2027 West Virginia State Championship: Engage MS

Welcome to the 2027 West Virginia State Championships, hosted at the Fairmont State University Falcon Center!

Due to Fairmont State's dining contract, outside food cannot be brought into the venue. However, the Dining Hall will be open for lunch - buffet style, all you can eat for $9.

Practice Fields & Camp Chairs

Please be advised that due to limited space and safety concerns, teams will not be permitted to set up their own practice fields in the pits. We will have plenty of practice fields available in the designated area.

Additionally, spectators will not be permitted to set up their own chairs anywhere on the gym floor. We will have plenty of audience seating available, and parents/spectators are also welcome to watch the action from our parent lounge (see below).

Parent Lounge

Parents and other spectators are invited to enjoy our parent lounge! Located on the third floor of the Falcon Center, this space will offer parents an opportunity to follow the action while catching up on work or relaxing away from the hustle and bustle of the gym floor. Charging points and WiFi will be available, and the event livestream will be shown.

Payment

We do not accept direct payment for event registration fees. All teams should pay for the event through the RECFEvents website.

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

8:00 AM: Doors open, inspection begins
9:30 AM: Drivers' meeting
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Practice matches (1 per team)
10:30 AM: Judging area opens for initial team interviews
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Qualifying matches
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch break (judging area remains open during lunch)
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Qualifying matches
2 PM: Judging area closes; all initial interviews should be completed by this time.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Finals matches
5:00 PM: Awards & closing ceremony

In-Person Notebook Submissions

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.

In-Person Team Interviews, First-Come, First-Served
Team interviews will be conducted in-person during the event. Teams must report at their convenience to the judging area adjacent to the pits for their initial team interviews. The judging area will be open for initial team interviews from 9:30 AM to 2 PM.

The event will be held in the Fairmont State University Falcon Center. Please see this document for an annotated campus map.

Free parking is available in the campus parking garage. From the garage, take the elevator to the top floor and walk across the pedestrian bridge to the Falcon Center. The street address of the parking garage is: 1112 Bryant St, Fairmont WV 26554.

For an accessible entrance or large vehicle unloading, continue up Bryant St. to the point marked “Falcon Center Accessible Entrance and Load-In” on the attached map. From there, enter the Falcon Center on the second floor and take the elevator or stairs down to the gyms. Several accessible parking spaces are located near this entrance – unless you require one of them, please move your vehicle to the parking garage after unloading. The lot above/behind the Falcon Center is for university Faculty and Staff only and you will be ticketed by university police if you park there.

School buses and other large vehicles can park in the gravel lot located across Locust Avenue/US 19 from campus.