History

2022 Season

For the 2021-22 Rapid React season, 2687 has competed in 2 district competitions so far. 2687 competed at the Week 1 tournament in Waco, Texas where they were alliance captains and made it to the semifinals. At the Week 3 Austin tournament, 2687 made it to the finals and won both the Innovation in Control award and the Gracious Professionalism award.

 
 
 
 

2021 Season

By the 2020-21 season, Team Apprentice had grown to 46 members, showcasing a 37% membership increase. 2687 competed in the At Home Skills Challenge, where they completed all 5 challenges and was named a Silicon Group finalist. To adapt to COVID-19, they had online and in-person meetings with social distancing to work on the robot. Team Apprentice later competed at The Texas Cup, an offseason robotics competition hosted by FIRST in Texas in San Antonio.

 
 

Team Apprentice (Sophomore team) at Texas Cup (June 2021)

 

Team Apprentice (Freshman team) at Texas Cup (June 2021)

2020 Season

Despite being cut short, Team Apprentice saw lots of success during their debuted season. 2687 won the Autonomous Award, given to the team that demonstrated the most consistent, reliable, and high-performing robot during the autonomous period. At the Greenville Tournament, Team Apprentice seeded first at the end of their qualification matches and became an Alliance Captain, choosing 2019 World Championship finalist team 3310 as their partner.

 
 

Team Apprentice at the Greenville Tournament (February 2020)

 

Origins

Due to the growing interest in robotics at Westlake Highschool, Team Apprentice was created in 2019, allowing more students the opportunity to be involved in FRC and FIRST. The new team was composed of 29 Freshman and Sophomore students entirely new to FRC its rookie year. Through our team’s fundraising, we were able to fund a $100k endowment for a new teacher, Coach Spodick, to lead 2678. Under their new coach’s leadership, Team Apprentice has seen great success in their rookie years and has brought in a plethora of new students and accomplishments into our program.