Circuit Breakers take 11th in FIRST Robotics Competiton

The Medical Lake High School Circuit Breakers team competed in the FIRST Robotics Competition, March 14-15 at Eastern Washington University.

The Circuit Breakers earned the Highest Seeded Rookie award for 19th place in the 2013 competition. In this year's event, the team, who went 2-3 in the elimination rounds, came in 11th place and earned 37 points.

Students had to design, build and program a robot that kicked and tossed large exercise balls on a basketball court-size field.

According to Dennis Schweikhardt, one of the four mentors for the team, students started meeting two times a week at t...

 

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