Cary Academy has two JV robotics teams that compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge. On Saturday, January 27th, they went to their second qualifying tournament, their last chance to move on to the States. Both teams (and robots) met the challenge with flying colors.
At the end of round-robin play where each team competes in 5 matches, both Team Q – 5270 and the ChargerBots – 12010 finished with records of 4-1. Scoring rules sort out ties leaving 5270 seeded #3 and 12010 seeded #4. The #1 seeded team was Aperture Science, driving a virtually unbeatable bot; and Deus Ex Machina rounded out the top for as the #2 seed.
During alliance selection, where the top 4 seeds choose two other robots to join their alliance, the #1 team chose 12010 to join them and the #2 seed chose the 5270 to join them. Both CA teams jumped to a higher-seeded alliance, opening the door for our teams to go head-to-head in the finals.
Playoff rounds use a best two out of three format, and both alliances won their semi-final rounds in two matches, sending both CA teams to the finals, on opposing alliances. Seeding held true to form as the #1 alliance claimed the victory in two matches.
Thus, CA’s Chargerbots (12010) arrived home with a champion trophy. They also earned the Connect Award, recognizing their work to reach out to the community and share robot love.
Not to be outdone, Team Q (5270) came home with not only the runner-up trophy, but also with the Control Award, which recognizes excellent programming systems.
It was an awesome day for CA robotics and the teams now have 2 weeks to get ready for the State Championship on Feb 10th in Greensboro.
Join us in congratulating the members of CA’s JV Robotics teams:
5270 – Team Q
1. John Kesler (10)
2. Matthew Modi (10)
3. Sheridan Page (10)
4. Myla James (9)
5. Zariah Greene (10)
6. Casey Cervenka (9)
7. Quinn Vaughan (9)
8. Ryan Chen (9)
9. Jono Jenkens (10)
10. Evan Snively (10)
11. Loren Troan (10)
12. Han Zhang (9)
13. Brandon Yi (9)
14. Morgan White (10)
12010 – ChargerBots
1. Scott Matton (10)
2. Felipe Chiavegatto (10)
3. Ethan Norfleet (10)
4. Colin Zhu (10)
5. Harrison Truscott (9)
6. Aidan Sher (10)
7. Sachin Amaresh (10)
8. Sarah Hallman (9)
9. Olivia Zimmerman (9)
10. Anisha Rustogi (9)
11. Zach Wiebe (9)
12. Anna Cheng (10)
13. Obinna Modilim (10)
