{"id":35230,"date":"2013-02-21T06:15:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T11:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=35230"},"modified":"2013-02-21T06:15:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T11:15:34","slug":"vwhs-robotics-team-does-well-at-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/02\/21\/vwhs-robotics-team-does-well-at-state\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS robotics team does well at state"},"content":{"rendered":"

VWHS news<\/em><\/p>\n

The Van Wert High School Robotics Team finished in sixth place at the state championships for Ohio FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC).\u00a0 The competition was held at iSPACE in Cincinnati on February 15-16 and included the top 24 teams from three regional competitions from across the state.<\/p>\n

The VWHS team was made up of four seniors, (Alex Bair, Andrew Todd, Noah Edwards, and Matt Saunier), two juniors (Andrew Price and Andrew Dingle), and three freshmen (Nick Gorman, Daniel Wray and Wade Healey). Coaches Bob Spath and Zane McElroy have led the team since its inception two years ago.<\/p>\n

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VWHS Robotics Team members and coaches. (VWCS photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After returning from the Regional competition in Dayton, the team recognized that in order to compete at the state championship some drastic changes would have to be made to the robot. Spath summed up the changes that took place over the past three weeks; \u201cMy room looked like a chop shop one afternoon a couple weeks ago as the robot was pretty much disassembled and rebuilt in order to modify it to compete at the state championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Long hours were put in by many of the team members and the effort paid off, as Van Wert High School\u2019s Robotics Team was the team to beat throughout the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were in first place midway through the first six rounds and in third place after five rounds. Our sixth and final round, we went up against last year\u2019s state champion.\u201d Spath said. \u201cThey had a great strategy to beat us and they did in the final seconds of the match.\u00a0 It was heart breaking as only the top four teams get to compete in the semifinals for an opportunity to advance to the world championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe dropped to sixth place after this match; however, we learned a tremendous amount over the past four months and hope next year we can make another run at a state championship,\u201d Spath added.<\/p>\n

The team is entirely funded through corporate and private donations; Eaton, Professional Computer Company of Lima, Kennedy Manufacturing, and Braun Industries. In addition, Tom Compton and Randy Gardner, through The Van Wert County Foundation, have provided the vision and funds to support this successful team.<\/p>\n

Those interested in helping support the VWHS Robotics team can contact one of the coaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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