From RE:PLAY to REBUILT: Celebrating Every Ability at Pine Tree
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The 9th annual Pine Tree District looked familiar, yet distinct from Pine Trees of the past! We returned to last year's new venue, Falmouth High School, to host the only FRC qualifier in Maine, where tradition holds that the event will be called Pine Tree.
Featuring almost all of the Maine teams, as well as some visitors from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut, this event was fortunate to be locally sponsored by the Maine Army National Guard and the Maine Space Consortium. The U.S. Air Force 319th Recruiting Squadron was also in attendance, and will be joining us at other events throughout the season!
Teams heard from Giovanna Guidoboni, PhD, Dean of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing from University of Maine Orono, to wish them luck throughout the weekend.
The event also featured Unified Robotics, inspiring students of all abilities to break down barriers through the exciting sport of robotics. Working together in a FIRST LEGO League environment with the RE:PLAY game, Unified teams were cheered on and celebrated!
The high score in qualification rounds almost broke 500: two teams that would eventually square off in the finals scored 487 together in Match 28. Match 1 of the playoffs saw 537 points, but we didn't get that high again until an impressive Finals 2: 523 to 418.
In just a few days, we'll be on to week 2! With 3 events in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 110 teams will be competing live starting Saturday morning.
Congratulations to our award-winning teams:
FIRST Impact Award: FRC 8046, LakerBots from Meredith, NH
Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX: FRC 190, Gompei and the HERD from Worcester, MA
FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalists: Danielle C. from FRC 8046, LakerBots from Meredith, NH, and Everett H. from FRC 172, Northern Force from Falmouth-Gorham, ME
Outstanding Volunteer Award: Norris Dale, Judge
Event Champions: FRC 5687, The Outliers from Portland, ME;
FRC 6329, The Bucks' Wrath from Bucksport, ME;
FRC 1307, Robosaints from Dover, NH
Event Finalists: FRC 190, Gompei and the HERD from Worcester, MA;
FRC 7407, Wired Boars from Wallingford, CT;
FRC 3597, Robo-Rangers from Kittery, ME
Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 172, Northern Force from Falmouth-Gorham, ME
Judges' Award: FRC 8023, Argonauts from Lewiston, ME
Rising All-Star Award: 11336, Anomaly from Sanford, ME
Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 6153, Blue Crew from Farmington, ME
Team Spirit Award: FRC 4564, Orange Chaos from Brewer, ME
Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse: FRC 2648, Infinite Loop from Oakland, ME Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 8410, Oyster River Overdrive from Durham, NH
Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 5687, The Outliers from Portland, ME
Quality Award: FRC 61, BVT Robotics from Upton, MA
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 6329, The Bucks' Wrath from Bucksport, ME
Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org: FRC 7407, Wired Boars from Wallingford, CT
Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 11131, Brainstorm from Windham, ME