5th Annual Caston Cobweb Classic VEX V5 Robotics Competition : Push Back Competition Middle and High School Teams : VEX Events

5th Annual Caston Cobweb Classic VEX V5 Robotics Competition

Push Back Competition Middle and High School Teams

Date: 25-Oct-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code: RE-V5RC-25-1769
Program: VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type: Open Tournament
Event Format: In-Person
Field Control System: Smart Field Control
Capacity: 50
Spots Open: 1
Event Region: Indiana - Region 1 - North
Max Registrations per Organization: 10
Standard Registration Opens: 1-Sep-2025 04:00 EDT
Registration Deadline: 22-Oct-2025 16:00 EDT
Payment Deadline: 27-Sep-2025 12:00 EDT
Price: $85.00

This event is closed to registration because:

This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

Dust off the cobwebs, it's time for Push Back!! Get your season started off with one of the first competitions in the State. Come join us for an exciting day! There will be an IQ event being hosted in the same gym as well for you to check out! Bring your IQ teams to compete too!

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 mini-mart gas station and Dollar General are located in Fulton.

There will be a concession stand available for the competition, but it will have limited options for lunch. Please see the image gallery for concession stand menu.

This year we are offering preorders for Pizza for $15 and Box Meal options of Pulled Pork Sandwich or 3 Chicken Tenders (both meals include chips, 2 chocolate chip cookies, and a bottle of water) for $8. Pizza is ONLY available for preorder. Meals will be available for purchase the day of until sold out.

Preorder Lunch Form:

https://forms.gle/jsiXPPf3HP4BQ51h6

Coaches and Teams are encouraged to wear costumes to the competition since it is occurring on Halloween weekend. An award will be handed out to the team with the best costume.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Skills Challenge Offered for VURC/VAIRC teams: Yes

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 25-Oct-2025

Venue/Location:

Caston High School
9815 Indiana 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 Check In

8:00-9:15am - Inspection (Drop off Engineering Notebooks at Inspection. No Digital Notebooks or Thumbdrives will be accepted) / All fields open for teams to practice if they have passed inspection.

9:20am - Coaches Meeting

9:30am - Opening Ceremonies (Please note. We will do the Drivers Meeting for VRC first, then the National Anthem, dismiss VRC, and then Drivers Meeting for IQ)

9:45am-Qualification Schedules Distributed - Skills Fields open / Practice

9:45-12:15pm - Morning Qualification Matches / Skills Open

12:15pm-1:00pm - Skills Fields Closed / Lunch Break

1-3:30pm - Skills open / Afternoon Qualification Matches

3:30 approximately - Skills Closed (after the last qualifying match)

3:30-3:45pm - Alliance Selections

4:00 - Elimination Rounds

4:45 - Finals and Awards

5:15pm - Pack up and Depart. Have a safe trip home!

**All times are listed in Eastern.**

**Times are subject to change based upon the number of teams registering for the event.**

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 September 27, 2025.

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 10/04/2025.

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 10/04/2025 full refund will be givien minus $5 fee. If after 10/04/2025 no refunds will be given.

Date: 25-Oct-2025

Caston High School
9815 Indiana 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.