Jay County Robotics

05/09/2026

Jay County Robotics is beyond proud to share that the Jay County Jr-Sr High School science academic team WON the Academic Super Bowl Science Class 2 State Title today at Purdue University!

Congratulations to JCR seniors Brennan Chrisman and Andrew Stouder on this amazing achievement! Also congrats to their teammate Matteo!

We are all extremely proud of you! Great job also goes out to their coaches, Anni McClung and Connie Aker!

05/06/2026

Jay County Robotics are extremely proud of seniors Brennan Chrisman and Andrew Stouder for making it to state for the science academic team at Purdue University. Good luck!

We are also proud that both Andrew and Brennan will be attending Purdue University West Lafayette next fall! Boiler Up!

03/14/2026

Day 1 of State is in the books.

Today was a morning of set up and practice. This afternoon started the first 3 matches for the X teams qualification matches at State. They ended the day 1-2 and ranked 42nd. The competition is tough and high scoring.

Tomorrow, the X team will have 5 more matches and attempt to make the State playoffs, hopefully ending with a ticket to Worlds punched!

Go Patriots!

03/06/2026

📸The 2025-2026 official program picture.

We are closing in on the 2026 State Championship next weekend where 1193X will be competing for a State Championship! Other team members will be helping operate the event and make it a success. Since 2014 we have helped in some capacity with the State Championship. It is something to take pride in and to be proud of.

Thanks to those helping and good luck to 1193X!

02/23/2026

Jay County Robotics has been busy the past few weeks! Last weekend, our Vex IQ junior high teams competed at Selma. This was their only travel event of the year, and they did great!

1193B (LJ Carter, Chloe Hamilton, Olivia Wilson) qualified 16th and ended up 8th at the end of the Teamwork Finals rankings. They also placed 18th in skills.

1193C (Chloe Ellingwood, Ryelin Harnagel and Blaine Finch) qualified 19th and had a run of the season, placing 5th in the Teamwork Finals, with a score of 70. They also placed 17th in skills.

1193G (Lillyan Petro, Zoe Schoenlein, Analise Perez) qualified 21st, 1 place away from making the Teamwork Finals. They also placed 20th in skills with a score of 15.

We have seen immense progress with the junior high participants this year and cannot wait to see the improvement next season. They are a young group and will have the ability to compete more next season. Thank you junior high students for a fantastic competitive season, now, we work on fine tuning the skills and teams for next season!

Next season starts now. Lets go!

02/18/2026

Jay County Robotics are beyond proud of Brennan and his accomplishment! Congratulations, Brennan! You will do great things in the next chapter of your educational career and beyond.

We are thrilled to announce that JC Jr.-Sr. High senior Brennan Chrisman, the son of Brian and Laurie Chrisman, has been named a National Merit Scholarship Program finalist! Approximately 1.3 million students take the PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) each year. Of these, 16,000 students across the U.S. are named semifinalists. Semifinalists represent the highest-scoring students within their state. After notification, semifinalists complete an application, which must include "a record of consistently very high academic performance in all of grades 9 through 12 and in any college coursework taken"; evidence of having taken "the SAT or ACT and [earning] scores that confirm the PSAT/NMSQT performance that resulted in Semifinalist standing"; and the completion of an essay. Based on Brennan's impressive application, he was selected as one of 15,000 finalists, representing approximately 1% of the students who take the test. As a finalist, Brennan will now be considered for a National Merit Scholarship. Please join us in congratulating Brennan on this exceptional and highly prestigious achievement. Brennan, we are proud of you!

01/21/2026

STATE BOUND!

1193X (Dawson Goldsworthy, Liam McBride, Caleb Garringer, Noah Walter and Matthew Fisher have qualified for the 2026 Indiana State Championship at Lucas Oil! They WON the skills competition at the league event last week to gain an automatic berth to the State Championship in March.

Other results from the previous two events:
JCR high school teams competed at the Leo Robotics State Qualifier on 1/5 in Auburn.

1193X (6-0) qualified 3rd and partnered with a team from Hamilton Southeastern to make a deep tournament run, ending up semi-finalists in the 61 team event! They also finished 7th in skills and WON the Innovate Award at the event.

1193Y (Andrew Stouder, Max Klopfenstein, Brennan Chrisman, Madi Paxson, Dougie Cox, David Keen and Mouadh Nhaili) qualified 31st with a record of 3-3 and were eliminated in the Round of 16 by 1193X's alliance. They also placed 32nd in skills.

1193S (Corbin Bishop, Bryden Carter, Ethan Cook, Wyatt Bihn and Quintyn Smuts) qualified 39th with a record of 2-4 and did not make the tournament. They did place 23rd in skills for the event. They will be in action this upcoming weekend at the JROTC Nationals at Kalahari.

JCR League:
Over the past two months, we have hosted league nights for elementary, junior high and high school teams.

In junior high action:
1193B (Brady Armstrong, LJ Carter, Chloe Hamilton, Ariana Conley) qualified 7th and ended up getting SECOND place with a score of 70, losing to the eventual champions with a last second move to outscore them.

1193C (Marlee Busby, Gideon St. John, Chloe Ellingwood, Ryelin Hartnagel and Blaine Finch) qualified 13th and finished 5th in the finals rankings with a score of 31.

1193G (Lillyan Petro, Zoe Schoenlein, Analise Perez and Olivia Wilson) qualified 16th and made great improvements each week in league. They did not make the playoffs but have greatly improved for the upcoming event at Selma, on 2/21

In high school action, 1193X was ranked 1st with a record of 9-0, 1193S was ranked second with a record of 9-0 and 1193Y was ranked 15th with a record of 4-5.

1193X and 1193S were together in the elimination tournament and WON the tournament, beating a good alliance from Wapahani and South Adams.

1193Y lost in the Round of 16 in a close match, losing 32-14 to an alliance from Concordia.

In skills, 1193X scored 103 points, placing them currently, in the top 10 for the state AND qualifying them for the 2026 State Championship!

1193S placed 5th with a score of 41 and 1193Y placed 19th with a score of 15.

All teams will be in action heavily in the month of February. We will take the next couple weeks to prepare and be ready for a jam packed February!

01/15/2026

The 2025-2026 V5RC League Championship is tonight! If you can't make it, feel free to watch the live stream from the room. We currently have teams ranked 1st, 2nd and 15th. We also have a team leading the skills rankings going into the final night.

Let's go Jay!

This is a livestream of the Jay County V5RC League Championship 25-26 on 1/15/26 at JC Jr-Sr HS.Alliance Selection: 5:45Eliminations: 6:00(ish)Skills will b...

12/19/2025

We’ve had a busy semester!

Teams have competed at Concordia and Norwell Saturday events, along with a couple weeks of league! Here are some pictures from the events from this fall.

As of now, all teams are looking competitive and great in league play. League will continue after Christmas break, along with more Saturday events and the Concordia League for high school teams.

We are grateful for The Portland Foundation and their grant program that enabled us to purchase field game sets that are used at our league, along with many other events, including the 2026 Indiana Robotics Championship. Thank you!

Here is to continued success after break! Let’s Go Jay!

12/05/2025

Last night started the 2025-2026 V5RC league at JCHS.

1193X set a new PR on skills at 100 (ranks them 9th in the state) and are currently ranked 1st in the head to head matches, 1193S is currently 3rd and 1193Y is ranked 8th. The JCR teams went 8-1 on the night and will keep working to improve for next week.

Tomorrow, the JCR high school teams will head to Norwell to compete against some stiff competition from "the Region" and some from around central Indiana.

Feel free to follow the teams using the Vex Via app, search 1193S, 1193X and 1193Y to save your favorite team!

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12/02/2025

The VIQRC League for tonight has been POSTPONED to a later date.

The high school teams will be in action on Thursday as scheduled, and VIQRC will start league next Tuesday

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