Penn Robotic Team 135 Heading to State Championship

This past weekend, Penn Robotics FIRST Robotics Competition Teams 135, the Black Knights, and 328, the Golden Rooks, travelled to Plainfield, Indiana for the FIRST Indiana Week 4 District Event.

 

Over the course of the weekend, 35 teams from 34 schools competed with their custom designed, fabricated, and programmed robots in qualifying matches. At the end of qualification rounds, both teams were selected by captains from other schools to join their alliances for finals. 

 

Team 328 was selected by the 7th seed alliance, while Team 135 was selected by the 5th seed. Team 328 was eliminated in the semi-finals, but Team 135’s alliance remained undefeated throughout playoffs, setting the stage for a best of three matches final. Team 135’s alliance lost their first match, and faced elimination if defeated again, but their alliance rose to the challenge and won both the next match and the tiebreaker, earning them the title of District Event Final Alliance Partner.

 

 

Overall, it was a very successful weekend. Team 135 has officially earned a bid to the state championship, which is April 6 and 7 at Lafayette Jefferson High School, while team 328 must wait through this weekend’s competition to see if they qualify.