![Archer's Facilities Manager, Enrique Montoya, stands in the Zeller Student Center after setting up chairs. He said he's stayed at Archer for 15 years because of his team. "It's been a fun [and] very professional environment," Montoya said. "It keeps me driven to keep coming every day without hesitating to get up in the morning."](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/montoya_edited_2-1200x800.jpg)
![NEW CHALLENGE, NEW TEAM MEMBERS: Every season, VEX creates a new game that robotics team members are faced with and have to build a robot to compete in. This year’s game forces students to create a robot that is able to stack rings onto mobile goals in order to score points. The change in games each season is something that robotics teacher Audrea Moyers appreciates.
“One of the things that I like about VEX is that they have a new problem to solve every year,” she said. ¨Even though the equipment’s the same, they have to analyze the game, and they have to come up with solutions that are unique that year. They are using their knowledge from prior years, but they have to kind of redesign a problem.”
As returning teams were faced a new game, some new teams and members had to adapt to a uncommon playing field and game.
“Three of our four teams were competing for the first time this year, and they had very different experiences match to match, so I think they learned a lot,¨ she said. ¨It’s hard just watching a video online to know how it’s actually going to be in person, so they all learned a lot about what gameplay is like, how to work with an alliance partner [and] how to adapt during the day to changes.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_9283-1-1200x800.jpg)
Two Air Force Junior ROTC students were chosen respectively as a select and an alternate for an opportunity to earn their pilot’s license.
This story was originally published on Marquette Messenger on January 11, 2022.
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