04/24/2026
CARNEY — The BetaWolves - Team 6637 are celebrating a decade in the FIRST Robotics Competition — and this isn’t some participation-trophy anniversary.
The Carney-Nadeau squad, originally founded as Wolf Robotics, is marking 10 years of building, coding, and competing — with a résumé that started strong and never looked back.
Back in their 2017 rookie season, the BetaWolves didn’t ease into anything. They swept Rookie All-Star honors at both the Lake Superior State University district and the Michigan State Championship, earning a spot at the World Championship in St. Louis right out of the gate.
Their first robot, “Wolfie,” took on the STEAMWORKS game — a chaotic, gear-running challenge that even threw a human player into the middle of the action. In one standout match, the BetaWolves teamed up with Menominee’s Team 6113, holding their own on the red alliance.
The awards that year piled up fast: Highest Rookie Seed twice, Rookie Inspiration twice, and Rookie All-Star twice — a rare clean sweep that put a small U.P. team on the map.