Heading way up the coast to our most northeastern event, we returned to The Colisée in Maine for our 8th annual Pine Tree District Event!
31 teams from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts made the trip for our second event in Maine this season. With three events scheduled for Week 3, 100+ teams competed all over our region at once on Saturday, March 15.
But that's not all: for the second year, the Pine Tree District Event hosted Unified Robotics side-by-side with FRC. For the past decade, Unified Robotics has hoped to inspire students with and without intellectual disabilities to consider STEM careers, as well as unite students of diverse abilities as teammates and competitors on this field of play.
Four Unified teams participated in challenges via Re:Play, the 2020 FLL Challenge game, inside The Colisée with REEFSCAPE teams.
Two of three winners of the Southern Maine District Event came back together during qualification match 11 for a penalty-free high score of 224, our highest yet in New England (and the only time we've seen scores over 200!)
But the playoffs were entirely different, with a strong set of alliances that came together for amazing final matches.
Congratulations to our award-winning teams:
FIRST Impact Award: FRC 4925, The Resistance from Wolfeboro, NH
Engineering Inspiration Award: FRC 9101, Green Mountain Robotics from Burlington, VT
Rookie All-Star Award: 10066, CephaloSquad from North Clarendon, VT
Dean's List Semi-Finalists: Laura B. from FRC 166, Chop Shop from Nashua, NH and Sidney T. from FRC 2713, Red Hawk Robotics from Melrose, MA
Outstanding Volunteer Award: Andrea Harvey, VC
NE FIRST Pine Tree District Event Champions: FRC 6329, The Bucks' Wrath from Bucksport, ME;
FRC 5687, The Outliers from Portland, ME;
FRC 501, The PowerKnights from Manchester/Goffstown, NH
NE FIRST Pine Tree District Event Finalists: FRC 5813, Morpheus from Concord, NH;
FRC 4909, Bionics from Billerica, MA;
FRC 8023, Argonauts from Lewiston, ME
Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 172, Northern Force from Falmouth/Gorham, ME
Judges' Award: FRC 6153, Blue Crew from Farmington, ME
Rising All-Star Award: 2523, Tech Storm from Saint Johnsbury, VT
Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 166, Chop Shop from Nashua, NH
Team Spirit Award: FRC 501, The PowerKnights from Manchester/Goffstown, NH
Excellence in Engineering Award: FRC 4909, Bionics from Billerica, MA Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 2713, Red Hawk Robotics from Melrose, MA
Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 5813, Morpheus from Concord, NH
Quality Award: FRC 6329, The Bucks' Wrath from Bucksport, ME
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 9055, Knights of Katahdin from Wilton, ME
Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford: FRC 5687, The Outliers from Portland, ME
Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 7913, "Bear"ly Functioning from Bristol, NH
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