Placing 10th in New England at DCMP, the LigerBots advance to Worlds in Houston.

From April 15th to 18th, the LigerBots competed with 99 other teams at the New England District Championship at the Big E in Springfield, Massachusetts.

LigerBots team photo

It had already been a successful season so far. During the North Shore qualifier earlier this year, the LigerBots won the FIRST Impact Award, one of the most prestigious awards at FIRST. The team was also Captain of Alliance 6 with our alliance partners AIR STRIKE 78 and Control Freaks 5735; the Ligerbots ended up being 8th overall during these qualifications. 

North Shore Qualifier

Two weeks later, at the Greater Boston Qualifier, LigerBots’ 2026 robot, Hermes, led the team to become the second of eight Alliance Captains during the playoffs. We pulled off a comeback victory, bringing home our second blue banner. Not only did we win the qualifier, but one of the LigerBots’ students was selected to be a FIRST leadership semi-finalist, and Coach Chris was named a Woodie Flowers Semifinalist. To round this all out, the LigerBots captured the Engineering Inspiration Award, which recognizes a team that has inspired engineering in their school and team community qualifying the team an invitation to District Championships three times over.

A team member recognized as a semi-finalist FIRST Leadership Award

During DCMP, we started off the day with nerves about getting into a good alliance, ending the day ranked 1st in the state on Day 1. On Day 2, we were pulled for the first pick of Alliance 5, with team Captain FRC 1922 Oz-Ram from Hopkinton MA, and FRC 1153 the Timberwolves from Walpole MA. Being placed with these two amazing teams allowed Hermes to perform at its best. We made it to the semifinals and ended up placing 10th overall in New England. Next we are headed to Houston, Texas for the FIRST World Championships!

Team Spirit at DCMP

Follow along as we head to Texas in the next week to compete amongst the top high school robotics teams in the world!