The Mountain Home High School FIRST Robotics Team, the Bomb Squad, will be traveling to Little Rock for their first Regional for the 2017 season Wednesday, March 8th. FRC Team 16, better known as the Bomb Squad, is a robotics team for high school students grades 9-12 in the Twin Lakes Area. This year, there is 30 Mountain Home students on the team; 14 girls and 16 boys. The team will also be attending the Midwest Regional in Chicago, Illinois and the World Championship in Houston, Texas.
FIRST Steamworks is the 2017 season's game, which is steampunk themed and students are challenged to build a robot to help prepare an airship for lift off.
The Rock City Regional will host 51 teams from 11 different states. There is also a team from Mexico attending the event. The regional will start on Thursday and the teams will attend practice matches, as well as robot inspections. On Friday, there will be the qualification matches. Mountain Home High School has also put together the first ever robotics pep bus, so students will be able to travel and cheer on the Bomb Squad. On Saturday, there will be more qualification matches before lunch, followed by the finals. The Bomb Squad has previously won the regional twice.
The Rock City Regional is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend the event and help support the team. If you are unable to attend, starting Friday the event on the regional will be streaming live on their website, www.frcteam16.org.
FIRST Steamworks is the 2017 season's game, which is steampunk themed and students are challenged to build a robot to help prepare an airship for lift off.
The Rock City Regional will host 51 teams from 11 different states. There is also a team from Mexico attending the event. The regional will start on Thursday and the teams will attend practice matches, as well as robot inspections. On Friday, there will be the qualification matches. Mountain Home High School has also put together the first ever robotics pep bus, so students will be able to travel and cheer on the Bomb Squad. On Saturday, there will be more qualification matches before lunch, followed by the finals. The Bomb Squad has previously won the regional twice.
The Rock City Regional is open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend the event and help support the team. If you are unable to attend, starting Friday the event on the regional will be streaming live on their website, www.frcteam16.org.
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