Photographer Marty Price captured these images Saturday at Hickory Ridge Middle School. Participants competed in the teamwork challenge matches during the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Participants compete in the teamwork challenge matches during the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Robo tigers 2 members Faith Best, 12, left, and Lucas Kalakore, 14 compete during the teamwork challenge match at the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday. From Mt. Pleasant Middle school, their team won the Sportsmanship Award.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, second from right, makes the robot shoot a ball as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, right, watches during a teamwork challenge match at the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, left, makes the robot shoot two balls as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, right,watches during the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Blazing Bots members Gavin Lawrence, 13 and Shyam Bhagat, 12, built this robot for the competition.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Blazing Bots members Gavin Lawrence, 13, left, and Shyam Bhagat, 12, right,celebrate a good effort during the teamwork challenge match at the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Blazing Bots members Gavin Lawrence, 13, left, and Shyam Bhagat, 12, right, react to a score of 100 during the teamwork challenge match at the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
ROBORAPTOR team members, left, congratulate team Blazing Bots members Gavin Lawrence, 13, right, and Shyam Bhagat, 12, second from right, after scoring 100 during the teamwork challenge match at the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Participants not only score for having their robots shoot the balls into the targets, they can also earn points for hanging their robot on the playing structure as this one has done.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
William Koerner, 13, left, gives direction to Jaxon Bassett, 11 right, as they compete in the teamwork challenge match as team Revenge of the Pig, from Harold E. Winkler Middle School, during the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
William Koerner, 13, left, watches as Jaxon Bassett, 11 right, makes their robot shoot a ball during a teamwork challenge match as team Revenge of the Pig from Harold E. Winkler Middle School.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Jerrys Servants, from Northwest Cabarrus Middle School, member Cayden Taylor, 12, left, points as teammate William Paulin Alvarez, 12, right controls their robot. The team won the Create Award.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team Jerrys Servants, from Northwest Cabarrus Middle School, member Cayden Taylor, 12, left, watches as teammate William Paulin Alvarez, 12, right controls their robot, making it shoot a ball at the target. The team won the Create Award.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Everett Michalski, 13, center, fists bumps a fan during the final matches at the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday. His team, Claw and Order, from Harold E. Winkler Middle School, won the Build Award
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Peyton Walker, 13, gets his robot to shoot two balls at once during the finals matches for team- Claw and Order, from Harold E. Winkler Middle School. His team won the Build Award.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Everett Michalski, 13, left, watches as Peyton Walker, 13, right, gets their robot to shoot two balls at once during the finals matches for team Claw and Order, from Harold E. Winkler Middle School. His team won the Build Award.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team ROBORAPTOR members Akhilesh Karthik, 13, left and Aakansh Karthik, 11, do last minute adjustments on their robot before the final match during the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
From left, team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, watches as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, shoots in the first two balls while team ROBORAPTOR member Aakansh Karthik, 11, watches Akhilesh Karthik, 13, work to gather the balls in their robot during the final match. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
From left, team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, watches as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, shoots in two more balls while team ROBORAPTOR member Aakansh Karthik, 11, watches Akhilesh Karthik, 13, work to gather the balls in their robot during the final match. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
From left, team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, guides his robot as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, watches. Team Roboraptor member Aakansh Karthik, 11, makes her robot shoot two balls and Akhilesh Karthik, 13, watches during the final match. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
From left, team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, makes his robot shoot two balls as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, watches with team ROBORAPTOR member Aakansh Karthik, 11, preparing to make her robot shoot as Akhilesh Karthik, 13, watches during the final match. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
An official , on right, checks the robot that team Blazing Bots member Gavin Lawrence, 13, left, is trying to hang on the apparatus as his teammate Shyam Bhagat, 12, watches team ROBORAPTOR member Aakansh Karthik, 11, prepare to make her robot shoot the last ball as her teammate Akhilesh Karthik, 13, watches during the final match. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team ROBORAPTOR member Aakansh Karthik, 11, second from right, controls the robot that makes the final shot as her teammate Akhilesh Karthik, 13, right, watches during the final match. The ball did not go in the center upper bucket, but it still scored by landing in the lower, bigger square target. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team ROBORAPTOR member Aakansh Karthik, 11, second from right, controls the robot that makes the final shot as her teammate Akhilesh Karthik, 13, right, watches during the final match. The ball did not go in the center upper bucket, but it still scored by landing in the lower, bigger square target. The two teams won by scoring 144 points.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Blazing Bots members Shyam Bhagat, 12, left and Gavin Lawrence, 13, right, react to hearing they won with a score of 144 during the 2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship hosted by Cabarrus County Schools at Hickory Ridge Middle School in Harrisburg on Saturday.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Blazing Bots members Shyam Bhagat, 12, left and Gavin Lawrence, 13, right, pose for a picture with their Robot Skills Champion Award. A community team from Charlotte, the Blazing Bots also won the Teamwork Challenge Champion Award and the Excellence Award.
2022 North Carolina Middle School VEX IQ State Championship
Team ROBORAPTOR, left and team Blazing Bots, right, won the Teamwork Challenge Champion Award. Both are community teams from Charlotte, the ROBORAPTOR also won the Judges Award and the Blazing Bots also won the Robot Skills Champion Award and the Excellence Award.
Team ROBORAPTOR and team Blazing Bots, right, won the Teamwork Challenge Champion Award. Both are community teams from Charlotte, the ROBORAPT…
