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2007 FTC Program

2007 FIRST TECH CHALLENGE

Results of the Intel Oregon FIRST TECH CHALLENGE 2007 Championship Tournaments

Our FIRST Tech Challenge Championship Tournament was held on Sunday, March 2, 2008. The location was Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Here is a table showing teams that won awards:

Oregon FIRST Tech Challenge Championship Tournament, March 2, 2008
Award	TEAM #	Team Name	Team City
Amaze Award - 1st Place	497	Marshall 4-H Tech	Bend
Amaze Award - 2nd Place	498	Crook County 4H Tech	Prineville
Connect Award - 1st Place	630	Playas of Kalamozoo	Union
Connect Award - 2nd Place	745	Hoodrats	Hood River
Finalist Alliance	629	The LiONs	Portland
Innovate Award - 1st Place	187	Benson Advanced Robotics	Portland
Innovate Award - 2nd Place	253	Wild Apollos	Portland
Inspire Award - 1st Place & Winning Alliance	2	Psychotic Strawberryz	North Plains
Inspire Award - 2nd Place	188	Mohawk Ringers	Springfield
Motivate Award - 1st Place	496	Senior Discount	Union
Motivate Award - 2nd Place	750	E.L.E.E.T.S.	Tigard, Oregon
ORTOP Directors Award to Charles Danin	744	lemon lime hotshots	Hood River
Think Award - 1st Place & Winning Alliance	176	Pigmice	SE Portland
Think Award - 2nd Place & Finalist Alliance	267	Benson Byters	Portland

World Festival Update! 4/22/08 Congratulations to our FTC representatives to the FIRST World Festival. Our FTC Psychotic Strawberrz competed all the way to the Semi-Finals! They were 7-0 going into the elimination rounds and didn't lose until the very last match in their division. They received the Finalist Alliance Award. The Pigmice, 5th Place Alliance Captain on the Edison Field competed until the quarter round. Benson High School did a great job representing ORTOP as a demo team for the new 2008 FTC Tetrix robot.

2006 Program

FIRST VEX CHALLENGE (program name was changed in 2007 to FIRST Tech Challenge)

HANGIN'-A-ROUND

A pilot program in 2006 implemented by ORTOP for 16 teams launched FTC in Oregon. The first championship was held at the Intel Jones Farm Conference Center. The Inspire Award Winner was the Psychotic Strawberryz from North Plains and The Winning Alliance were Hicks from the Sticks from Springfield, OR and 1st Salem Vex from Turner, Oregon. All three teams represented Oregon at the FVC World Festival in Atlanta, GA in April 2007.