November 2, 2023

The North Union Robotics team kicked off its competition season this weekend with a qualifying event at the NU High School. Team 6008C - C U won the Robot Skills Award and the Excellence Award, the highest award given at a VEX Robotics competition. Pictured from left to right are Jayhue Gabriel, Leah Matlack, Savannah Queen and Eric Snider. (Photo submitted)

North Union Robotics team kicks off 2023-2024 season

From Gazette staff reports

Last Saturday, North Union High School teams officially opened their competition season by hosting 48 teams from all over Ohio at the high school.

Teams have been working since the start of school back in August, and some even throughout the summer months, to prepare for the 2023-2024 VEX Robotics competition season. They have spent the early part of fall designing, building and programming robots, as well as documenting the entire process in their engineering notebooks. North Union has 23 competitive teams this year, ranging from 4th grade through high school.

During the competition, teams work through a series of qualification matches, playing the new VEX Robotics game…

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