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Secret City Wildbots struggle in opening rounds, but rebound in later regional rounds

Posted at 11:58 am April 2, 2016
By Angi Agle Leave a Comment

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The Secret City Wildbots of Oak Ridge High School are pictured above at the 2016 Smoky Mountain Regionals in Knoxville this week. (Photo by Angi Agle)

 

Note: This story was updated at 12:45 p.m.

KNOXVILLE—The Secret City Wildbots struggled somewhat in the opening qualifying rounds at Smoky Mountain Regionals on Friday, falling to a rank of 32nd after lunch, but the team rebounded strongly in the last three of the day’s eight rounds, finishing with a ninth-place rank.

At the end of qualifying rounds at noon on Saturday, the top eight teams select an alliance partner, and those eight groups of two select their third partner team. In the event that one of the top eight chooses another from the top eight, the next ranked team moves up to team captain post.

Following Q41, the Wildbots moved up to number 13 by playing on their core strength of crossing defenses and scoring low goals in rapid succession. In Q51, they continued playing to core strengths but added a feat that only a few robots in this competition have mastered: climbing the tower.

In Q59, the final match of the day, the Wildbots again finished strong and in an excellent position to face the final two rounds Saturday: Q-70 at approximately 10:26 a.m., and Q-81 scheduled for 11:57 a.m. (the next to-the-last qualifying round of the tournament). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: Angi Agle, FIRST Robotics, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, L.J. Robinson, Mark Buckner, Oak Ridge High School, Secret City Wildbots, Smoky Mountain Regionals, Team 4265, Thompson-Boling Arena, University of Tennessee, USFIRST Robotics

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