VEX
VEX and robotics program at
McKenzie Career Center
After a long fifteen hour drive, we
arrived at our hotel on Myrtle Beach
and almost immediately went to
sleep. However, bright and early on
Thursday morning, students were
rushing out the door to get a bit of
inspiration from the beach before
a long day of working on the robot
and adding the final touches for the
competition. The next day, everyone
was up 1024 written in the sand
and rushing to get to the convention
center in order to get good seats
for scouting. Before the opening
ceremonies at 9:30 a.m., all of the
pit scouting was finished and the
scouting sheets for the rest of the
day were passed around to the team
members in the stands.
After the opening ceremonies and
the anthems of Brazil, Canada, and
the United States of America had
been played, the games began. Despite
multiple field power outages, mistaken
fouls and broken bots, 1024 managed to
have quite a few excellent matches which
boosted out Offensive Power Ranking
(OPR) to second. Even though we had
a few more good matches the next day,
we did not make it into the top eight.
However we were chosen to be in an
alliance with the fifth seated team.
1024 CATCHING OUR FIRST BALL AT
COMPETITION
Our alliance lost their first match in the
quarter finals, but then made a surprising
come back holding onto the win of their
second match by their teeth (Ha, byte!
Get it?). Despite our victory, we lost the
last match due to a last second score
by the red alliance. Even though we did
not win the regional, we did not go down
without a fight. We did, however, win the
Quality Award which celebrates machine
robustness in concept and fabrication.
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