This page was exported from Caledon Citizen [ https://caledoncitizen.com ] Export date:Tue May 13 20:56:11 2025 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Alpha Dogs robotics team qualifies for Provincials --------------------------------------------------- Team from Humberview Secondary School continues successful season By ZACHARY ROMAN Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local high school's robotics team is continuing their successful season. The Alpha Dogs robotics team, from Humberview Secondary School, just returned from their second tournament of the year. The tournament took place in North Bay, and the team went into it after an undefeated showing in their first tournament.  While the team didn't quite maintain its undefeated streak, it still did tremendously. The Alpha Dogs placed third by the end of qualifying, and ended up losing in the tournament's final match.  With their performance in North Bay, the Alpha Dogs team have now officially qualified for the Provincial Championships. The team is currently ranked 5th in Canada and 22nd worldwide.  Cole Cyr, a former Humberview student who helped found the Alpha Dogs in 2014, continues to volunteer with the team as a coach to this day. “As time goes on, you start to see these kids that started in Grade 9 and over the years they develop skills and grow as people… and you know, it's really awesome to see that,” said Cyr. Cyr and a few of his friends signed up for a summer robotics program at the University of Toronto when they were in Grade 11. At the program, they learned about First Robotics – this is the non-profit that organizes the robotics tournaments the Alpha Dogs play in. When Cyr and his friends went back to school at Humberview after the summer, they asked some teachers if Humberview could start an official robotics team – and the rest is history. Cyr was with the Alpha Dogs at their recent tournament in North Bay. He explained after their undefeated performance at the year's first tournament, the team knew they would still need to upgrade their robot to make it more competitive for the Provincial (and hopefully World) championships. Between then and North Bay, the team worked hard on upgrades. As with any project, some upgrades worked perfectly and some didn't. By the end of the North Bay tournament, the robot was working well, but it was a tad too late to secure a tournament win. “We're really pumped about the robot we have and now we have a couple weeks to refine everything before we go to the Provincial Championships,” said Cyr. “This year, the robot is pretty competitive so we're trying to be a score leader.” With their sights set on the World Championships later this year, be sure to keep an eye on the Alpha Dogs. --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2025-04-03 12:22:54 Post date GMT: 2025-04-03 16:22:54 Post modified date: 2025-04-03 12:23:00 Post modified date GMT: 2025-04-03 16:23:00 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com