FRC 2687 Team Apprentice
Team Apprentice (FRC 2687) is Westlake High School’s second FRC Team consisting of sophomores and juniors. Team Apprentice was founded in 2019 to provide more Westlake students the opportunity to be involved in FRC and FIRST. Initially a team of 27 students during its rookie year, 2687 has grown to a 37-student team. But while Team Apprentice is an individual team, all 3 teams in the Westlake Robotics program work together as one family. During the offseason, all 3 teams work together on technical offseason projects to ensure that students are prepared for the season. In addition to this, the leads of each mechanical sub-team on FRC 2468 (Design, Electronics, Programming, and Manufacturing) work in groups and one-on-one to train the students. With the addition of a third team (FRC 2689), 2687 has become a crucial stepping stone for students to hone their skills before moving up to Team Appreciate.
2024 Season
In the Crescendo FRC Season, FRC 2687 competed at 2 district events and District Champs. At the Week 1 district tournament in Waco, 2687 ranked 13th out of 39 teams in qualification matches and made it to the finals as first second pick. At the Week 3 district tournament in Fort Worth, 2687 ranked 6 out of 31 teams and made it to round 4 of the playoffs.
2023 Season
In the Charged Up! FRC season, FRC 2687 competed at 2 district events, District Champs, and World Champs. At the Week 1 district tournament in Dallas, 2687 ranked 7th out of 40 teams in qualification matches and made it to round 3 of the playoffs as first pick. At the Week 3 district tournament in San Antonio, 2687 ranked 4th out of 43 teams and won the whole tournament alongside their peers, 2468. At District Champs, 2687 ranked 3rd out of 40 teams in the Mercury division qualification matches and advanced to the division finals as an alliance captain. Aided by their peers in 2468, 2687 made it to round 2 of playoffs in the Archimedes Division at World Champs. Continuing their competitive season, 2687 ranked 12th out of 35 teams in the offseason Remix event and was 1st pick of the first alliance, eventually making it to the round 2 of playoffs.
2022 Season
In the Rapid React FRC season, FRC 2687 competed at 2 district events: District Champs, and World Champs. At the Week 1 district tournament in Waco, 2687 ranked 5th out of 40 teams in qualification matches and made it to the semifinals in playoffs as an alliance captain. At the Week 3 district tournament in Austin, 2687 ranked 4th out of 36 teams and advanced to the finals as an alliance first pick. At District Champs, 2867 ranked 10th out of 40 teams and advanced to the finals as alliance captains. At World Champs, they made it to the quarterfinals of the Galileo Division.
2021 Season
For the Infinite Recharge At Home Challenge, FRC 2687 competed in the Silicon Division where they ranked 2nd out of 30 teams. 2687 was also a Skills Competition Finalist. Later at the offseason Texas Cup event, 2687 ranked 14th in their division and made it to the quarterfinals during the playoffs.
2020 Season
While the Infinite Recharge season was unfortunately cut short due to the pandemic, FRC 2687 had the opportunity to compete in a district tournament. At the Greenville tournament, 2687 qualified third, advanced to the quarterfinals as an alliance captain, and won the Autonomous Award.
