Qualifying Tournament #2
Battle Ground Middle School
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Results
Design Award
The Design Award expands on this year’s challenge, inspiring teams to incorporate industrial design into their robots. These elements can be shown in the simplicity of the design as it applies to the tasks, the look and feel of the robot in how the design allows us to think of robots in new ways.
Second Place 22444 Revelation – from Lafayette, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this award:
This team *attacks* the competition with their well designed active intake and rotating claw. Using one *fluid* motion this team is able to score over their elevator and defend the sea and the blue alliance.
Winner 26702 RoboDefenders – from Dyer, IN, USA
Motivate Award
Next we have the Motivate Award. The team that receives the Motivate Award celebrates the culture of FIRST and clearly shows what it means to be a team. This award celebrates the team that represents the essence of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition through team building, team spirit, and displayed enthusiasm. This is a team who makes a collective effort to make FIRST known throughout their school, and community and sparks others to embrace the culture of FIRST.
Second Place 8272 CC Sparks – from Lafayette, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
Through outreach with their school, sponsors, and community, this team is proud to spread FIRST’s mission. They have become masters of branding, organized by spreadsheets galore. This lean, green, TikTok machine is ready to take STEM worldwide.
Winner 8791 Green Machine – from Greenwood, IN, USA
Control Award
The Control Award celebrates the team that demonstrates innovative thinking in the control system to solve game challenges such as autonomous operation, enhancing mechanical systems with intelligent control, or using sensors to achieve better results on the field.
Second Place 9864 Jug Rox Robotix – from Shoals, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
Subsystem controls on robots require swift and graceful code design to operate. With eyes like a hawk (that’s somehow underwater) this team cleverly used optics to understand their robot’s surroundings throughout the game. This team floated like a bird above the competition and stung like a giant thermonuclear dinosaur.
Winner 21945 The Purple Roborioles – from Avon, IN, USA
Innovate Award sponsored by RTX
The Innovate Award sponsored by RTX celebrates a team that has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This award is given to the team that the Judges feel has the most innovative and creative robot design solution to this season’s game. Elements of this award include elegant design, robustness and ‘out of the box’ thinking. This award may address the design of the whole robot or some sub-assembly component. The creative component needs to work consistently.
Second Place 18174 MotoRoyal – from South Bend, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This colorful team impressed the judges with their intentional design choices. Their passive sample mechanism and sleek pass-thru intake sang to the judges. The team’s fusion of their CAD and use of sensors resulted in a semi-autonomous performance.
Winner 14954 The Teal Roborioles – from Avon, IN, USA
Connect Award
The Connect Award is presented to the team that the Judges feel most connected with their local Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) community. A true FIRST team recognizes that engaging their local STEM community plays an essential part in their success. The recipient of this award is recognized for helping the community understand FIRST, the FIRST Tech Challenge, and the team itself.
Second Place 14084 [Insert Name Here] – from Frankfort, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team knows how to connect community and resources to benefit their team. They butter up seemingly insignificant events by seasoning them with STEM. This kernel of truth remains – don’t panic!
Winner 11959 Kernel Panic – from Columbus, IN, USA
Think Award
The Think Award is given to the team that the Judges feel best reflects the journey of the engineering design process. The engineering portfolio is the key reference for Judges to help them identify the most deserving team. This team’s engineering portfolio focused on the design and build stages of the team’s robot and exemplified their journey as a team and engineers.
Second Place 24289 BG HERO 6 – from West Lafayette, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team’s well-documented plans are always close at hand. Looking to the past for inspiration, they don’t waste time reinventing the wheel. They don’t let the weight of their massive engineering notebook be an anchor, even if their pit is under the sea.
Winner 19366 CTF – from Bedford, IN, USA
Finalist Alliance
Captain 14954 The Teal Roborioles – from Avon, IN, USA
1st Pick 11992 Radioactivity – from Merrillville, IN, USA
Winning Alliance
Captain 11272 Genesis – from Lafayette, IN, USA
1st Pick 9864 Jug Rox Robotix – from Shoals, IN, USA
Inspire Award
The Inspire Award is presented to the team that the Judges felt truly embodied the ‘challenge’ of the FIRST Tech Challenge program. The team that receives this award is a strong ambassador for FIRST programs and works to promote FIRST and make it loud in their community. The team that receives this award has performed well in all Judging categories and was chosen by the Judges as a model FIRST Tech Challenge team both on and off the playing field. This team shares their experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge with other teams, sponsors, their community, and the Judges. Working as a unit, this team will have shown success in performing the task of designing and building a robot.
Third Place 11992 Radioactivity – from Merrillville, IN, USA
Second Place 12014 FireWires – from Osceola, IN, USA
Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:
This team has developed a sustainable plan to secure their team’s future for years to come. Their investment in FIRST LEGO League and strengthening their community relationships ensure this FIRST chapter is a strong *beginning*.
Winner 11272 Genesis – from Lafayette, IN, USA
Advancing Teams
11272 Genesis
9864 Jug Rox Robotix
12014 Fire Wires
11992 Radioactivity
Participating Teams
535 Tobor
8272 CC Sparks
8791 Green Machine
8793 Wired Woodmen
9864 Jug Rox Robotix
10621 North Robotics
11130 Kokomo RoboKats
11272 Genesis
11959 Kernel Panic
11992 Radioactivity
12014 Fire Wires
12130 Cavebots
13414 Crew 272 Circuit Breakers
14084 [Insert Name Here]
14954 Teal Roborioles
18174 MISHines
19366 CTF
20689 BG BattleBots
21945 Purple Roborioles
22444 Revelation
24102 Jag Bots
24202 DEN DEFENDERS
24289 BG Hero 6
24549 CANINE CREW
25638 MG (Microchips & Guac)
26702 RoboDefenders
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