Kentucky VEX Robotics High School State Tournament

[silo11]

Unfortunately a lot of people do not know about this amazing highly competitive program. There are over 300 high school and middle school teams in the state covering more than 1500 students. The state of Kentucky is considered one of the top competitive Robotics states in the US and the world. There are 18,000 teams worldwide and the VEX World Robotics Championship takes place at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, and in Freedom Hall.

 

There were 26 scheduled tournaments in Kentucky this year, including one of the largest tournaments in the World at Martha Layne Collins in Shelbyville with over 100 teams attending.

 

This year's State Champions are Team 8349B and 8349B from Gateway Academy in Hopkinsville, Ky, which is the CTE school of Hopkinsville and Christian County High Schools.

 

Here is a link to this year's game:

 

 

There were 9 teams that qualified for the World Championship on April 24-27.

 

8349B - Gateway Academy

8349E - Gateway Academy

1859S - Jessamine County

9257R - Covington Catholic

6135K - Central Hardin

6135H - Central Hardin

41091A - Revelation Robotics Club

2886A - John Hardin

4104A - North Hardin

 

Bob Lind from Covington Catholic received the KY VEX Coach of the Year.

[theguru]

Thanks for posting @silo11

 

Does anyone else have any information on any of the Robotics Teams? I personally find this stuff fascinating.

[silo11]

Yes, here are some of the teams listed websites:

 

Gateway Academy - TEAM 8349 - Home

Central Hardin - 6135 Robotics | Elizabethtown | Central Hardin Vex Robotics 6135

North Hardin - Home | North Hardin Robotics

Revelation Robotics - Revelation Robotics at VEX Robotics on

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Jessamine County - JCTC Robotics

 

I am sure that there are more, but I don't know what they are. There is quite a bit out there on youtube as well.

 

The official website for the events is http://www.robotevents.com

And here is the link to all the Kentucky Events - https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition?seasonId=&eventType=&name=&from_date=08%2F30%2F2018&to_date=&country_id=244&country_region_id=27&city=