FTC Team 12014, The Fire Wires

03/15/2026

The FireWires had a great event at the Indiana FTC State Championship yesterday. We won Inspire 2!

It has been a great year. The last in season competition for Zach and Payton as they graduate and go off to Purdue.

We are still going to try and compete in some of the Premier Events so wish us luck!

01/12/2026

🚀 Robotics Builds Students! Help fuel the future with FTC Team 12014, The FireWires! 🔥

Since 2016, our Mishawaka-area students have been building robots, coding like pros, and learning teamwork through FIRST Tech Challenge. We're not just making machines—we're building confident leaders, engineers, and innovators ready for college and beyond.

Your support covers parts, travel to competitions (like our recent Chicago Invitational!), and outreach to inspire more local kids in STEM.

Every dollar counts 100% of donations go toward the students. GEARS is entirely staffed by unpaid volunteers.

Donate today and help keep the spark alive! 💡

Thanks for believing in these amazing students! 🙌

11/26/2025

Our pleasure. It is nice to give back to the community that has supported us for the last 10 years.

Thank you to GEARS community center in Osceola on Lincolnway. They have created 12 meal kits using prepackaged ingredients (canned goods, etc). Each is in a box containing a recipe of how to make these.

Another amazing way to help support our OUMC food pantry ♥️♥️♥️

10/30/2025

Had a great time handing out candy and showing off dozer at the Studebaker National Museum trunk-or-treat! Happy Halloween!

10/18/2025

We are out here!

10/18/2025

Our hot dog fundraiser is 13 hours away. If you can't make it you can support us by donating via Venmo: https://venmo.com/firewires

07/21/2025

Day two of the CRI premier event! We had a fun time competing this weekend and ended with the runner-up Tom Skiing Accuracy Award! The robot is now officially retired after a long, hard fought season.

07/20/2025

Day 1 of CRI Premier Event

07/19/2025

CRI day one. Wish us luck.

07/15/2025

New drive team getting ready for the Chicago Robotics Invitational next weekend.