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From the left, Olivia Philpot, Amelia Pettersson, Katherine Yang and Matthew Gaybba competed in the Young Economic Summit hosted in Germany. Philpot holds up a phone showing Elise Kopp, another competitor who called in from Florida.
Sabrina Kerns
FCN staff
Updated: Oct 15, 2021, 9:45 PM
Published: Oct 15, 2021, 9:46 PM
A group of five South Forsyth High School students recently won out at the Young Economic Summit, or YES!, competition hosted virtually in Germany as one of only three competing American teams.
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Watch: This community robotics team is trying to make its way to the world championship

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Sophie Ralph
Forsyth County News
Updated: Apr 7, 2025, 6:15 PM
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 8:57 PM

Update: Team BEAN placed first at the Peachtree District Championship over the weekend after winning all of their qualifying matches. This moves them up to second place in the Peachtree District and secures their spot in the FRC World Championship next week.

Original article:

Last year, this FIRST Robotics Competition team split from Central Forsyth High School to become a community team, supported by nonprofit Forsyth Robotics and now, Team 1833, or Team BEAN, is vying for a spot in the FRC World Championship. To qualify, Team BEAN and their robot, Sprout, are competing in the Peachtree District Championship (DCMP) in Macon, Georgia.