Haxtun robotics teams compete at NJC; high school team earns first-place finish

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By Candie Fix
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Haxtun robotics teams compete at NJC; high school team earns first-place finish

November 10, 2021

(Courtesy photo)

HAXTUN SCHOOLS' junior high and high school robotics team members are pictured front row (l-r), Corbin Andersen, Callum Mackay, Trevon Thayer, Seth Seger, Madden Larsen and Zach Statz; back row (l-r), Addison Oliver, Logan Leonard, Ryan Davis, Hadley Feik, Brandon Nall, Tristen Kleimola, Grant Statz and Scott Engle. The teams are coached by Meghan Lowe, Stan Kennedy and Michele Bivins.

Haxtun Schools' high school and junior high robotics teams competed at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling on Saturday, Nov. 6. Both teams qualified for finals in the competition; the high school went on to earn a top, first-place finish and the junior high team came in fourth place. The first-place finish qualifies the high school team for the Regional competition in December.

Robotics teams are tasked with creating their own robot out of provided materials to represent the them, "Demo Daze." Teams are scored on various categories such as the types of materials used and how the ro...

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