Summary
The Cyber Crusaders, FRC Team 272, from Lansdale Catholic High School just completed our 29th season in FIRST Robotics. 272 had our most successful season in our history. We would like to thank our families, friends and sponsors for their continued support. Please enjoy the highlights of the REBUILT Season sponsored by Haas.
Week 1: Hatboro Horsham District Event
Our first competition was Week One, FMA District Hatboro Horsham Event held at Hatboro Horsham High School. After a fiery first day where one of our batteries caught fire on the field, we were excited to be the Captain of the 2nd Alliance. We played hard ended the competition in 3rd place. Our safety captain, Chase, won the safety all star award. We were honored to win the Impact Award which is the most prestigious award given out in FIRST Robotics. It honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the mission of FIRST. This also automatically qualified us to compete at FMA District Championships at Lehigh University.
Week 3: Centennial District Event
Our second competition of the season was Week Three, FMA District Centennial Event, held at William Tennet High School. We finished in 4th place and were picked to be part of the 2nd Alliance. We went on to play in the finals securing a second place finish. We won the Industrial Design Award, that celebrates the FRC team whose machine successfully strikes a balance between form, function, and aesthetics.
Week 7: FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship at Lehigh University
At the FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship at Lehigh. we were competing with the top 66 teams from FIRST Mid-Atlantic. We ended in 14th place and were selected to play on the 7th Alliance. We finished the championship in 4th place and ranked 11th overall in FMA out of 149 teams. We also won the Quality Award, that celebrates machine robustness in concept and fabrication. This secured our qualification for the FIRST Championships in Houston,Texas!
FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston Texas
With a huge outpouring of financial support from friends, family and alumni, we competed in the FIRST Championship which was held in Houston, Texas. It has been eight years since we last qualified for the FIRST Championship. This was an amazing experience for the team, students and mentors. It was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center with 597 teams from around the globe. We competed on the Daly Field against 75 teams from around the world. We finished qualifying matches ranked 18th, which is the highest we ever finished at Championship. We were picked by the 8th Alliance captained by FRC Team 1939 from Mexico and for the first time in our team history played in the playoffs. While we were eliminated early, we lost to the team who won the Championship.
Congratulations to Our 2026 Seniors!
We are incredibly proud of our graduating seniors who have given so much to Team 272. Their dedication, leadership, and hard work have shaped this team and will continue to inspire future Cyber Crusaders for years to come.
Excerpts from Ella’s Salutatorian Speech
Being a part of a team is where many of us faced pressure and failure at LC, and for me that was as a member of the robotics team. Robotics isn't an athletic team, but make no mistake: it is highly competitive. It demands creativity, teamwork, resilience, communication, and countless hours of hard work. There were long nights, difficult problems, failed designs, and moments where success felt entirely impossible. Failure looked like eight years of trying before we finally qualified for the Robotics World Championship. There were countless setbacks, disappointing losses, and moments when giving up would have been easier. But every failure taught me something: how to adapt, how to improve, and how to keep going when success felt far away.
Robotics taught me something much bigger than engineering, and I want to share that with you all here today. It taught me that everything is "figureoutable." You can always find a way, or make one. And right now, you don't need to have your entire future planned out. You just need something you genuinely love doing, surrounded by people who push you to become better, and the courage to take the next step.
Finally, I would like to thank LC Robotics, Team 272, the Cyber Crusaders, including our current team members, alumni, and our incredible mentors, for being the single most impactful part of my high school career.
— Ella Huber, Salutatorian, Class of 2026
"More than Robots": Community Outreach & Demos
Over the Offseason of 2025 we hold our demos and outreach events.
- In June of 2025 we hold our Lego Summer Camp to give kids in our community the opportunity to explore how to program an EV3 Mindstorm robot and learn about all of our FIRST programs.
- In July and August we went to Mater Dei Summer camp two separate times to showcase our programs and allow them to have hands-on interaction with our FLL, FTC, and FRC robots.
- In August we took our Lego robots to Kulp Elementary to work with students in their Autistic support class.
- In August we also held our first Ice Cream social for new students to get them familiar with our program and welcome them to join the team.
- In September we brought our robot to the LC parking lot for the Family Fun Fest which is a night for current students and alumni.
- September is also when we welcome our FTC team into our workspace so they can prepare for their own upcoming competition season.
- Our FLL Explorer and Challenge teams start meeting weekly at LC in September.
- In September we volunteer and compete at Girl Power at Mt St Joseph’s Academy.
- In October we attended Game Con Live at the Oaks Convention Center to demo our FRC robot
- October was also when we partnered with a local chapter of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians to make over 500 meals for our community for the organization Caring for Friends. After the meals were made we demoed the robot and answered questions about the build and design process.
- In November we attended the LC Open House for prospective students. We are happy to be a recruitment tool for the school.
- We have built a partnership with Chariots For Hope which is an organization that run orphanages in Kenya, each year we create STEM Kits for them to take to their homes.
- In addition to the STEM Kits Chariots for Hope has also given us the opportunity to develop a Scholarship that is awarded to a college aged student that is pursuing higher education in a STEM field. This year the kits and scholarship were given to Chariots in November.
- Our largest fundraiser which is also our largest outreach event takes place in November as well. We host about 400 grade school FLL students at our annual Lego TuneUp. Where they can compete and have their projects judged so they are ready for their season.
- In December we attended Comcast Bootcamp which was held at Temple University. This is a day for FRC teams to come together to learn from each other through presentations on various topics. This year three of our mentors and one of our students presented.
- A project that we started two years ago and finished this season was the design of an Assistive Foot Pedal for a paraplegic to use while playing a drum set. We used a gyro sensor attached to a headband that will kick the drum with the nod of the musician’s head.
- We held kickoff at LC on January 10th to see the game reveal with teammates mentors and Alumni where we read the rule book, brainstormed and prototyped. Then we were off to our six week build season. Each week was recapped with a video.
- Did you know we upload videos to our youtube channel every week during the season? Check out our channel to see all of our videos from the season and more!
