Awards
AWARDS!
2021 we participated in the INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge where we placed 6th out of 30 in our group. For the Auto-Nav portion of this challenged we placed 4th place, for the Hyperdrive portion of this challenge we placed 5th, and for the power port portion of this challenge we placed 5th place. We all submitted a game for the Game Design Challenge.
2020 was our first year as finalist and Chairman in the same event. This happened at the kingfords competition where we the alliance captain of the first alliance. First time in our teams history that we got two medals at one event. At the Macomb Community College Event we finished 7th place and was the alliance captain of alliance 5. We would make it to the quarterfinals but just fall short to make it to the semifinals. With these two events, we qualified for states but only for the rest of the season to be canceled due to the Covid-19 Virus.
2019 was our first year as a finalist which happened at the Kingsford competition. As well as being a finalist, we also won the Industrial Design award. On top of this we won a a safest pit of the day award. We also won the Chairmans award for the second time at the Kentwood competition. Finally we qualified for the Destination Deep Space Michigan state competition.
In 2018 we were picked as the 5th alliance second pick at Kentwood, and 6th alliance first pick at Gibralter.
2017 was the first year that we won the Chairman’s award at the Lakeview District competition.
In our 2016 Competition Season, FIRST Stronghold, we won the Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen at the Saint Joseph District Competition.
In our 2015 Competition Season, at both the Kentwood District and Gull Lake District competitions last year, Red Storm won the Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers for our clear-cut and precise business plan. A big thank you to our marketing team!
At our third competition in St. Joseph’s District, we won another award, the Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation, due to the seven autonomous modes our awesome programming team created!
In our 2014 Competition Season, Aerial Assist, at the Saint Joseph District Competition we won the Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox.
In our 2011 Competition Season, we were the 6th alliance captain at Niles District Competition and 7th alliance captain at West Michigan District Competition. We won the Highest Rookie Seed at the West Michigan District Competition.
| Year | Game Description | Competition | Ranking | Awards |
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| 2021 | Infinite Recharge at home
(Shooting balls and driving) |
Chromium Group | Placed 6th out of 30 | |
| 2020 | Infinite Recharge
(Shooting balls, climbing and spinning the wheel of fortune)
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Macomb | Finished Qualification 7th
Alliance captain of the 5th alliance |
Chairman’s Award
Finalist Award |
| Kingsford | Finished Qualification 1st
Alliance captain of the 1st alliance |
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| State Championship | Canceled due to Covid-19 | |||
| 2019 | FIRST Destination Deep Space!
(Picking balls and circles and placing them)
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Belleville | Finished Qualification in Rank 16th
2nd pick of the 8th Alliance |
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| Kingsford | Finished Qualification in Rank 1st
Captain of 1st Alliance |
Industrial Design Award
Finalist Award Safest Pit of the Day Award |
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| Kentwood
(Hosting) |
Finished Qualification in Rank 36th
2nd pick of the 4th Alliance |
Chairman’s Award | ||
| Michigan State Championhip | TBD | TBD | ||
| 2018 | FIRST Power Up!
(Picking up Milk Crates and placing them) |
Gibraltar | Finished Qualification in Rank 11
1st pick of 6th Alliance |
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| Kentwood (Hosting) | Finished Qualification in Rank 19
2nd Pick of the 5th Alliance |
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| 2017 | FIRST Steamworks
(Gears and Balls) |
Lakeview | 1st Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 1 |
Chairman’s Award |
| Kentwood
(Hosting) |
2nd Pick of the 8th Alliance
Finished Qualification in Rank 24 |
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| Michigan State Championship – DTE Energy Foundation Division | Finished at the end of Qualifications in Rank 14
2nd pick of the 7th Alliance |
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| FIRST World Championships – St. Louis | Ranked 49th at the end of Qualifications
3rd pick of the 5th Alliance with fellow Michigan Teams, 5155 – The Bearcats & 226 – The Hammerheads and a team from the Chesapeake District, Team 449 – The Blair Robot Project |
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| Ferris State Roboday | Ranked 12th at the end of Qualifications
2nd pick of the 4th Alliance |
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| Grand Rapids Girls | Ranked 20th at the end of Qualifications
1st pick of the 3rd Alliance |
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| West Michigan Robotics Invitational | Ranked 20th at the end of Qualifications
2nd pick of the 6th Alliance |
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| 2016 | FIRST Stronghold
(Defenses and Tower) |
Saint Joseph | 6th Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 10 |
Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen Safety Star |
| Kentwood
(Hosting) |
Finished Qualification in Rank 24 | Judges Award | ||
| Woodhaven | 2nd Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 3 |
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers | ||
| West Michigan Robotics Invitational | 7th Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 10 |
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| 2015 | Recycle Rush
(Stacking totes with bins and noodles) |
Kentwood
(Hosting) |
8th Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 14 |
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers |
| Gull Lake | 3rd Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 4 |
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers | ||
| Saint Joseph | 2nd pick of the 4th Alliance
Finished Qualification in Rank 26 |
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation | ||
| Michigan State Championships | Finished Qualification in Rank 75 | |||
| West Michigan Robotics Invitational | 1st pick of the 7th Alliance
Finished Qualification in Rank 15 |
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| 2014 | Aerial Assist
(Passing/Shooting) |
West Michigan
(GVSU) |
Finished Qualification in Rank 37 | |
| Saint Joseph | Finished Qualification in Rank 35 | Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox Safety Star |
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| West Michigan Robotics Invitational | 3rd pick of the 3rd Alliance | |||
| 2013 | Ultimate Ascent
(Frisbee Shooting + Pyramid Hang) |
Gull Lake | 6th Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 10 |
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| West Michigan
(GVSU) |
Finished Qualification in Rank 29 | |||
| 2012 | Rebound Rumble
(Basketball + Bridges) |
Gull Lake | Finished Qualification in Rank 27 | |
| West Michigan
(GVSU) |
Finished Qualification in Rank 23 | |||
| 2011 | Logo Motion
(Tic-Tac-Toe + Mini-Bot) |
West Michigan
(GVSU) |
7th Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 11 |
Highest Rookie Seed |
| Niles | 6th Alliance Captain
Finished Qualification in Rank 13 |