Western NE District Event brings preview of New England Championship to Western Mass

Our final event in our triple-play weekend covered the western side of our region!

The Western NE District Event hosted 35 teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont. Thanks to Western New England University and their College of Industrial Engineering for hosting this event since 2019!

Thank you to our student quartet from 2nd Law Enforcers for performing the National Anthem!

We'll be 20 minutes west of here in just TWO weeks for the New England District Championship! Teams are starting to get locked in for our season finale, but nothing will be final until March 30.

We can't wait to see how teams do at our two district events this weekend!

EVENT PHOTOS

AWARD PHOTOS

MATCH VIDEOS

PLAYOFF VIDEOS

Congratulations to our award-winning teams:

FIRST Impact Award: FRC 467, Center of Mass from Shrewsbury, MA

Engineering Inspiration Award: FRC 195, CyberKnights from Southington, CT

Rookie All-Star Award: 10592, Stamford Cyber-Hird TSA from Stamford, CT

Dean's List Semi-Finalists: Tanmay D. from FRC 1100, Inverse Polarity from Northborough/Southborough, MA and Stephanie X. from FRC 8567, Team Ultraviolet from Wellesley Hills, MA

Outstanding Volunteer Award: Peter Cooper Jr., Head Referee

NE FIRST Western NE District Event Champions:  FRC 195, CyberKnights from Southington, CT;

FRC 176, Aces High from Windsor Locks, CT;

FRC 9710, Discovery PolyBotz from Springfield, MA

NE FIRST Western NE District Event Finalists: FRC 571, Team Paragon from Windsor, CT;

FRC 8013, Boston Lions from Boston, MA;

FRC 8567, Team Ultraviolet from Wellesley Hills, MA

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 8046, LakerBots from Meredith, NH

Judges' Award: FRC 6933, Archytas from Bethel, VT

Rising All-Star Award: 4628, Sintian Robotics from Hamden, CT

Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 3461, Operation PEACCE from Bristol, CT

Team Spirit Award: FRC 1100, Inverse Polarity from Northborough/Southborough, MA

Excellence in Engineering Award: FRC 236, Techno-Ticks from Lyme/Old Lyme, CT Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 178, The 2nd Law Enforcers from Farmington, CT

Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 177, Bobcat Robotics from South Windsor, CT

Quality Award: FRC 2370, IBOTS from Rutland, VT

Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 7127, LongMetal Robotics from Longmeadow, MA

Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford: FRC 176, Aces High from Windsor Locks, CT

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 8567, Team Ultraviolet from Wellesley Hills, MA