Team 980 participated in the Ventura Regional held at Ventura College from March 23-26. We played against many great teams, and demonstrated our robot’s ability to defend against the best and cross defenses.

Our Design Mentor, David Toyne, won the Woodie Flowers Award, an incredible honor for the best mentors in FRC.

The team as a whole won the prestigious Engineering Inspiration Award, which includes paid registration for the FIRST World Championships in St. Louis! Team 980 will attend the Championships in April to face off against the best FRC teams in the world!

Team 980 had a great build season this year! As usual, we went through our intense six-week process. We analyzed the game in Week 1, did our requirements review in Week 2, and began prototyping and designing in Week 3. Now, at the end of these six weeks, we’ve bagged our robot, Lightning XIV, with time to spare. We’d like to give a big thanks to all our mentors and sponsors!

Team 980 had a great kickoff on Saturday! We watched the game video, went over the rules, and began to think about strategy. This year’s game is going to be a blast!

Team 980 started a new tradition this year of collecting toys for the local Sparks of Love toy drive! We set up a booth outside of the Burbank Toys “R” Us and got quite a few donations. We also took our 2014 robot to show to the community.

Earlier this week, Team 980 was featured in the Glendale News Press! You can read the article here.