Jackson County was well-represented at the 2025 Indiana Robotics State Championship on March 22 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
There were 122 teams competing in the elementary school division, 111 in the middle school division and 64 in the high school division.
In the elementary division, Immanuel Lutheran School Team 520C (Jonathan Rice, Joshua Haugen and Jacquelynn Rice) placed 73rd, St. Ambrose Catholic School Team 3522G (Oliver Cutsinger, Ashley Alexander, Zoe Barradas and Felicity Hughes) placed 102nd and Jackson County Homeschool Robotics Team 1597Z (Daniel Hinckley, Micah McIntyre, James Timberlake and Raychael Timberlake) placed 110th.
In the middle school division, Lutheran Central School Team 47220B (Collin McKinley, Hank Stuckwisch and Waylon Wolka) placed 75th and Immanuel Lutheran School Team 520C (Gabrian Wilkins, Daniel Neawedde and Elizabeth Scheiderer) placed 92nd.
In the high school division, Seymour High School Team 31330D (Micah Yee, Kaeden Leonard, Noah Chambers and Ethan Rubin) placed 40th and Trinity Lutheran High School Team 1483C (Jacob Lorenz, Lincoln Huff, Rylan Adair and Nolan Teipen) placed 57th.
This school year, there were 2,060 Indiana robotics teams, and 297 of them were at state, making it the largest state championship in the country.
