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.
Marty Price photos, Special to the Independent Tribune
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.
Marty Price, Special to the Independent Tribune
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
Marty Price, Special to the Independent Tribune
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.
Marty Price- Special to the Independent Tribune
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.
Marty Price- Special to the Independent Tribune
Team Blazing Bots members Gavin Lawrence, 13 and Shyam Bhagat, 12, built this robot for the competition.
Team ROBORAPTOR 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.
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.
Marty Price photos, Special to the Independent Tribune
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.
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
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.
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.
