Four Pleasant Grove High School robotics teams competed in the 1A-4A UIL VEX Robotics State Championship a few weeks ago.
"The Magnificent 7" team claimed the state championship with Hawks (Chase Bolton and Andrew Smith), Brandon (Mathew Thomas, Chris Ayers, Jakob Fontenot, , and MK Robert placing second, third and fourth in the state.
Magnificent 7 and Brandon qualified for the World Robotics Championship in Dallas, TX on May 7.
"Magnificent 7" placed in the top 40 teams in their division.
This is the first time in Pleasant Grove High School history that the robotics team has qualified for the World Robotics Championship.
The list of Pleasant Grove High School Robotics team members and their accomplishments are below below.
State Champions & World Qualifiers - Magnificent 7
Chris Brannan
Michael Glenn
Rose Anderson
Jacob Jones
Campbell Jackson
Nathan Hutcheson
Brooks Beck
State
Semi Finalists World Qualifiers - Brandon
Mathew Thomas, Chris Ayers, Jakob Fontenot, Evan Damron
State Finalists - Hawks
Chase Bolton, Andrew Smith
State Semifinalists - MK Robert
Andy Hilton, Dylan Yost, George Matthews, Kelin Formes,
Alternates
Logan Knowles, Joey Ethridge, Joseph Boyajin