[Co.R.E.] Robotics Teams wrap up season at New York State Championship with strong performances and Sportsmanship Award
April 14th, 2025 by Jessica Sorell, CiTi BOCESThe [Co.R.E.] Robotics teams capped off an exciting and successful season with standout performances at the Northern New York State Championship, held on March 5. Competing against the top teams in the region, all three teams demonstrated determination, technical skill, and admirable sportsmanship.
[Co.R.E.] competes at Bears Robotics Friday Night Fever High Stakes
January 31st, 2025 by Chas Worden, Robotics MentorAnother fast-paced competition in the books for [Co.R.E]. The S team finished qualifications ranked 2nd, the Z Team ranked 7th, and the T Team ranked 8th. S & Z joined forces as the 2nd seed and T selected 34087A from Lafayette as the 5th seed. Both alliances were unfortunately knocked out in the quarterfinals. The S team earned the Judges Award. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this late night competition possible!
[Co.R.E.] teams win big at Timberwolf Turmoil VEX V5 Robotics Competition
January 18th, 2025 by Chas Worden, Robotics MentorAnother great day of competing for [Co.R.E.] at the Timberwolf turmoil hosted by Sherburne-Earville! In qualifications, the S team finished 3rd, Z ranked 5th, and the T team finished 15th. During alliance selection, S paired with Z to be the 3rd place seed and T paired with 304087a from Lafayette to be the 11th Place seed in finals. The T team and their partner fought hard all the way to quarterfinals where they were unfortunately knocked out by S and Z. The T team was able to impress the judges, earning the Judges Award. S and Z took it all the way to finals where a last minute descore secured the Tournament Champion trophy for both teams. The S team also earned the Design Award for their exemplary notebook and outstanding Team interview. Great job today [Co.R.E.]! Our next competition will be January 31st at Chittenangos Friday Night Fever!
[Co.R.E.] starts the 2024-2025 season strong at Bears Robotics High Stakes Qualifying Tournament
December 14th, 2024 by Chas Worden, Robotics Mentor[Co.R.E] had an excellent day competing at the Bears Robotics High Stakes event, hosted by Chittenango High School. The S team placed fourth overall in the qualification rounds, the Z team secured 10th place, and the T team finished in 26th place.
34000X earns a ticket to the 2024 VEX World Championship!
March 15th, 2024 by John DeGone, Co.R.E. Robotics CoachThis past Saturday the Sandy Creek robotics team competed against the top 55 robotics teams from across New York State. Our Sandy Creek students earned the Design Award (their 5th of the season, having earned it at every competition they have attended)! The Design Award is presented to a team that demonstrates an organized and professional approach to the design process, project and time management, and team organization. The teams Engineering Notebook and Judges interview demonstrates the teams ability to produce a quality robot with minimal adult assistance. Congratulations to Skylar Clark, Hannah White, Simon Preston and Micah Burns as they head to Dallas Texas to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championships in April!
![The [Co.R.E.] 34000X team (Hannah White, Skylar Clark, Simon Preston, and Micah Burns) pose with their trophy after earning the Design Award at RIT.](https://www.sandycreekcsd.org/media/rc/8b18998c1772e7c8208e99cdf6114ebc_cover.)
34000X earns their 4th Design Award of the season at the RIT Over Under Competition
February 6th, 2024 by Chas Worden, Robotics MentorThis past Sunday [Co.R.E.] had an amazing day competing at the RIT Over Under competition finishing second in qualifications and being selected by Team 14711B from Belfast as the number one seed. After a tough match they were unfortunately knocked out in the quarterfinals. The team earned their fourth design award of the season today. Great job [Co.R.E] and thank you to all the volunteers and teams that made this day possible!
![The [Co.R.E.] 34000X team (Hannah White, Micah Burns, Skylar Clark, and Simon Preston) pose with their trophy after earning the Design Award at Bears Friday Night Fever.](https://www.sandycreekcsd.org/media/rc/219a6fe7728037750e23c953dd402166_cover.)
34000X earns their third Design Award of the season at Bears Friday Night Fever
January 29th, 2024 by Chas Worden, Robotics Mentor[Co.R.E.] put xTed through his paces today at Bears Friday Night Fever ranking 11th in qualifications and then being selected by Sherburne-Earlvilles Absolute Aces (13460A) to be the 5th seed alliance going into quarterfinals, where they were unfortunately knocked out. The team earned another design award for their continued dedication to their engineering notebook, team interview, and overall robot design. Great job [Co.R.E.].
![The [Co.R.E.] 34000X team (Skylar Clark, Hannah White, Simon Preston, and Micah Burns) pose with their robot Ned after earning the Design Award at the West Genesee Wildcats Over Under Tournament.](https://www.sandycreekcsd.org/media/rc/8c0e6c553991ef53371c168a57376422_cover.)
34000X earns another Design Award at the West Genesee Wildcats Over Under Tournament
January 15th, 2024 by Chas Worden, Robotics Mentor[Co.R.E] had a great day of competing at the West Genesee Wildcats Over Under Tournament, finishing 8th in qualifications, 4th in Robot Skills, and joining 53999P from Harpursville Junior-Senior High School as the 3rd seed alliance to take it all the way to finals where they were knocked out by the number 1 seed. The team earned the design award for their exemplary Engineering notebook and overall team interview!!
![The [Co.R.E.] 34000X team (Micah Burns, Simon Preston, Skylar Clark, and Hannah White) pose with their robot Ned after earning the Design Award at the Bears Robotics Over Under Tournament.](https://www.sandycreekcsd.org/media/rc/b5585b0a4ae06e9b3bd9c04a045845f3_cover.)
34000X earns the Design Award at Bears Robotics Over Under Tournament
December 8th, 2023 by Jessica Sorell, CiTi BOCESCongratulations to Skylar Clark, Hannah White, Simon Preston, and Micah Burns for ranking 7th overall, 3rd in skills, and earning the Design Award at the Bears Robotics Over Under Tournament last weekend!
[Co.R.E]'s X and Z teams compete at West Genesee Wildcats Spin Up Tournament
January 23rd, 2023 by Charles Worden, Robotics MentorA great day of competing for [Co.R.E.]! The Z team (competing for the first time) placed 12th overall and went into finals as the 8th seed alliance for R16. The X team placed 6th overall and went into finals as the 4th seed, making it all the way to semi-finals and earning the Excellence Award! A huge thank you to the event coordinator and all the volunteers that made this event possible!
[Co.R.E.] earns a ticket to the VEX World Championship
March 20th, 2022 by Charles Worden, Robotics MentorOn Saturday March 12th, after a long day of amazing teamwork, robotic engineering, and a little bit of luck, [Co.R.E.] 34000E along with STEAM-C 8876C from Queensbury are the NNYS Tournament Finalists!! Great job to all teams and thank you to all the volunteers that made this season possible! Next stop, The World Championship in Dallas, Texas!
Co.R.E. competes at Bears Robotics Friday Night Fever
January 30th, 2022 by Charles Worden, Robotics MentorIt was a rush at Bears Friday Night Fever as Co.R.E won 5 of their 6 qualifying matches and secured an extra win point through some clever coordination with their match partner OCS 8214C, ranking 1st after qualifiers. They paired with Lake George Warriors team 64040A for finals and were unfortunately knocked out by the Queensbury 8876A & C alliance in Quarter Finals. The team was able to score a combined skills score of 320 (260 driver and 60 autonomous) placing them 5th in Northern NY and 10th in the entire state and in the same round they secured the extra win point, their alliance was able to score a 202, the highest scoring match of the evening.
![The SCCS [Co.R.E.] and Chittenango Fire Breathing Bears teams win tournament champions.](https://www.sandycreekcsd.org/media/rc/fc841c47be07dae4eee862323255a3e9_cover.)
[Co.R.E.] and Fire Breathing Bears Robotics teams win at Chittenango
December 6th, 2021 by Sara McNitt, Co.R.E. Robotics AdvisorCongratulations to the [Co.R.E] Robotics 34000E and Chittenango Fire Breathing Bears 7157X teams on winning tournament champions at their first competition of the year! This win gives them a ticket to the Northern New York State Championships in March.
Sandy Creek robotics team advances to VEX World Championship for fourth straight year
April 22nd, 2019 by Lani Camp, Public RelationsHundreds of teams from six continents around the world, 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will all converge on Louisville, KY from April 24-27 for the VEX World Robotics Competition, including our own team from Sandy Creek High School. Teams qualified to compete in the world showcase through state and regional competitions in this years event.
Sandy Creek’s Robotics Teams Perform Well in Area Competitions
February 11th, 2019 by John DeGone, Co.R.E. Robotics CoachThis past weekend was a busy one for the Sandy Creek Robotics teams! First, the middle school teams attended their first competition at SUNY Oswego on Saturday. The novice teams made quite the showing placing 7th, 9th, and 16th out of 24 teams in skills. The J team was also awarded the Judges Award, which is presented to a team that deserves recognition but may not fit under other award categories. A special thank you to Hunter Aurelio, Hailey McNitt, and Sadie Lurcock for mentoring the middle school teams on Saturday.
![Members of the [Co.R.E.] and T.O.R.Q. teams following their successful win at a recent robotics tournament held in Chittenango. Pictured left to right are: Margery Yousey, Sadie Lurcock, Hailey McNitt, Evan Blunt, Brian Thorp, and Stephen Ruffalo.](https://www.sandycreekcsd.org/media/rc/bdc1481a8757ca905ad60008fe1baf50_cover.)
[Co.R.E.] and T.O.R.Q. Robotics teams win at Chittenango
December 4th, 2018 by Lani Camp, Public RelationsOn Saturday December 1, the [Co.R.E.] Robotics Teams competed at the Bear Country Turning Point tournament in Chittenango. After a long day of qualifying rounds versus 31 other teams, [Co.R.E.]'s R team (partnered with Mexico High School's T.O.R.Q. team coached by Galen Fellows) won tournament champions against [Co.R.E.]'s very own E and Y teams. The R team also brought home the Skills champion award for having earned the highest combined driver and programming score for the skills challenge. All three Sandy Creek teams received praise from the event volunteer staff for their professionalism and sportsmanship both on and off the competition field. Congratulations to all of the students that competed on Saturday. The [Co.R.E.] teams are coached by John DeGone.
Sandy Creek’s Co.R.E. team earns third straight trip to VEX Worlds
March 15th, 2018 by Lani Camp, Public RelationsFor the third time in as many years, the Sandy Creek Co.R.E. VEX Robotics team has won the Northern New York Championship to advance to the VEX World Competition in April. The team is coached by John DeGone, technology instructor in the district, who organized a small group of students into a robotics team three years ago.
Sandy Creek’s CORE team heads to VEX World Competition for 2nd straight year
March 22nd, 2017 by Lani Camp, Public RelationsFor the second year in a row, the CoRE (Comet Robotics Engineers) Robotics team from Sandy Creek Middle/Senior High School will be headed to Louisville, KY to the VEX Robotics World Competition, where teams from all over the globe will come together in the prestigious competition. The team earned the honor by winning the Northern New York State Championship in the SRC Arena in February.
Team Advances to 2016 VEX World Championship
April 1st, 2016 by Lani Camp, Public RelationsThe A-Team from Sandy Creek along with their alliance, Freezing Code from Oswego, finished in first place at the Northern New York VEX Nothing But Net State Robotics Championship, advancing them to the 2016 VEX Worlds on April 20-23, in Louisville, KY. Members of the Sandy Creek A-Team include: Team Captain Andrew Olin; Programmer Oren McDougal; Scout T.J. Harding; Driver Logan Hatch; and Team Scribe/Record Keeper Zeke Durham. The team is coached by Sandy Creek Technology Teacher John DeGone.