By Nancy Riedell
The Robotics Education and Competition Foundation exists to connect students, mentors, and schools in every community to a variety of successful and engaging technology-based programs. Their goal is to provide these programs with services, solutions, and a community that allows them to flourish in a way that fosters the technical and interpersonal skills necessary for students to succeed. The White Pine High School is proud to have its Robotics Team be excellent enough to be entered into the VEX V5 Robotics Competition Worlds Championship.
White Pine High School’s Robotics Team, Team 283P, The Professional Procrastinators. The Professional Procrastinators team is Carter Nielson, Anthony Taylor, Caiden Castellano, and Kaleb Nielson.
The Robotics Team, Team 283P, otherwise known as The Professional Procrastinators, headed to Dallas, Texas, on May 12 – 14 to compete in the VEX V5 Robotics Competition Worlds Championship at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. They represented White Pine High School, White Pine County School District, and the state of Nevada. Many thanks go out to the sponsors who have made this trip a reality!
In 2024, the Professional Procrastinators qualified for the State Tournament by doing exceedingly well in robot skills at the home tournament, won the Innovative Award at Faith Lutheran High School in Las Vegas, which qualified them for the U.S. Open, and won the Innovative Award in both Reno and Ivins, Utah.
In 2025, they won the Excellence Award in Winnemucca, the Design Award in Reno, the Sportsmanship Award at the State Tournament in Las Vegas, and competed at the U.S. Open. They took fifth place in the Programming Palooza.
Way to go, Professional Procrastinators!
Leave a Reply