25 teams from across the state traveled to Reeds Spring Middle School on December 9 for the 3rd Annual VEX IQ Robotics Tournament. These teams were made up of students in grades 4-8. They designed and programmed robots to perform a series of tasks that are judged on speed and accuracy. Four teams from Reeds Spring earned awards and qualified for the state tournament, which will be held in St. Louis in March.
The Reeds Spring team of Baya Clifford, Pearce Birlew, Payton Ditzer, and Bobby Brand earned the Middle School Excellence Award and the Teamwork Challenge and were named Skills Champion.
The team of Ava Schneider-Behn, Alexis Lanham, Katiri Gray, Kiersten Kincaid, and Jessie Cloud won the Elementary Excellence Award and the Innovate Award.
The team of Taylor Lanham, Will Carpenter, Hailey Barber, and Ethan McKinney won the Design Award, and the team of Nate Waters, Jameso Staugaard, Gracie Colon, and Nathan Dysart finished second.
