Cain Middle School robotics teams qualify for Dallas regionals

(ROCKWALL ISD-December 13, 2012) Congratulations to the Cain Middle School Robotics teams that competed in the  2012 FiRST LEGO League Qualifiers held on December 1 and 8.

All the teams had a great time and three of the four Cain team teams qualified for the Dallas regionals!  The regionals will take place Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Hockaday School.

The FIRST Lego League robotics competition is an exciting and intense competition where students strategize, design, build, and program robots to accomplish challenging missions.  The students must also research and present a related project to a panel of judges.  It is serious fun with over 17,000 teams and 170,000 students participating worldwide!  Over 200 teams compete in the North Texas region.

The results for the Cain teams are:

• Mustang Robotics (7^th and 8^th grade boys, coach: Brian Selle) – UTA Qualifier: 1^st place overall (robot design + core + project + robot performance), 2^nd place in robot performance, qualified for the Dallas regionals
• Symphony Bots (7^th grade girls, coaches:  Becky Drake, Michelle Layton) – UTA Qualifier: “Special Award”,10^th place robot performance, qualified for the Dallas regionals.
• RoboMafia (7^th grade boys, coach:  Ronnie Cagle) – Parish School Qualifier:  4^th place in robot performance, qualified for Dallas regionals
• Bacon Bots (7^th grade boys, coaches Stephen Gross, Rory Didas) – UTA Qualifier: 21^st robot performance, gave a good showing but did not qualify.

Submitted by Rikki Smith, Instructional Technology Specialist, Cain Middle School.

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