They’re back! Congratulations to the Mt. Vernon RoboRams on their second WMIX Sports/Josh Finley Country Financial Rams of the Week honor! Two RoboRams teams were near the top at the VEX State Championships in Decatur on Saturday, March 11, 2023. According an article on MVTHS.org, “This is the first time that an Illinois team, outside of Chicago, has qualified for Worlds.” Teams 41870A and 41870B finished in second and third places qualifying both.

Team Red Bull (known on paper as 41870A) finished second overall led by captain Weston Riggan, fabricator Gabe Luttenin, and strategist Cassie White,  head to Dallas with a 20-2 record. So far this year, they’ve won Excellence Awards at the Mount Vernon, Decatur, and Collinsville tournaments. The Excellence award is the highest award given at each competition and it encompasses engineering notebook judging, an interview, and an evaluation of robot skills.

The Shaq’s (team 41870B on official documentation) is led by captain Ryan Bendersky and programmer Izak Wisneski has also qualified for Worlds by reaching the semifinals of the Illinois State Championship.  They head to Dallas with a 16-7 record while being awarded as Tournament Finalist at Collinsville.

Portions of content at MVTHS.org were used to help create this Ram of the Week presentation. You can read the original story here. The RoboRams were also featured on the latest RamCast which you can view here.

World competition begins Friday, March 24, in Dallas. You can help the RoboRams get to Dallas via GoFundMe here.