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Secret City Wildbots going to robotics championship

Posted at 9:27 pm March 25, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Secret City Wildbots, Team 4265 of Oak Ridge, celebrate their second semifinals win to advance to the finals at the Smoky Mountain Regional in Knoxville on Saturday, March 25, 2017. (Photo by Angi Agle)

The Secret City Wildbots, Team 4265 of Oak Ridge, celebrate their second semifinals win to advance to the finals at the Smoky Mountain Regional in Knoxville on Saturday, March 25, 2017. (Photo by Angi Agle)

 

The Secret City Wildbots won the Engineering Inspiration Award in the Smoky Mountain Regional on Saturday, and the Wildbots, Team 4265 of Oak Ridge, will advance to the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston on April 19.

The Wildbots had advanced throughout the day on Saturday, said Angi Agle, an Oak Ridge Board of Education member who attended this week’s robotics competition at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.

The team finished qualifying in third place, so it advanced to the quarterfinals. They won the first quarterfinal 455-273.

They tied the first semifinal round against a Hardin Valley-led alliance and then won the second semifinal against Hardin Valley, Agle said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Education, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Angi Agle, D. Ray Smith, Engineering Inspiration Award, FIRST Robotics, FIRST Robotics Championship, FIRST Steamworks, Jessie Pitz, Secret City Wildbots, Smoky Mountain Regional, Team 4265, Thompson-Boling Arena

Robertsville Middle School technology team finishes in top three in nine state events

Posted at 4:12 pm March 23, 2013
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Robertsville Middle School at TSA Competition

Robertsville Middle School at 35th Tennessee TSA State Conference (Submitted photo)

The Technology Student Association at Robertsville Middle School competed in a recent state conference in Chattanooga and finished in the Top 3 in nine events.

Twenty-seven students from the TSA chapter at RMS competed in 22 different group and individual events at theĀ 35th Tennessee TSA State Conference, which included 649 middle and high school competitors from 61 Tennessee schools.

Listed below are the students who placed in the Top 3 in the state in their events: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Alek Wereszczak, Alexis Palau, Alison Craig, Danielle Wooten, Elias Brown, Eric Thornton, Esther Gallmeier, Jessie Pitz, Katharina Gallmeier, Kyle Larson, Madison Loggins, Mandy Pitz, Midori Hammer, Nancy Pont Briant, RMS, Robertsville Middle School, Rosalia Otaduy, Sam Turner, Savannah Ward, Stella Powell, Technology Student Association, Tennessee TSA State Conference, TSA, Will Jeter, Wilson Hammer

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