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Madrid, Potsdam and Norwood students receive tournament Champions Award during Lego robotics tournament at Clarkson

Posted 1/8/16

From left are Kasarian Dane, Madrid; Noah Diederich, Madrid; Avery Criscitello, Potsdam; Isaac Smith, Malone; Nelson Dane, Madrid; Caelin Ramsay, Brushton; Conor Miller-Lynch, Norwood; Gabriel …

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Madrid, Potsdam and Norwood students receive tournament Champions Award during Lego robotics tournament at Clarkson

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From left are Kasarian Dane, Madrid; Noah Diederich, Madrid; Avery Criscitello, Potsdam; Isaac Smith, Malone; Nelson Dane, Madrid; Caelin Ramsay, Brushton; Conor Miller-Lynch, Norwood; Gabriel Paladin, Potsdam; and Kevin Lynch, Coach, Norwood.

The Christian Fellowship Academy RoboWarriors, a group of eight homeschool students that included children from Madrid, Potsdam and Norwood, recently received the tournament Champions Award during the First Lego League Robotics Tournament at Clarkson University.

Team members included Noah Diederich, Madrid; Avery Criscitello, Potsdam;Isaac Smith, Malone; Nelson Dane, Madrid; Caelin Ramsay, Brushton; Conor Miller-Lynch, Norwood; Gabriel Paladin, Postdam; and James Meyers, Potsdam.

The team was coached by Kasarian Dane, Madrid, and Kevin Lynch, Norwood.

The award recognizes the team that “embodies the First Lego League experience, embracing the core values of cooperation, teamwork and professionalism while achieving excellence and innovation in both the robot game and project,” according to a press release from team coach Lynch.

The robot game is a challenge to program an autonomous robot to score points on a themed playing field. This year’s project focus was “Trash Trek,” and the team presented a business plan on vermiculture called “VermiCash.”

The team also took home the Robot Performance Award, which recognizes the team that scores the most points during the robot game, Lynch said.

The RoboWarriors achieved the highest score, 391 points, during the three 2.5 minute matches.

Twenty-seven teams competed in the Dec. 13 event.