BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Team RUSH 27 Robotics is using every free moment they have to get ready for the FIRST Michigan State Championship at Saginaw Valley State University this Wednesday through Saturday. “We’re all excited to experience states has to offer,” said senior Adam Schmitz, adding the drive team hasn’t […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer The Team RUSH 27 Robotics team cheered and hugged each other on the gymnasium floor at Troy High School on Saturday at the Troy District Tournament as it was announced they won the blue banner – the third for the team this season. “Winning the third tournament […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Students on Team RUSH 27 Robotics are thinking about the holidays and toys as the 20th annual Holiday Lights Parade returns to downtown Clarkston on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. with this year’s theme as Toyland in C-Town. “RUSH is super excited to get the parade […]
Team RUSH wasn’t going to let the COVID-19 virus sink their ships. The robotics team from Clarkston High School changed some aspects of their annual RUSH Regatta fundraiser. Instead of building cardboard and duct tape boats for the students to climb in and race on Deer Lake during the summer, they adopted the Boy Scout’s […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Students in the Clarkston High School Team RUSH 27 Robotics team usually spend most of July finishing their duct tape and cardboard boats for the annual regatta. Like many events during the COVID-19 pandemic, the RUSH Regatta was also cancelled but plans for another event are in […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Clarkston High School students Grace Sielinski and Garrett Bailey remember heading to downtown Clarkston when they were kids to watch the lights and being on the floats during the holiday parade. Now both are members of the high school’s Team RUSH 27 Robotics team, and are excited […]
Team RUSH 27 students in Team 1 – France and Team 6 – America faced each other once again during the RUSH Regatta at Deer Lake Beach. After racing each other in the first round during the cardboard and duct tape boat race, they competed in a rematch in the championship round. They stayed within […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer School may be out for the summer but students on the Team RUSH Robotics team are hard at work with their annual Rush Regatta quickly approaching on July 13. The students are divided into teams and as they build their duct tape and cardboard boats to sail […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer Team RUSH 27 finished the last of their tweaking and are set to make another run to win another FIRST World Championship this week in Detroit. “We know what to expect in term of competition,” said senior Val Vargas. “We know what to expect in terms of […]
BY WENDI REARDON PRICE Clarkston News Staff Writer It was another solid meet for Team RUSH 27 as they competed in the FIRST in Michigan District at East Kentwood, March 28-30. The Clarkston High School Robotics team finished the match in the semifinals. Team RUSH 27 finished with a record of 9-7-1. They also finished […]