The Grandville High School RoboDawgs are having their best VEX Robotics season ever – and they continue to break state and national records for high school robotics teams. In February, Grandville broke state and national records by qualifying twelve High School VEX teams for the Michigan VEX Robotics State Championship. The RoboDawgs brought home Champion, Finalist, and Semifinalist trophies from that State Championship – and they qualified six RoboDawg VEX teams to play at the VEX World Championship. These six teams also claim a state and national record – no other public high school in America qualified six teams for the World Championship.
This Wednesday, Grandville High School will send off more than two dozen RoboDawgs and mentors to the VEX World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. On their way to this accomplishment, RoboDawg teams were Champions or Finalists in eleven tournaments and leagues – and they won both the West Michigan Regional Championshp and the Michigan VEX Robotics State Championship. The teams’ 2016-2017 competition record is below, along with key awards won at each event:
Tournament Play
- October – Northwest Michigan Regional VEX Qualifier – Six of the top ten teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Champions, Judges Award
- October – West Michigan Halloween Tournament – Six of the top ten teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Champions, Tournament Finalists, Robot Skills Champion
- November – Hudsonville VEX Robotics Tournament – Five of the top eight teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Finalists, Excellence Award, Design Award, Build Award
- December – West Michigan Holiday Tournament – Five of the top eight teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Finalists, Excellence Award, Design Award
- January – Jenison VEX Robotics Tournament – Five of the top ten teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Champions, Excellence Award, Design Award, Build Award
- January – Grand Traverse Academy Regional VEX Qualifier – Five of the top ten teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Finalist, Design Award, Think Award
- February – Belding VEX Tournament – Four of the top ten teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Champions, Excellence Award
League Play
- September – Early Fall Tuesday VEX League – League Champion, Excellence Award, Design Award
- November – Late Fall Tuesday VEX League – League Champion, Excellence Award
- November – Late Fall Thursday VEX League #1 – League Champion, Excellence Award, Design Award
- November – Late Fall Thursday VEX League #2 – League Champion, Excellence Award, Design Award
Regional and State Championships
- January – West Michigan Regional Championship – Six of the top eight teams were RoboDawg teams. Tournament Champions, Excellence Award, Design Award
- February – Michigan VEX Robotics State Championship – Tournament Champions, Tournament Finalists, Tournament Semifinalists, Robot Skills Champion
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