INDIANAPOLIS — The Wawasee Iron Pride Robotics teams are the Indiana VEX Robotics state champions and state runners up for the second year in a row. Wawasee’s 574D, ranked fifth, allied with Triton Central High School, facing off against Wawasee’s 574C, ranked 19th, and Portage High School in a battle royale for the title. The competition …read more.

SYRACUSE — The Iron Pride has qualified four teams to compete at the Indiana State Robotics Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium. 574C Centurion, 574D Immortal and 574F Barbarian will be competing in the high school division. 574H Samurai will be competing in the middle school division. “I’m incredibly proud of our teams,” said Iron Pride …read more.

CROWN POINT — Crown Point turned out to be an interstate battle with teams from Illinois, Michigan and Indiana being represented. “This was a good example of the level of competition we will see at worlds,” said Wawasee head coach Jed Wandland. Wawasee’s Iron Pride Robotics team took the skills championship at the Crown Point …read more.

PLYMOUTH — Wawasee’s Iron Pride Robotics team took the tourney championship and skills championship Saturday, Feb. 8, at Plymouth High School, increasing the season trophy count to 16. “With two more chances to qualify for state, teams are working and putting in long hours,” said Wawasee’s head coach Jed Wandland. “574C and 574D are qualified …read more.

CHANTILLY, VA. — Wawasee Iron Pride robotics traveled 1,322 miles round trip to compete at the Vex Night at the museum signature event in Chantilly, Va., Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Sixty teams, representing 31 states in the U.S., arrived Friday morning at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum-Udvar Hazy Center. Wawasee was one of four schools …read more.

SANDUSKY, OHIO — Wawasee Robotics set a world record match high score of 124 points Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Kalahari Classic Signature Event in Sandusky, Ohio. Teams 574D and 574C in qualification match number 288 scored 124 points. They collected 21 of 22 orange cubes on the field to set the score. The last …read more.

SYRACUSE — Teams 574C and 574D earned the tourney championship trophy, each finishing qualifying rounds at 7-0-0. Team 574C was robot skills champion with a team best 85. The Iron Pride had a great tournament on its home turf at Syracuse Elementary School Saturday, Nov. 23. All teams competed successfully in the qualification rounds and …read more.

CROWN POINT — Wawasee’s robotics team won the tournament championship, robotics skills champion, and qualified two teams for state Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Crown Point Tournament. “It is a great start to our season,” said head coach Jed Wandland. Saturday was a kickoff for the 2019-20 Tower Takeover season for Iron Pride Robotics. Twenty-four …read more.

SYRACUSE — For the past two years, Wawasee Robotics team 574C has been in the spotlight for holding the world-record in the Vex Robotics Skills Challenge. They have had a winning 2018-19 season with 125 match wins and only 11 match losses. They twice qualified for the Vex Worlds Robotics Championship by winning the Indiana …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Robotics team 574D has twice qualified for the Vex Worlds Robotics competition, is a state champion runner-up, a five-time tourney champion, and a one time Judges Award winner. This pedigree sets 574D in the family of world caliber competitors. Team members: Cory Dunivan — Senior, robotics engineering notebook creator, life Scout (second …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Wawasee Iron Pride Robotics won the Indiana VEX Robotics State Championships in smashing style, bringing home four trophies against Indiana’s 60 best teams Saturday, March 9, at Lucas Oil Stadium. Wawasee competed with more teams than any other school at the event and made its mark on the tournament with teams 574C, 574D, …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Iron Pride Robotics is taking seven teams to the Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship this Saturday, March 9, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Iron Pride Robotics Club qualified four high school teams (574C, D, E, M) and one middle school (574H) team for state. 574J and 574N received a skills invite …read more.

CROWN POINT — Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Fieldhouse at Crown Point, Wawasee Iron Pride Robotics 574C and 574D won tournament champion. 574C won skills champion with a new world record and finished the regular season undefeated in skills competition having set and broken the world skills record seven times. Team 574N ran their best …read more.

FAIRLAND — Saturday, Feb. 16, at Triton Central in Fairland, Wawasee had five teams in the top seven at the end of qualifying, with nine teams making it into the elimination rounds. 574N in seventh place, had their highest finish. “The quality of competition that the Iron Pride is bringing is increasing,” said coach Jed …read more.

JAY COUNTY — “This was Wawasee’s most dominant showing so far this year,” said coach Jed Wandland. The Iron Pride has grown to 13 robotics teams and all of them made it to elimination rounds at the East Jay County VEX Robotics Tournament. Wawasee plowed through the competition in the quarter and semifinals leaving only …read more.

PLYMOUTH — Saturday, Feb. 2, at Plymouth High School, Wawasee Iron Pride took the tournament championship and skills championship in a field of 53 teams. Wawasee’s Iron Pride 574C and 574D allied in the elimination rounds to take home the trophies. 574C brought home the skills championship trophy for the seventh consecutive time in regular …read more.

SYRACUSE — On Saturday, Dec. 15, 12 Wawasee robotics teams competed at the NWI Region Robotics Rumble at Portage High School. Wawasee’s 11 high school teams and one middle school team battled 38 other teams from Indiana and two from Illinois. After qualifications, 10 of the 12 teams were selected as alliance partners for the …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s robotics team won the tournament championship, excellence award and robotics skills champion Saturday, Dec. 8, at West Jay County Middle School. Robotics skills world record was broken again. “Park Tudor broke our record by one point and in true Wawasee Warrior fashion 574C made a statement by setting the bar six points …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s robotics team broke the robotics skills world record twice, won the tournament championship, robotics skills champion, and qualified another team for state in the Wawasee High School varsity gym Saturday, Nov. 17. “This was an amazing tournament,” said Jed Wandland, head coach of the robotics team. “Wawasee took the top four spots …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s robotics team won the tournament championship, robotics skills champion, and qualified two teams for state at Crown Point Saturday, Nov. 10. “I’m proud of all our teams,” said Jed Wandland, head coach of the robotics team. “All our teams made the elimination bracket, and three were in the semifinals.” He continued, “In …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s robotics team won the excellence award, robotics skills champion, tournament championship and qualified two teams for state in the season’s first tourney at Walker Career Center in Indianapolis Saturday, Nov. 3. “Winning the big three awards and earning two state qualifying spots is good start to the season,” said Jed Wandland, head …read more.

WARSAW — Coming off a demonstration for the Kosciusko County Commissioners in July, Wawasee High School’s prized robotics team, the Iron Pride, presented several robots to the Kosciusko County Council at the panel’s monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 9. “Some members from the county council saw us provide a demonstration for the county commissioners and felt …read more.

SYRACUSE — Two of the 10 Wawasee VEX Robotics teams qualified for the world championships April 25-28 in Louisville. Team 574F Valkyrie of freshmen Vanessa Wright and Taylor Fiedeke were ranked fifth overall and beat the sixth ranked alliance to qualify during the Indiana VEX Robotics Championships Saturday, March 10, at Lucas Oil Stadium in …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee Iron Pride Robotics team will be competing in the state tournament Saturday, March 10, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The team will be defending its state title from the 2016-17 school year. Iron Pride has qualified all 10 of its teams for the tournament, including nine in the high school division …read more.

SYRACUSE — The inaugural “Girl Powered” event is officially in the books, and by all accounts it was a terrific success. Held at Wawasee High School on Saturday, Oct. 7, the gathering was sponsored by the host school’s Iron Pride Robotics Team. It was geared toward young ladies in middle and high school who were …read more.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School Robotics Club, Iron Pride, had a team qualify for the world championships. Team 574A, the Musketeers, of Conner Erlenwein, Taylor Large, Hunter Newlin, Braxton Oberg and Luke Tyler were among an alliance including Trinity Lutheran and Triton Central high schools to qualify for the world championships April 19-22 at Liberty Hall in Louisville, Ky.

SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School Robotics Club, “Iron Pride,” competed in the Crown Point qualifier Saturday, Feb. 11. Three teams qualified for the state tournament Saturday, Feb. 25, in Zionsville, joining five other teams which had previously qualified for the state tourney.

SYRACUSE — Eighty hours out of an already tight summer schedule for school students is a significant amount of time. But that is what the roughly 16 Wawasee Community School Corp. students attending the summer VEX Robotics Competition Camp have chosen to do.

SYRACUSE — Remote controlled robots “invaded” the Wawasee school board meeting. But only for a few minutes and for the purpose of a demonstration.

SYRACUSE — The robotics program is being expanded throughout the Wawasee Community School Corp. at different grade levels. As one indicator the program is growing, Wawasee High School, for the first time, will host a robotics competition Saturday, Nov. 7.