Old First-A-Holic Seeking Information on Chicago Teams

[Eric Gargus]

Its been a while since I was involved in first (Team Macomb 99-01, thats what came before the Thunderchickens for those you who want to be philosophical - go Team 217!)

Anyways my last attempt to get drawn back into first a few years ago at MSU ended rather abruptly (the joys of major changes and working my rear off to graduate).

Either way I'm in Chicago now and trying to find out my information about the Chicago teams, especially those that might need mentor help in the coming year. I tried the FIRST website but I couldn't find many teams with web pages to find more info on.

Any help is appreciated, thanks :)

-Eric Gargus

[Koko Ed]

Its been a while since I was involved in first (Team Macomb 99-01, thats what came before the Thunderchickens for those you who want to be philosophical - go Team 217!)

Anyways my last attempt to get drawn back into first a few years ago at MSU ended rather abruptly (the joys of major changes and working my rear off to graduate).

Either way I'm in Chicago now and trying to find out my information about the Chicago teams, especially those that might need mentor help in the coming year. I tried the FIRST website but I couldn't find many teams with web pages to find more info on.

Any help is appreciated, thanks :)

-Eric Gargus
Here is last year's list from the FIRST site of teams in Illinios:


9 Roosevelt High School Chicago, IL USA
81 Honeywell/Textron & Freeport High School/Lena Winslow High School Freeport, IL USA
101 Saint Patrick High School Chicago, IL USA
111 Motorola & Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School Schaumburg, IL USA
648 John Deere/Ken-Tronics/SME & Sherrard H.S. & Davenport West H.S. Sherrard, IL USA
650 Hella Electronics Corporation/Illinois Eastern Community Colleges/Wabash Valley College & FLora High School & Clay City High School & Louiisville High School & Cisne High School Flora, IL USA
1208 O'Fallon High School O'fallon, IL USA
1451 Troy Chamber of Commerce & Triad High School Troy, IL USA
1525 Deerfield HS Warbots Deerfield, IL USA
1625 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation/Exelon Nuclear-Byron Generating Station & Winnebago High School Winnebago, IL USA
1736 Caterpillar Inc/NASA & Peoria Heights High School & Dunlap High School & Peoria Christian High School & Woodruff High School Peoria, IL USA
1739 NASA/Juniper Networks/University of Illinois & Agape Werks Chicago, IL USA
1755 Julian High School Chicago, IL USA
1756 Caterpillar Inc/NASA & Manual High School & Peoria High School & Peoria Notre Dame High School & Richwoods High School Peoria, IL USA
1770 NASA/Socratic Learning & Simeon Career Academy Chicago, IL USA
1781 NASA & Lindblom Math and Science Academy Chicago, IL USA
1850 NASA & ACE Technical High School Chicago, IL USA



There is also the Midwest regional which is held at the Univ of IL - Chicago which you can volunteer at.
Good luck!

[Kellen Hill]

Just to let you know we're right in the middle of northern Illinois. So we're not exactly chicago area but were right next to rockford if you know where that is.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Eric,
Where are you located in Chicago? We are trying to expand on the growth of Chicago High School teams that got a jump start this past season. I am sure that experienced mentors are in high demand as well as some sponsor participation. PM me and I'll ask around.
Al

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I'd suggest helping out team 1850. They were a great rookie team that needs as much help as they can get. Those kids have tons of promise. I only saw one mentor, but there may have been more.