Posts by Elena Brown

Illinois State Championship was February 23rd and 24th. Most of the team started driving down Friday afternoon because our judging and inspection was during the night up in Elgin. We all met first at the local restaurant Portillo’s for some food and milkshakes and to regroup, then headed to judging. The competition/judging was held at…

Our first and only qualifier of the season occurred Saturday, February 3rd. CA Henning Elementary School in Troy, Illinois was the site of the event. Our day started early in the morning with judging at 8:50 and inspections at 9:30. We also had to come early to set up the practice field at 7:00 am.…

On Saturday, January 13th, we went to Whiteside Middle School for our 3rd and final meet of the season. Our drive team for the event was  Reece on drive train, Caleb on claw, and Jop as the drive coach. This meet was the smallest we’ve been to, with only 8 teams showing up. During the…

On December 16th, our team went to Maryville Christian School to participate in our second meet of this season. We did very well at this meet, winning 4/5 matches. What made this meet very special was that our autonomous did not mess up at all the whole day. It worked perfectly every match.   Our drive…

Our first meet was yesterday at Metro East Lutheran High School in Edwardsville, Illinois. The drive team for the today consisted of Gillian as our drive coach, Reece as our drive train, and Caleb as our claw. We played 5 matches throughout the day. 3 of them we were on the blue alliance with the…

Last year we went to our last competition of 2016 and our second meet so far. On December 17th, 2016, we went to Whiteside Middle School in Belleville Illinois. We were more successful than our last meet with a working shooter and autonomous.  Our drivers for this meet were Reece and Dustin. Garrett was a…

Our first meet of the season occurred at Metro East Lutheran High School, on November 12th. We were pretty successful, but met some challenges during the meet. The Worm Gear Warriors arrived early to help set up the fields. Robo Raiders, team 7129, also helped us set up. Cap balls were inflated and mats pushed…