Ballston Spa Robotics Team Ranked #4 in State
Photo via the 0xBe4 robotics team Facebook page.
BALLSTON SPA — Ballston Spa High School’s 0xBe4 robotics team was ranked the 4th best team in New York State following the New York Tech Valley FIRST Robotics Competition at MVP arena last week.
The squad also earned its 32nd team award with the Gracious Professionalism Award. 0xBe4 helped two rookie teams throughout the tournament and helped another team earn the Rookie All-Star Award.
Prior to the event at MVP, 0xBe4 competed at the Finger Lakes Regional against 54 teams from New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. The team qualified in 11th place and was selected to compete in Eliminations with the 5th seed Captain. The team’s record was 10-4 and their robot placed in the top ten in many categories. At the time, they were ranked #147 out of 2,947 teams in the country, and they were ranked #189 out of 3,712 teams in the world.