YWLA Robotics Club

2024-25 First Season Teaser

First Dive

2024 GEARS Championships

Team Tough Luck

Super Troopers

YWLA Top GEARS Team

Milky Bots

2024 Midland GEARS Competition

All five YWLA teams with their trophies.

All of the 2024 Midland GEARS teams

First place winners tough Luck with the SM Energy sponsors and judges.

The 2024 YWLA GEARS Teams

GEARS Competition

Date: April 13, 2024

Location: Carver Center

1300 E Wall St, Midland, TX 79701

When...April 13, 2024 - To be determined.

We will run the elementary division first then junior high divisions after.

Where...Carver Center..Please see the map below for address for the school and parking information.

Parking/ Event Map

GEARS Trial Run

Date: March 2, 2024

Location: Carver Center

1300 E Wall St, Midland, TX 79701

When...March2, 2024 - 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Doors will open at 9:30 a.m.

We will run the elementary and junior high divisions simultaneously.

Where...Carver Center..Please see the map below for address for the school and parking information.

Parking/ Event Map

FTC West Texas Area Championships

Date: Feb 17 2024

Event: Area Tournament

Program: FIRST Tech Challenge

Lubbock-Cooper-Liberty-High

Getting ready for Semifinals

Servo Rays showing off their pit area

GEAR Robotics Middle School

Kickoff: Saturday, February 3, 2024, at Carver Center Elementary School

Trial Run: Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Carver Center Elementary School

Game Day: Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Carver Center Elementary School

The best teams from all leagues will be invited to participate in playoffs. More information on how to qualify for playoffs will be provided during the kickoff event.

Championship: Saturday, April 20, 2024, location TBD

FTC MIDLAND LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

Date: Feb 10 2024

Event: League Tournament

Program: FIRST Tech Challenge

Chevron Midcontinent Headquarters Campus

6301 Deauville Blvd Midland, TX 79706 USA

Voltage

The teams that made it to the end.

BettaQuest

FLL Qualifier 2024

Cooper-Lubbock High School

Cookie Monsters

OG Milks

Sleep Team

Talkington and YWLA

The Noodles getting ready for their match

Talkington and YWLA working together

The Cookie Monsters getting prepped.

FTC Meet #1

Legacy Freshman Center

Servo Rays

Betta Quest

Smurfettes

Servo Rays

Voltage

BettaQuest

Servo Rays

YWLA

FLL Scrimmage

YWLA is sponsoring a Midland area FLL scrimmage at our campus on Dec. 9th, 2023. Time and updates will follow.

FTC Scrimmage

Teams preparing for scrimmage.

10-14-2023

Congratulations to our FTC Robotic teams. Great start to the 2023-24 season.

FTC Midland League Robotics Scrimmage.

1st Voltage

4th Servo Ray's

7th Betta Quest

10th Smurfette's

First Tech Challenge 2023-24 Schedule

Scrimmage Oct 14th

Midland College - Allison Fine Arts Center

Meet 1 @ 11-11 Legacy Freshman High School

Meet 2 @ 12-2 Midland Senior High School

Meet 3 @ 1-20 Abell Junior High

Tournament 2-10 at Chevron Building in Midland

GEAR Robotics

4/15/2023

All four teams before competition

2nd Place winners overall

The award winners after the competition, congratulations to all of our competitors!

GEAR Robotics

Trial Run

3/4/2023

GEAR Robotics 2023

Trial Run

GEAR Robotics 2023

Trial Run

GEAR Robotics 2023

Trial Run

GEAR Robotics 2023

Trial Run

West Texas - El Paso, FIRST® LEGO® League Championship

1/28/2023

FLL Team in El Paso enjoying their time at Bob-O's Family Fun Center

FLL Team ready to get on bus to El Paso

FLL Team at UTEP during competition

FTC West Texas League Tournament

Midland Convention Center 1-28-2023

FTC West Texas Qualification Meet #3

Trinity High School 1-21-2023

TCEA West Texas Championships

Abell Middle School 1-21-2023

FTC Competition Meet 2

Andrews TX.

FTC Competition Meet 2

Final Round two of our teams were allianced and beat two veteran teams.

# 14 so far, and moving up!

Congratulations to team Nova Edge!

FTC Meet #1 Midland TX.

Team Revolting

Team Nova Edge

West Texas - El Paso League Championship

January 28, 2023

8:00am - 6:00pm

UTEP Campus - Memorial Gym

Best Team in Lubbock for Practice Day.

Working on the BEST Robot before Practice Day.

Keria, Shwetha, Keerthana working hard on the Best Robot before our trip to Lubbock.

Keria, Shwetha, Keerthana working on a rear swivel wheel for the BEST Robot.

Best Saturday Build

2022-23 Robotic Kick-offs

The girls waiting for the bus to Lubbock

We finally made it.

2022-23 First Power Play Competitive Arena

The girls at Lubbock High picking up the equipment for our Best Robotic build.

2022-23 Season

Schedule as we know it so far.

Sept. 10 - First & Best Kickoff

We have two robotic competition kick-offs' on Saturday Sept. 10 2022 in Lubbock TX. If you are interested in going and you haven't already signed up on the whiteboard in my room you can comment to this post and let me know.

The two Robotic competitions are First & Best. First will be held at lubbock high.

Kick Off

9/10/2022 10:00 AM

9/10/2022 12:00 PM

Lubbock High School

2004 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401

First will be at ESC 17

1111 W Loop 289 Acc Rd, Lubbock, TX 79416

9:00 - 10:30 Check-in ESC 17 South Conference Center Lobby

10:30 - 11:00 Opening Ceremony Combined Rooms ABEF

11:00 - 12:00 Live Broadcast Combined Rooms ABEF

12:00 - 12:40 Lunch Break/Field Reveal ESC 17 South Conference Center Lobby

12:45 - 1:35 Breakout Session #1 Combined Rooms ABEF (East Facing) Combined Rooms ABEF (West Facing) Room C Room D Science Lab Innovation Lab

1:40 - 2:30 Breakout Session #2 Combined Rooms ABEF (East Facing) Combined Rooms ABEF (West Facing) Room C Room D Science Lab Innovation Lab

2:35 - 3:25 Closing Ceremony and Q&A Combined Rooms ABEF

We will split up into two groups where one will be at ESC 17 and the other group will be at Lubbock High, We will all meet at lubbock High for lunch and breakout rooms until 3:30 and return to Midland.

West Texas BEST

Competition Format: Classic

Kick Off

9/10/2022 10:00 AM

9/10/2022 12:00 PM

Lubbock High School

2004 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401

Practice Day

10/15/2022 8:00 AM

10/15/2022 4:00 PM

Lubbock High School

2004 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401

Competition

11/5/2022 8:00 AM

11/5/2022 6:00 PM

Lubbock High School

2004 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401

Purpose

1. Robotics can be a launching pad for students to realize their passions.

2. A strong robotics curriculum can create leaders.

3. Robotics can teach students how to communicate across different technology platforms.

4. Robotics can lead to community involvement.

5. Robotics teaches essential teamwork skills.

First Robotics 2022-23 Season Teaser.

2022-2023 Season Registration: May 19, 2022, via FIRST Dashboard* *FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST LEGO League teams outside North America should contact their local partners for registration details
FIRST LEGO League SUPERPOWERED materials release: August 2, 2022, worldwide
FIRST Tech Challenge POWERPLAY kickoff: September 10, 2022, worldwide
FIRST Robotics Competition CHARGED UP kickoff: January 7, 2023, worldwide
2023 FIRST Championship: April 19-22, 2023, Houston