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The FRC World Championship in St. Louis marks the end of the 2013 season. Team 254 had a great time competing, and are looking forward to seeing next year’s game!

On Thursday, students were up bright and early, leaving for the Dome at 5:00. Students waited in line for the event center to open up, as getting to the stands first is very important...

Posted May 3, 2013 In FIRST Robotics | Tournaments

This past weekend, five of our VEX teams attended the VEX World Championships in Anaheim, California.

Our five teams were distributed among five separate divisions and played ten matches each. Qualification matches began on Thursday afternoon, continuing through all of Friday and concluding on Saturday morning. Our teams met varied levels of success during qualification matches; the level of competition at Worlds was incredibly high. When...

Posted Apr 22, 2013 In Tournaments | VEX Robotics

The 2013 Silicon Valley Regional just finished up, and it was a blast. Only losing one match, the Cheesy Poofs really made their presence known. The Cheesy Poofs hung at the 30 point level in almost every match, being one of two teams to do so. The event was incredible. On Saturday, the Poofs sat with 233, the Pink Team. Both teams sang, danced, and cheered...

Posted Apr 5, 2013 In FIRST Robotics

On Wednesday, the team said that if we reached 2540 likes on our Facebook page or 2540 followers on our Twitter Account by April 3rd, a video of the world's fastest 30 point hang would be released. The threshold was met on the Facebook page just a day later on Thursday the 28th.

This is that video.

This weekend our VEX teams had an excellent showing at the inaugural California State Championships, and ended up winning the tournament.

Five of our seven VEX teams attended State Championships: A, C, D, F, and G. The teams did well throughout the morning and noon in the qualification matches, with several great highlights throughout the day. For instance, C set the tournament high score, scoring 300...

Posted Mar 16, 2013 In Tournaments | VEX Robotics

After a difficult six-weeks of design and construction, Team 254 wins the San Diego Regional with Alliance Captain Team 987 and Alliance Partner Team 1138.

This past Wednesday, thirty students rode a bus down to San Diego to compete in the annual San Diego Regional (March 7th – March 9th). The team unloaded the bus on Wednesday night and went to the hotel after dinner. We also set...

Posted Mar 12, 2013 In FIRST Robotics

Hey guys!

Our team has arrived in San Diego in one piece, and is doing great. The pit is set up, we've passed inspection, and apparently, the waffles at the hotel are amazing. If you're looking for quick updates, our team Facebook page is a great place to look, you will be able to find pictures, statuses, and updates on the team. Additionally, if you'd like to...

Posted Mar 8, 2013 In FIRST Robotics

The team is now a week into the short 6 week FIRST Robotics build season.  We've made a ton of progress on everything from design and prototyping to field construction and programming.  We have built the pyramid from the field drawings and have come up with a ton of concepts for various game challenges, some of which have been tested.  The programming team has been...

Posted Jan 13, 2013 In What do?

On Saturday December 22nd, 27 Cheesy Poofs came together to help needy children in the Santa  Clara Valley.  The members donated over 70 hours to help distribute gifts to the needy and bring smiles to their faces.   The boys were painting faces and hands with Christmas scenes,  running games with prizes, cooking hot dogs, distributing food  and demoing Skyfire to the delight of all ages. ...

Posted Jan 3, 2013 In FIRST Robotics

This past weekend Team 254's seven VEX teams were split between two tournaments, one in Modesto and one in Los Angeles. Teams 254 A, C, and F went down to the CSUN Los Angeles Regional, while Teams 254 B, D, E, and G went to the Central Valley Sack Attack Tournament in Modesto. 254F became an alliance captain at Northridge, and 254E became a captain in...

Posted Dec 10, 2012 In Tournaments | VEX Robotics

Last Thursday night, Team 254 attended Semiconductor Industry Association’s 35th Annual Awards Dinner, where we met Dean Kamen, spoke about FIRST, and spread the message of STEM.

We were lucky enough to be invited to SIA’s 35th Award Dinner and Reception, where we talked about FIRST, STEM, and the Cheesy Poofs. The event was hosted at the Fairmont Hotel, and gathered many prominent people in the...

Posted Dec 2, 2012 In FIRST Robotics | Public Relations

Today's Bellarmine VEX tournament was one of the best-run ones in years, and to top it off two of our VEX teams won the tournament.

This was the only tournament this season in which all 7 254 teams were competing, and all of them did extremely well. 254C had an impressive undefeated (6-0-0) record in qualification matches and therefore seeded 1st. After them was 254D in...

Posted Nov 17, 2012 In Tournaments | VEX Robotics

The 5th Annual Bellarmine VEX Tournament, hosted by Team 254, was the weekend of November 16, 2012.

1 pm – 6 pm – Set-up 6 pm – ~7 pm – Check-In and Inspection 6 pm – 9 pm – Practice time for teams

7:00 am – Staff and Volunteers Arrive 7:15 am...

Posted Nov 16, 2012 In Public Relations | Tournaments | VEX Robotics

This Saturday, we had our first VEX tournament of the season at San Ramon. 6 of our teams (A-F) were present at the competition. Amazingly, all 6 of these teams got into elimination rounds. 3 of them were eliminated in quarterfinals, while the other 3 were eliminated in semifinals. So, while we did not win, we are proud of having gotten so many teams into...

Posted Oct 29, 2012 In VEX Robotics

This past weekend Team 254 attended CalGames 2012 at Woodside High School, an off-season replay of the FRC game Rebound Rumble.

After 4 wins and 4 losses in qualification matches, 254 was the first alliance choice for the #1 seed, Team 971. Later joined by Team 766, the #1 alliance proceeded through the elimination matches, defeating the #8 alliance, #5 alliance, and the #2 alliance in 2 matches...

Posted Oct 16, 2012 In Announcements | FIRST Robotics | Tournaments