by Rebecca Berggren | Jan 26, 2024 | FLL - Southern, Uncategorized
California Southern FIRST LEGO League held their Championship event at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, CA on Sunday, January 14, 2024. 50 FIRST LEGO League Challenge and 40 FIRST LEGO League Explore teams participated in hopes of receiving a bid to move on to Worlds or one of the 3 Opens we have bids for.
FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship
Capistrano Valley High School
Congratulations to Team 44761 LeXT–Eat Yo Vegetables Express and Team 55769 Code Breakers for becoming the 2023/2024 MASTERPICE CA Southern Co-Champions.
44761 – LeXT–Eat Yo Vegetables Express
Advancing to World Festival in Houston in April 2024
Advancing to Asia Pacific Open in Australia.
56458 – Best Bot Builders
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
50899 – Mechanical Meatloaf (w/a side of pickles)
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
16023 – Dumpster Diving Candy Eaters
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
24802 Super Smash Bro-Bots
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
26887 – SoCal Grizzlies
Advancing to Open European Championship in Norway.
51432 – Green Dragon Bots
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
LeXT–Lets Eat Extra Tacos
FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival
Capistrano Valley High School
California Southern FIRST LEGO League had the opportunity to pilot an Explore game this season. Teams used their robot to complete 6 different missions in their 2.5 autonomous time. It was next with great success and teams are hoping they get to play again next season.
24123 – Starburst Engineers
Advancing to World Festival in Houston in April 2024
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
26657 – Sci-5
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2024
THANK YOU MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS!
None of the teams’ successes would have been possible this season without those special mentors who have spent hours each week with your team. And this event would not be possible without the support of our volunteers.
Coach Manny from Super Smash Bro-Bots was the winner of the Coach/Mentor Award! We had the fortune to interview him during the Championship and little did we know at the time, he was about to snag the well-deserved Coach/Mentor’s Award!
A big thank you and congratulations goes out to Jared Hasen-Klein for earning the Volunteer of the Year Award!
Coach Manny from Super Smash Bro-Bots
Coach Miguel from Lakeside MS – Mustang Masterpiece
Coach Cynthia – Techno Tigers
by Rebecca Berggren | May 31, 2023 | FLL - Southern, Uncategorized
On the weekend of May 12-14, 2023, 76 FIRST LEGO League teams from 22 counties and across the US met at the Long Beach Convention Center for the Western Edge Open.
The Western Edge Open was a three day event giving teams an opportunity to participate in a high level competition. Team also participated in On-the-Spot, a California Southern FIRST LEGO League challenge, where teams were paired up with 2 additional alliance partners and had to reprogram their robots to compete in a new challenge.
Teams also were judged on their pit decorations and by their peers for their Gracious Professionalism. Teams were able to celebrate and socialize at the team social where they did a team scavenger hunt to meet the other teams.
You can find a full list of results here:
Western Edge Open
Robotics School
from Brazil
2Xstream Robotics
from Illinois
JARVIS INDIRASE
from Mexico
Smilebots
from Switzerland
The Awesome TechKnowLogics
from Ohio
The Power Rangers
from Washington
Barnstormers
from Arkansas
Legoborci z Oravy
from Slovakia
Yukon All-Sparks
from British Columbia
Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen
from Ontario
Astro-Techs
from California
Bovina Brainiacs
from Mississippi
Super Smash BroBots
from California
Awesome Blossoms
from Washington
2Xstream Robotics
from Illinois
Trinity Christian Those Guys
from Kentucky
Grace Generators
from Australia
THANK YOU MENTORS & VOLUNTEERS!
This event would not have been possible without our mentors and volunteers. Congratulations to these special awards winners – and thank you!
Tracy Martz
from Awesome Techknowlogics
Coach Manny
from JARVIS INDIRASE
Tae Tyu
from Garage Engineers
Steve Lidy
from Holy LEGO Batman
Ginny Dickerson
from Bovina Brainiacs
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTING FIRST TEAMS!
A special thank you to the following FIRST Califorina teams for helping making this event awesome.
FRC The Holy Cows, FRC Hammer Heads, FRC The MilkenKnights, FRC WAR Lords, FRC Project 691, FTC Dapper Robonoodles, FLL Mechanical Meatloaf with a Side of Pickles.
by Rebecca Berggren | Jan 24, 2023 | FLL - Southern, Uncategorized
In December, California Southern Region held the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship and the FIRST LEGO Explore Festival at the University of Riverside.
FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship
University of Riverside
Congratulations to Team 51308 C.A.R.T for becoming the 2022 SUPERPOWERED CA Southern Champion. Good Luck at Worlds!
Advancing to World Festival in Houston in April 2023
56458 – Best Bot Builders
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2023
16023 – Pickled Blueberry Licorice
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2023
Advancing to the Australian Open in June/July 2023
52517 – L.I.T
Advancing to Razorback Open Invitational in Arkansas
50739 – Garage Engineers
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2023
57595 – CyberKnights
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2023
53373 – V.E.C.T.O.R.
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach in May 2023
56614 – Eastvale Academy Ennovators
score of 395
FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival
University of Riverside
California Southern FLL had the opportunity to pilot an Explore game this season. Teams used their robot to complete 6 different missions in their 2.5 autonomous time. It was meet with great success and teams are hoping they get to play again next season.
THANK YOU MENTORS!
None of each team’s success would have been possible this season without those special volunteers who have spent hours each week with your team.
The following volunteers were awarded Coach / Mentor awards at the CA Southern SUPERPOWERED Championships. Congratulations and thank you!
Sandy from Garage Engineers
Prachi from Blue Dragon
Christine from Code Bots
Arthon from Mindblown
by Rebecca Berggren | Dec 27, 2021 | FLL - Southern, Uncategorized
The California Southern Region held the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship events for 100 teams at Poway High School (hosted by FRC Team Spyder) and West Ranch High School (hosted by Project 691 Robotics) on December 12, 2021.
The events also saw 40 FIRST LEGO League Explore teams for their Festival, where they shared their Show Me Poster and spoke to reviewers.
We would like to thank all of our wonderful coaches and volunteers for helping to make these events possible!
FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship
Poway, CA
Advancing to Razorback Open Invitational in Arkansas
Advancing to Razorback Open Invitational in Arkansas
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational (remote event)
Nevergreen
Tinkerbits
Bubble Guppies
Coach David with Techno Tigers 2
FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship
Santa Clarita, CA
Advancing to World Festival in Houston
Advancing to Razorback Open Invitational in Arkansas
Girl Scouts OCBC Kargo Koalas
Advancing to Western Edge Invitational (remote event)
Unicorns of Doom Delivery Service Fueled by Chicken Nuggets and Macaron
FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival
Poway, CA
FIRST LEGO League Explore Festival
Santa Clarita, CA
Team LEGO Mission
Advancing to World Festival in Houston
Congratulations to all teams that competed this season and we hope to see you at one of our off-season events!
by Rebecca Berggren | Dec 21, 2020 | FLL - Southern, Uncategorized
Though the events may be virual this year, the excitement is 100% real!
The below video captures the surprise and joy from team Athena when they learn they are Champions of the Los Angeles FIRST LEGO League Challenge Championship event.
Championship Event – December 12th
Following the Qualifying Tournaments, Los Angeles FLL held their Championship on Saturday, December 12. The awards ceremony was held live on LAFLL YouTube.
SF Hackers – 515
RoboWizards – 470
Production Quality
Rusty Sailors
Athena
UFO (Ultra Fit Ostrich)
SF HAckers
Innovative Project
Ev3lution
MR Squared
Lightning Bots
Those Guys
Global Innovation Nominee
Ev3olution
Rusty Sailors
Three Musketeers
Qualifying Tournaments – Nov 21st & 22nd
59 teams competed in Los Angeles FLL Qualifying Tournaments November 21st and 22nd.
Teams submitted and were judged on their videos of their Robot Performance as well as a 15 minute video of the Innovative Project, Robot Design and their Core Values.
The awards were held live on YouTube with the following teams awarded trophies and 25 teams advanced to the Championships.
Robo Wizards Club
UFO (Ultra Fit Ostrich)
Triangle Triad
AUTOMATONS
TechnoTitans
Mission Mavericks
Robochimps
Athena
MRsquared
EV3LUTION
The Nuggets
The Coders of the Round Table
Galstonbot
Galactic Circuits
Robocatz
SCDC ROBO Warriors
Brick Bots
SF Hackers
Robot Performance
SF Hackers – 495
Robo Wizards Club – 445
Robo Tech Heroes – 440
Lightning Bots – 375
Production Quality
Blockheads
Robo Tech Heroes
Athena
Galstonbot
by Rebecca Berggren | Oct 13, 2019 | Blog, FLL - Southern
In March, LEGOLAND California was host to 2 separate FIRST LEGO League events.
Spring Showdown – 3/16-3/17
With the regular FIRST LEGO League season wrapped up, LEGOLAND® California played host to the 11th annual Spring Showdown last month. Spring Showdown is an event specific to LEGOLAND California that began as an effort to keep FIRST LEGO League teams interested in robotics year round.
Using current FIRST LEGO League board and repurposing the mission models to a new theme, Spring Showdown is a way to get FIRST LEGO League teams thinking outside the box while challenging them.
This year’s Spring Showdown theme was Robots of Tomorrow.
The premise: complete the missions of the past to save the future of LEGOs. Taking from the FIRST Robotics Competition playbook of alliance partners, the “On the Spot” challenge is a part of the competition where teams are assigned to work with two other teams, “alliance partners”, to complete a series of missions they have never seen before. Partners are given 90 minutes to work together before they compete.
Many thanks to Paul Kass, the creator and director for this event and has been a part of FIRST LEGO League for 16 years!
FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. International Open Expo – 3/29-3/31
Thirty FIRST LEGO League Jr teams from across the US and around the world took over LEGOLAND California for the 2nd annual FIRST LEGO League Jr International Expo. Teams came from United States, Japan, Mexico, Korea, Egypt, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria and Costa Rica.
This event introduces our youngest teams to educational travel, new cultural experiences, and a chance to bond with other children who are also beginning their journey of engagement with FIRST. The Open Expo experience enhances the camaraderie, learning, fun, and cultural sharing of FIRST, and provides teams an opportunity to showcase their work and learn from each other in a fun, unique, exciting and supportive venue.
A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers that help make these exciting and complex events fun and successful!
