Hedgehogs win SCRIW II

FIRST Team 587, The Hedgehogs, traveled to South Carolina’s Irmo High School to attend the South Carolina Robotics Invitational and Workshops (SCRIW) off-season event Saturday, October 13. It was an event where several teams from around the country brought the robots they built during last year's competition to play a game called “Rebound Rumble,” in which the thousand dollar, hundred pound machines aim to launch basketballs into hoops at either end of the field.

The robotics team loaded up and left Hillsborough late Friday afternoon and woke up early the next day to get their robot ready to compete. They did well throughout the qualification rounds and were chosen by team 2059, The Hitch Hikers, and team 2640, The Hotbotz, two teams from North Carolina, to compete together in the elimination rounds. The Hedgehogs lost one round, and after several stressful matches, carried through to the finals where they trounced the opponents 38 to 0. After celebrating, they received a trophy and were allowed to cut down one of the nets from the playing field.