A Dollar General and gas station are located in Fulton.

There will be a concession stand available for the competition, but it will have limited options for lunch. We are working with our concessions provider to have more options available than in years past. Please check the documents section for the Concessions Stand price list. Teams are invited to order pizza which will be delivered to the school.

Pizza Order Form will be available closer to the competition date.

Grade Level: Elementary

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 21-Feb-2026

Venue/Location:

Caston High School
9815 S. St. Rd. 25
Rochester, Indiana 46975
United States

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Agenda

Our schedule for the day is approximately as follows:

8:00am - Doors Open

8:00-9:00am - Team Registration

8:30-9:15am - Inspection (Drop off Engineering Notebooks at Inspection) / All fields open for teams to practice if they have passed inspection.

9:20am - Coaches Meeting (If needed, an announcement will be made if this is occurring.)

9:30am - Opening Ceremonies

9:45am - Skills Fields open / Practice & Qualification schedules distributed

10:00-12:00pm - Morning Qualification Matches / Skills Open

12:00pm-1:00pm - Skills Fields Closed / Lunch Break

1-3:00pm - Skills open / Afternoon Qualification Matches

3:00 - Skills Closed

3:15pm - Finals matches and Awards

4:00pm - Pack up and Depart. Have a safe trip home!

**All times are EASTERN and are subject to change based upon how many teams we have competing**

Volunteer

Volunteers are welcome and needed!!

Please contact Jamie Taylor at [email protected] or 574-653-1782 for more information.

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

Although we do not plan on having inclement weather we know we live in Indiana and the weather changes whenever it wants to! Please know that we will do everything in our power to host the competition on the scheduled date. In the event of bad weather for traveling in the morning we may initiate a 2 hour delay to the start time. Although it makes it inconvient and the event run later, our end goal is to host the event for the students on the date planned. In the event that this tournament cannot take place due to inclement weather registration fees will be returned minus $5.00 for administrative fees and postage.

Refund and Payment Policies

Payment Deadline is January 24, 2026.

UNPAID TEAMS WILL BE MOVED TO THE WAITLIST ON THIS DATE AND TEAMS ON THE WAITLIST WILL BE MOVED INTO THE COMPETITION. IF THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR YOUR TEAM CONTACT US BEFORE THIS DATE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.

Registration fees will not be refunded if teams do not cancel by 01/31/2026.

All teams need to be present and checked in prior to the start of the competition (no later than 9:00am). Refunds will not be issued to teams who arrive after competition rounds have begun.

If the Event Partner cancels the event:

In the event that this tournament cannot take place and is forced to be canceled teams will receive a full refund minus $5 REC fee.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

If prior to 01/31/2026 full refund will be givien minus $5 fee. If after 01/31/2026 no refunds will be given.

Date: 21-Feb-2026

Caston High School
9815 S. St. Rd. 25
Rochester, Indiana 46975
United States

Travel Info

Traveling from a distance? There is a New Home2 Suites by Hilton and a Holiday Inn located in Logansport. Both will be about a 25 minute drive to Caston. There are also a few Airbnb's in the area too.

Webcast

We now have the equipment to LiveStream! The event will be broadcast on our Caston Robotics YouTube page. Link will be provided at a later date.

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.