Middle School VEX In The Zone State Championship
6403E was 4-3 in qualifying. They scored the highest match score of the day, 105, in their first round while paired with the eventual champion from Marengo Highland. They ended qualifying ranked #14 out of 42 teams at state.
In the alliance selection, 6403E was chosen by the #3 ranked alliance, a team from Barnesville that they had success with earlier in the year at Elyria. The third team on their alliance was from Akron. They made it to the finals and were tied 1-1 going into the final match. They had enough cones stacked to win, but were pushed out of their zone (legally) by the winning team from Marengo Highland. They finished 2nd in the state!
Only the winning alliance (3 teams), Excellence Winner (8609B from Lorain), and Design Winner (1340A from Akron) qualify for Worlds.
6403F was also 4-3 in qualifying, and joined 2 Lorain teams on the #5 seeded alliance. They won their first round but then lost in the semi-finals, losing to the tournament winners from Marengo Highland.
There are 121 teams from 43 middle schools in Ohio that compete in VEX Robotics.