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Teams Win Awards at Weekend Tournaments

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The Plainwell Robotics Club held its 2nd Annual VEX IQ Tournament this weekend. Nineteen elementary school teams from across Michigan participated.  


Team Gear Slayerz, from Cooper Elementary, placed 5th after the qualifying rounds and earned the Teamwork 2nd Place Award in the finals.  They also were presented with the Innovate Award, which recognizes an effective and well documented design process for a novel aspect of the team’s robot design or game-play strategy.   The team members (pictured) are Alex Gruizenga, Aiden Young, Carter Palme, and Noah Johnson.  The team is coached by Bryan Gruizenga and Justin Palme.


Cooper team The Gooder Gadgets (Harper Bates, Kinzlee Williams, and Zander Williams) placed 11th after the qualifying matches, and finished in a six-way tie for 3rd place in the finals.  The team was presented with the Create Award, which recognizes a creative engineering design solution to one or more of the challenges of the competition.  They are coached by Kate Bates and Matt Bates.


Team Girls With Gears, from Starr Elementary, place 12th after the qualifying matches and were included in the six-way tie for 3rd place in the finals.  They were presented with the Energy Award, which recognizes outstanding enthusiasm and excitement at the event.  The team members are Bridgett Crampton, Riley Czarnecki, Lula Reiber, and Eleanor Stone.  They are coached by Sarah Orr and Nicole Moore.


The Hollow Knights, from Gilkey Elementary, placed 14th after the qualifying round.  Team members are Ezekiel Blair, Penelope Carruthers-Makarewich, Madilyn Fisher, and Charles Gerds.  The team is coached by Angalena Carruthers-Makarewich and Jamie Raulston.


The Banana Penguins, from Starr Elementary, place 15th after the qualifying matches and were also involved in the 3rd place tie.  Team members are Bradley Bunker, Emmett Cabello, and Brock Hansen.  They are coached by Jeff Cabello and Christie Hansen.


Team Koala Bots, from Cooper Elementary, place 18th after the qualifying round and shared the third place finish.  Team members are Adelyn Bilski, Aiden Cornelius, Grayson Davies, and Pearl Morse.  The team is coached by John Morse, Craig Davies, and Adam Cornelius.


Meanwhile, two PRC high school teams were competing at a 32-team event in Hudsonville.  Team Brotherhood of Steel (Hunter Crouch and Kevin Vicenzi) finished the qualifying rounds in 16th place.  They were invited to join the 9th place alliance, and lost in the round of 16.  The team is coached by Charles Crouch.


Team Ring Kong (Luca Cassada, Parker Montange, Blaine Rensi, and Lucas Stoll) placed 26th after the qualifiers, were invited to join the 13th place alliance, and lost in the round of 16.  The team was present with the Amaze Award, which recognizes a consistently high-performing and competitive robot.  They are coached by Sarah Orr and Curtis Orr.

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