LCI's VEX Metallicatz Robotics

🎉 TEAM 7481 — WHAT A DAY!! 🎉
We could not be more proud of our incredible students and their amazing accomplishments at the Space City Middle School League! These kids showed grit, teamwork, creativity, and heart at every moment — and they deserve every bit of the spotlight.

But we also want to give a HUGE shoutout to the person who pours into these students day after day — Coach Ricci Rodgers. Your dedication, patience, and unwavering belief in these kids is truly something special. The impact you have goes far beyond robotics — you’re helping shape confident, resilient, brilliant young people. Thank you for everything you do! 🙌

Here’s how our powerhouse teams finished:

🏆 7481A
• Excellence Award
• Teamwork Champions
• Skills Champions

🤖 7481B
• Ranked 6th in Skills

🔥 7481C
• Tournament Finalists
• 4th in Skills

💡 7481D
• Think Award
• Ranked 7th in Skills

⚙️ 7481E
• Tournament Finalists
• 5th in Skills

🔧 7481F
• Design Award
• Teamwork Champions
• 1st Place in Qualification Matches
• 2nd in Skills

We are so proud of every single one of these students. Their dedication, teamwork, problem-solving, and passion for robotics shine so brightly! It’s going to be a great year!

🎉 We’d like to give a massive shoutout to our incredible sponsors this year! 🫶🏻Your support means the world to us and we couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you for believing in us and being a crucial part of our journey!! ❤️

Wingstop, League City

League City Eyecare & Eyewear

What an epic way to end the year! 🚀 Clear Creek ISD hosted the annual Robotics Awards at Space Center Houston, and all 4 of our teams were honored for their achievements at the VEX Worlds Championship. LCI Metallicatz (7481) were also recognized for sponsoring the high school team 2335D Sharkbyte (Metallicatz Alumni).

Teams 7481 & 2335D crushed it, winning awards at every tournament this year, from local to state to Worlds. They racked up 25 awards for 7481 and 6 for 2335D, including 6 Excellence Awards, 5 Tournament Champion, and 2 Robotics Skills Champion. That’s extraordinary! 🎉🏆

Way to go Robo Melons!!!🍉

🏆🌎 Wow, what an incredible achievement at the 2024 VEX Robotics Middle School World Championship by the LCI Metallicatz! Our four LCI middle school teams absolutely rocked it with unparalleled energy and the most amazing pit booths we've ever seen!

🎉 Huge shoutout to our phenomenal all-6th grade team, 7481A Robot Republic 🤖; Ben Herod, Koby Barrera, Jacob Forde, Jason Simon, Jack Scott, and Jack Simpson, for their tireless efforts throughout the year, resulting in LCI's 7th WORLD CHAMPION win in just 3 years—the prestigious WORLD JUDGES AWARD!!! And congratulations to our 7481D RoboMelons🍉 for clinching victory in the Pit Design Contest!

LCI Metallicatz, you've outdone yourselves! Your dedication and talent shine through brilliantly. Congratulations to our seriously remarkable students! 🎊

Clear Creek ISD

‼️ATTENTION Current 5th Graders who will be attending LCI in 2024-25 and current LCI 6th & 7th Graders who have not previously applied to either robotics team!!

🤖This annual meeting is for new recruits for the LCI BEST & VEX Robotics Teams.

▶️Topics will include similarities and differences in the programs, time commitments, application processes, and deadlines.

Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: League City Intermediate Commons

🫶🏻💙Thank you to our sponsor, Wingstop (Galveston, League City & Kemah), for providing meals for the team at the Tussle By the Tides competition! 😋



https://www.wingstop.com/texas/league-city/wingstop-484-league-city-tx-77573

👏🏻🏆 Kudos to our Metallicatz for rocking the “Tussle by the Tides VRC Competition” in Galveston, TX this past weekend! Robot Republic snagged the 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 and Red Pandamonium nailed the 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝!

🤖🍀Best of luck to all of our teams as they gear up for the Regional State competition in February. 𝙂𝙤 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙯! 💙🐾

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🏆🤖 LCI's VEX Metallicatz Robotics dominated at the Space City Middle School VEX League Finals in December snagging multiple awards! 🎉

7481-D/Robomelons took home Tournament Champions, Excellence Award and Robot Skills Champions. 7481-C/I.R.S. claimed Tournament Champions and the Design Award. 7481-B/Red Pandamonium earned the Innovate Award, and 7481-A/Robot Republic proudly took home the Judges Award. 🏅

These phenomenal teams are all geared up for the Regional State competition in February. Go Metallicatz! 🐾💙

🎉🤖Congratulations to LCI's VEX Metallicatz Robotics team for their outstanding effort at the Pasadena ISD VEX Middle School Tournament in December. Among the four LCI Teams, they secured Tournament Champions, Tournament Finalists, Excellence Award, Design Award and Judges Award. Two teams secured their spots in the Regional State competition in February. Way to go Metallicatz!!! 🐾💙

A little bit too late ! Congratulations to LCI Metallicatz 8th Grade team member Elizabeth Chua, who has earned an early invitation to compete in the 2023 VEX Robotics World Championship!!
Elizabeth received her award for engineering a new VEX part to protect the robot brain. Elizabeth knew this need well after her team's robot brain was damaged in competition at last year's World Championship.
This award is won entirely on merit through a lengthy judging process of her idea, CAD design, and product presentation.
Way to go, Elizabeth!