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10/19/2025

https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/ -top

Honda combined with it's Acura luxury brand have 8 of the top 16 vehicles "American-Made". 😁

Discover which vehicles top the most American list in both 2025 and previous years at Cars.com.

02/04/2025

https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/

Discover which vehicles top the most American list in both 2024 and previous years at Cars.com.

03/06/2024

RHS Raptor Robotics VEX Teams 57249 attended the 2024 Tennessee VEX High School State Championship March 1st & 2nd.

THE BIG NEWS: For a 3rd season in a row, 57249 qualified a team for the World Championship and 2nd in a row to have 2 or more teams qualified.

A-Team “Goose” went undefeated 9 - 0 finishing in 2nd place. However, they lost their quarterfinal match by only 5 points. A-team did earn the tournament’s “Build Award”.

B-Team “Rooster” won 5 of 9 in qualifiers, finishing 17th. Unfortunately, they lost in the R16 elimination round as they were against the alliance which became Tournament Champions. In the Skills portion of the tournament, they had some great programming and driver runs ending with a combined score of 336 which earned them an invitation to the World Championship!

C-Team “Maverick” had tough qualifying round pairings as they won 4 of 9, finishing 43rd. During the main event, they fell to the number 1 seeded team in the quarterfinals. However, they too did well in the Skills competition with a combined score of 315, earning an invitation to the World Championship!

D-Team “JOKR” had a strong tournament winning 7 of 9 and finishing 23rd in the qualifiers. In the main event, they lost a heart breaker in R16 due to an unfortunate wiring malfunction. As an all-freshman team with no prior robotics experience, they had an incredible season!

Congratulations to Raptor Robotics for a great season!

03/01/2024

RHS Raptor Robotics Teams 57249 will compete this Friday and Saturday at the TN State Championship. YouTube Live Stream starts today at 5pm, Saturday at 8am.

https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/RE-VRC-23-2086.html

02/21/2024

https://apnews.com/article/inflation-pay-economy-productivity-workers-technology-prices-c1e0163d51b430fcb18f0c80e32b2d81

Across the US, chronic worker shortages have led many companies to invest in machines to do some of the work they can’t find people to do.

01/15/2024

Raptor Robotics VEX teams 57249 attended the Houston County Shamrock Showdown Tournament. Their 1st event since rebuilding robots during the Holiday Break. The event had 8 qualifier rounds;

A-Team (Victoria You, Aarav Dholakia, John Mason, Preetham Dyapa, and robot “GOOSE”) went 7-1 ranked 3rd after qualifiers.

B-Team (Vihaan Bussa, Caelan Dunlea, Koushik Kumar, Jinny Kim, Anish Kodali, Aditya Pradeep, and robot “Rooster” was 5-3, ranked 9th.

C-Team (Aneek Polepalli, Varun Kilaru, Aathi Madhanagopal, Rohan Kilaru, Manvik Barkakati, Yuntong “Tony” Guo, and robot “Maverick”) 7-1, ranked 1st.

D-Team (Brennen Price, Devin Liu, Noah Bischof, Amogh Kakumanu, Jake Petty, and robot “The Professionals”) 4-4, ranked 12th.

All 4 RHS teams made it into R16 elimination round and then the Quarterfinals. Teams A & C (alliance partners) won their QF match 190 to 60 getting them to the Semifinals. A & C went on to win their Semi and then the Final which earned them the Tournament Champion Award. A-team also earned the Robot Skills Champion Award.

As Tournament Champions A & C teams have now qualified for the TN State Championship to be held March 1st & 2nd. Raptor Robotics next tournament is Saturday Jan. 27 at Franklin Road Academy in Nashville. Qualification Matches are scheduled to start at 9:30a, Elimination Matches leading to the final will start around 4:30pm. If you're local to Nashville, come join us to cheer on the Raptor Robotics Teams!

10/23/2023

Raptor Robotics Club attended a VEX Robotics Signature Competition at Brentwood Academy’s Annual Oct. 20 & 21. “Sig” events tend to have higher skilled teams, this one had a field of 60 from 19 states & 2 from Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwUk5V6V3U4 (action starts at 41min mark)

Team 57249A; Victoria You, Aarav Dholakia, John Mason, Preetham Dyapa, and robot “GOOSE” had a tough start Friday evening losing the first 3 qualifiers. They re-grouped Saturday fighting back up the standings winning their last 4 qualifying matches. They finished ranked 23rd and made it to the R16 elimination round.

Team 57249C; Aneek Polepalli, Varun Kilaru, Aathi Madhanagopal, Rohan Kilaru, Manvik Barkakati, Yuntong “Tony” Guo, and robot “Maverick” had a tough start too as they lost their first 3 qualifiers Friday. With Raptor determination they also re-grouped Saturday winning their first 2 matches. They finished the day ranked 59th and selected as an alliance partner for R16.

R16 Alliance selection starts with the 1st ranked team so only 32 teams advance. That shows VEX is more than just rankings, teamwork and friendships built with other teams pays dividends.

Raptor Robotics next event is Saturday November 11th at Springfield High School.

10/08/2023

Raptor Robotics Club started the VEX Robotics Competition season in Jackson, TN. Team 57249A; Victoria You, Aarav Dholakia, John Mason, Preetham Dyapa, and GOOSE (their robot) had a good showing. They finished qualifiers ranked 11th in a field of 31 teams from around the state. They made it to the Quarterfinal elimination round and also received the “Judges Award”, it was a good 1st event.

Team 57249C; Aneek Polepalli, Varun Kilaru, Aathi Madhanagopal, Rohan Kilaru, Manvik Barkakati, and Tony Guo had an even better showing as they finished qualifiers ranked 8th. They breezed thru the R12 and quarterfinal rounds making into the semifinals.

Please help us congratulate Teams A & C for their hard work and dedicated efforts building this summer. Their next event is Saturday October 21 at Brentwood Academy’s Annual Signature Event “Haunted”. It has 64 registered teams, 62 from 19 states, 2 from Canada, and open to the public. If you’re into STEM activities, this is a great event to attend!

08/31/2023

Had a great time in Boston, MA. Our RoboKiosk worked a wine bar during a private party at Fenway Park.

05/01/2023

05/01/2023

Help us congratulate the hard working Raptor Robotics Club Members! We had a great season and a fun time at VEX WORLDs!

We're looking forward to next season's competition, "Over Under".

03/06/2023

RHS Raptor Robotics Club - 3 teams Qualify for VEX WORLDs!!!

Another great weekend, RHS RRC Teams competed at the Tennessee State Championship March 3rd and 4th. It was our 1st season to have 4 teams qualified for the event of 64 teams from TN. They all performed exceptionally well and made it into the R16 elimination rounds of 32 teams.

Teams A, C, & D moved through R16 into the Quarterfinals. A & C went on to the Semifinals which earned them spots to the World Championship in Dallas, Texas April 25-27. Team A double qualified for WORLDs by earning the "Tennessee State Build Award". Team D also qualified for WORLDs based on their Skills score! Team A brought home 2 trophies and Team C brought home 1.

This is the 2nd year in a row RHS has a team qualified for the VEX World Championship and 1st season to have more than one! It's certainly a very proud moment for our entire Ravenwood community to show STEM activities are thriving at RHS!

Help us Congratulate our hardworking Raptor Robotics Club members for their incredible dedication, teamwork, and perseverance.

Team A - Adwit Satyawadi(Captain), Jaishva Bhatt (Co-Captain), Victoria You (Co-Captain), Jo Jamullamudi(Mentor), Truman Porter(Mentor)
Team B - John Mason, Sesha Saravanan, Minjae Bae, Aathi Madhanagopal, Lukas Raischel
Team C - Aarav Dholakia, Andrew Salmon, Caelan Dunlea, Matthew Mueller
Team D - Varun Kilaru, Vihaan Bussa, Emory Lomicka, Preetham Dyapa, Aneek Polepalli