GMCH Appreciation Award Presentation
Image courtesy Al Gritzmacher
Representatives of The Warlocks went to GM Component Holdings last week and presented a token of our appreciation for their support as a major sponsor of our team.
The Warlocks support Relay For Life
Image courtesy Al Gritzmacher
The Warlocks had a contingent supporting the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life for the second year. The relay raises money for cancer research and awareness with volunteers walking around the track continuously for 12 hours. The overnight activity also honors cancer survivors and remembers those lost to the disease.
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Warlocks Featured in The Buffalo News
LOCKPORT — The Lockport City High School robotics team took second place in a regional robotics competition this month in Pittsburgh, and its members are honing their techniques in preparation for the world finals in April.
The team of 34 students and 21 engineering mentors calls itself the Warlocks. The team placed third in the world finals two years ago. Each year, the Warlocks spend six weeks designing and manufacturing robots to compete in a game called LogoMotion with other teams from around the nation and the globe...
Warlocks Receive Silver Medal At Pittsburgh
The Warlocks have returned home from the Pittsburgh Regional. The Warlocks came home with several awards including a silver medal for second place overall. We have also won the best Website Award, Coopertition Award, And the Best Minibot Award. The Warlocks are all looking forward to competing at the world finals in St. Louis next month.
View the Rankings here.View the Match Results here.
View the Awards here.
View the scouting data here.
Warlocks on WKBW
Video Courtesy WKBW Channel 7, Buffalo, NY
The Warlocks were interviewed by WKBW Tuesday morning in preparation for competition in March. The clip above was featured on Buffalo's WKBW channel 7 Tuesday night just before the robot was shipped. The Warlocks were also preparing for the competition at the Kenan Center Sunday, Monday and Tuesday fitting in some last minute modifications and drive practice for competition.
The Warlocks were also featured on WGRZ on tuesday. You can view this video on our teams Vimeo Channel.
Rochester Rally February 20th
Image Courtesy Stephen Yoder
The Warlocks will be attending the seventh-annual Rochester Rally held at Penfield High School. Local teams are allowed to attend this pre-ship event to test out their robots and get feedback from other teams. A full field will be provided for an accurate game simulation. This event will be held on Sunday the 20st and will run from 10 AM to 4 PM. Departure, arrival, and return times will be posted soon.
2011 FIRST Game Released
Image Courtesy FIRST
Jan 8, 2011 - The 2011 FRC Competition has been released. FIRST Logomotion is the 20th anneversary of the FIRST robotics competition. The game animation can be seen here. The Game manual can be found here. Good Luck Teams!
Image Courtesy FIRST
FRC Kickoff January 8th
Image Courtesy FIRST
The FIRST Kickoff on January 8th marks the beginning of the design and build season. The kickoff will be broadcast live over NASA's Television Channel from 10:30 - 12:00. Towards the end of the broadcast, Dean Kamen will reveal the 2011 game to the entire world.
The Warlocks will be watching the kickoff live in the LHS Technology wing on January 8th. It is mandatory that all team members attend this kickoff event. We will watch the NASA broadcast from 10:30 to 12:00. Afterwards we will have lunch, Receive and inspect the 2011 kit of parts, and brainstorm ideas for our 2011 robot.
The NASA broadcast will be visible to anyone having DirecTV (channel 289) or Dish network (channel 212). It is also possible that LCTV will be broadcasting the kickoff on one of their stations as well. If LCTV is not able to re-aim their NASA satellite in time for the kickoff, the Web team has set up a NASA TV feed on our website. You can view this feed here.
Warlocks Rock RaChaCha Ruckus
Image Courtesy Al Gritzmacher
The Warlocks recently participated in the Rochester Ruckus, an annual off-season rally that uses last year's robots and game to let new team members see what a FIRST robotics is like.
This year we traveled to Webster Spry Middle School for the event. We let all the students who wanted to drive the robot drive in at least one match. We didn't perform as well, but had a good time.
We hope all the students learned a little and whetted their appetite for the real competitions coming later.
The Warlocks in Lockport Old Home Week Parade
Image Courtesy Al Gritzmacher
A bunch of the team turned out on a hot and muggy Saturday to show our team spirit in the Lockport Old Home Week Parade. The hardy members walked from Eastern Niagara Hospital on East Ave. to Ida Fritz Park on Park Ave.
A huge turnout of parade watchers was lined up along the route to see the parade and we showed off our two robots to the city.
Our next event in the public eye will be the Niagara County Fair, coming up August 4-8. Colin Stutz is looking for volunteers to help out with that event.
More photos in the Gallery
Relay For Life a Sucess
Image Courtesy Al Gritzmacher
The Warlocks had a great time supporting Relay For Life this weekend. A substantial amount of money was raised by the team for the American Cancer Society.
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