Certified Tech Freaks (CTF)

FTC Team #19366

About The Team

Certified Tech Freaks (CTF) is a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team founded in 2021 and located in Bedford, Indiana. We are the FIRST Robotics capstone team to our year-long youth development 4-H Club: Superior STEAM. Here we also mentor three younger FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge teams, and one FLL Explore team. We help teach them lessons that we have learned from our time in FIRST.

Through our club we compete in FIRST Robotics, 4-H challenges, teach and show our community, and volunteer. You can see all of our community events here. You can also learn more about our club by going here.

We are grateful for the support of our community you can see a full list of our sponsors here and community partners here. We especially want to thank our title sponsors Danny & Sandy; you can learn more about them here.

2024-25 FTC Dean's List Award Finalist

CTF submitted Mitchell High School Junior Andino (Andy) Scarfone. Andy is a founding member of CTF and Superior STEAM. Due to his leadership, Gracious Professionalism, and display of FIRST Core values, his team submitted him for Dean’s List. After being interviewed by the judges, Andy was selected as one of three students from Indiana as Dean’s List Finalists.

Andy is the third team member of CTF to be submitted for Dean's List; and the second team member to be a Finalist.

2022-23 FTC Champs Jemison Division Connect Award Finalist

CTF is the 2022-2023 PowerPlay (presented by Raytheon Technologies) Indiana State Championship Inspire Award Winner. We are 1 of 2 teams in the state that advance to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in Houston to compete with 192 other teams from 23 countries.

We are 1 of 48 teams that competed in the Franklin Division at the FTC World Championship. There, we were a Connect Award Finalist for their Division.

2022-23 FTC Dean's List Award Finalist

CTF submitted Bedford North Lawrence High School Junior Emily Chase. Emily is a founding member of CTF and Superior STEAM. Due to her leadership, Gracious Professionalism, and display of FIRST Core values, her team submitted her for Dean’s List. After being interviewed by the judges, Emily was selected as one of three students from Indiana as Dean’s List Finalists.

Emily is one of the first two team members of CTF to be submitted for Dean's List; and the first team member to be a Finalist.

2022-23 State Inspire Award

CTF is the 2022-2023 PowerPlay (presented by Raytheon Technologies) Indiana State Championship Inspire Award Winner. We are 1 of 2 teams in the state that advanced to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in Houston.

Here is what the Judges have to say about the winner of this Award:

"This team certainly made a measurable impact on the judges. Their sustainable efforts, extensive outreach, and certified enthusiasm were impressive. They are an inspiring team who happens to build robots."

See list of full awards here.