2015-2016
With the completion of the new Brookside High School building, the Robotics Club is poised to soar to new heights. We have a dedicated STEM room. Besides our 3 High School VRC teams, we will be adding 6 Elementary School VEX-IQ teams, with the assistance of elementary teacher Mr. Rosso.
We had 80 applicants we had to narrow down to 36 to make 6 VEX IQ teams. We started building in late October and went to our first competition at North Union in December. Team 6403Z was our top team, ranking #12 out of 32 in the Teamwork Rankings. Meanwhile 6403U scored 26, losing the programming skills trophy on a tiebreaker.
Our next VEX IQ tournament was our first home event. This was a great success. Team 6403Z ranked #2 in Teamwork, won the Excellence Award, and was a Teamwork champion. Teams 6403X and 6403U excelled in the Skills, winning Programming & Robot skills, respectively. All 3 teams qualified for State.
On the high school side, our first event was December 19, at Mahoning Valley. None of our teams could score a high goal, but team 6403C found their way onto the runner-up alliance!
A month later we traveled to Hilliard Bradley. Team 6403A was much improved, having a 5-1 record on the day and ranking #4 overall. Team Captain Jacob Klein became our 1st ever Alliance Captain. The team advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated.
Brookside will also host our first ever tournaments this year:
We had 80 applicants we had to narrow down to 36 to make 6 VEX IQ teams. We started building in late October and went to our first competition at North Union in December. Team 6403Z was our top team, ranking #12 out of 32 in the Teamwork Rankings. Meanwhile 6403U scored 26, losing the programming skills trophy on a tiebreaker.
Our next VEX IQ tournament was our first home event. This was a great success. Team 6403Z ranked #2 in Teamwork, won the Excellence Award, and was a Teamwork champion. Teams 6403X and 6403U excelled in the Skills, winning Programming & Robot skills, respectively. All 3 teams qualified for State.
On the high school side, our first event was December 19, at Mahoning Valley. None of our teams could score a high goal, but team 6403C found their way onto the runner-up alliance!
A month later we traveled to Hilliard Bradley. Team 6403A was much improved, having a 5-1 record on the day and ranking #4 overall. Team Captain Jacob Klein became our 1st ever Alliance Captain. The team advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated.
Brookside will also host our first ever tournaments this year:
- Jan 16, 2016 - Brookside VEX IQ Qualifier
- Feb 6, 2016 - Brookside VEX HS Qualifier