Hats Off at Hatboro

This past weekend, Nemesis 2590 competed in their first district competition of the FRC 2025 season at Hatboro-Horsham High School! Over 30 other teams walked into the high school with anticipation and adrenaline as they were about to embark on an exciting journey that they have worked so hard throughout the build season for.

On the first day, members of the business team presented their Impact presentation to a group of judges, showcasing everything that Nemesis has done to promote STEM in the community, state, and world. Other members of business spoke to judges in the pits about our outreach, finances, and how we are sustainable as a team. 

Nemesis made its first appearance on the field during Qualification match 3. Sadly, the team faced an array of challenges regarding our robot, Leonidas. The alignment of the camera and the April Tags which helps the robot target the goal was not working out. As a result, the robot was unable to score any coral efficiently. The elevator belt was slipping as well, and the climb wasn’t able to engage as a result of the visibility issues. However, the pit crew worked vigorously in the pits to fix these issues. They tried fixing the belt multiple times, as well as the swerve in order to ensure the robot would move properly. The pit crew also made changes to the mailbox, in order to place coral more efficiently, allowing the team to make a comeback after the mishaps in the first couple matches. 

Nemesis began performing better from their third match, scoring more coral and gaining more ranking points, earning our spot in tenth place by the time alliance selection began. Nemesis ended up in the fourth alliance group with team 427, picked by team 2095. The teamwork displayed throughout the alliance matches was very evident. Team 427 played defense against the other side’s feeding station, in order to prevent the opponents from getting coral. Nemesis focused on placing coral on the reef, targeting the fourth level as much as possible. 2095 also placed coral on the reef, and parked near the end of the match. 

By the end, our alliance made it all the way up to the finals, but sadly we lost by a few points. Although we faced defeat, the team showed great resilience throughout the competition in our great comeback. We left the competition with the Creativity Award, an engineering-design award that represented the creativity of how our robot performed and how our strategy operated. 

Ultimately, it was an incredibly fun weekend and we can’t wait for our next competition!