ABOUT

The Beginning

The LRHSD schools began fiercely united as Team 1647, the Iron Devils. Then in 2009, a Storm was stirred and this Lenape/Cherokee coalition began, accommodating even more in-district students passionate about robotics. In 2022, a Storm swelled again and two new teams emerged: Cherokee Charge 2722 and Lenape Red Watch 2720. 

This rookie-year robot was named Stormy, complete with a floor intake, turret, and hooded shooter. It all began in a Cherokee woodshop, 80 students, 5 teachers, and 3 Lockheed Martin volunteers. The "Gear of Death" turret is still on display around the wall clock in Jim Hessler's old classroom, Room A203, at Lenape High School.

About The Team

FRC team 2729 was founded in 2008 by Nathan Knauss and James Hessler, teachers at Cherokee and Lenape High Schools. They separated from Iron Devils team 1647, which is currently made up of students from Shawnee and Seneca High Schools. In 2010, Storm created the Typhoons, FTC Team 4390. In 2013, another FTC team, Team 7433: The Cyclones, was founded. Additionally, in 2017, our third FTC team, The Whirlwinds, Team 13290, was founded. In 2018, at the World Championship in Detroit, Team 2729 won the Gracious Professionalism award.

ACHIEVEMENTS

2021

FMA District

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship

2020

FMA District Hatboro-Horsham Event

2019

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship

FMA District Seneca Event

FMA District Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Event

2018

Daly Division

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship

MAR District Seneca Event

MAR District Westtown Event

2017

FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

MAR District - Seneca Event

MAR District - Westtown Event

2016

MAR District - Seneca Event

MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event

2015

MAR District - Seneca Event

MAR District - Hatboro-Horsham Event

2014

MAR FIRST Robotics Lenape-Seneca District Competition

MAR FIRST Robotics Hatboro-Horsham District Competition

2013

Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship

Lenape Seneca FIRST Robotics District Competition

Hatboro-Horsham FIRST Robotics District Competition

2012

Mid-Atlantic Robotics FRC Region Championship

Lenape FIRST Robotics District Competition

Chestnut Hill FIRST Robotics District Competition

2011

New Jersey Regional

2009

Galileo Division

Philadelphia Regional

Washington DC Regional

Storms Mission Statement:

The objective of Storm Robotics is to foster collaboration, knowledge, and gracious professionalism, while sustaining team companionship to create valuable experiences, inspire student interests and a legacy for future generations to look back upon. 


It is the goal of the Storm Robotics Boosters Parent Support Team to aid in the success of the Storm Robotics Team by promoting fundraising, organizing events and promoting teamwork.

Parent Booster Club Website: http://www.frc2729boosters.org/

Learn more about Storm's teacher mentor's, as well as engineers, returning alumni, and others that help the team throughout the season.

Learn about the history of STORM Robotics, FRC 2729, as well as our past FTC teams, and our achievements throughout the years.