12 Ohio schools compete in robotics competition

CANFIELD

Even though Sammy Dwyer, Marik Rogenski, Diego Calderon, Sam Delatore and Matthew Commons built GEORGE to be mechanical, fluidity is what largely defined what went into the process.

“Multiple designs didn’t work, so we had to rebuild it,” explained Dwyer, referring to the robot he and the other four Poland Seminary High School students created. “This is the best design we could come up with.”

The five freshmen and sophomores, who are on their school’s robotics team, were among the more than 120 high- and middle-school students who competed in today’s Mahoning Valley VEX Robotics Qualifier Competition at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, 7300 N. Palmyra Road.

Thirty-two teams from 12 high schools and middle schools throughout Ohio competed with and against one another in the five-hour tournament, which consisted of a series of back-to-back challenges.

Read what happened in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.