FIRST ROBOTICS

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Katlyn Kreiner, 15, reacts as her Wolverine Wildcats team competes in the FIRST Robotics District Event on Friday at Traverse City Central. Forty teams from as far away as Clawson and Munising participated in the event, "Destination: Deep Space," which was sponsored by Boeing. Teams, competing in a 3-on-3 format, use their robots to score points through a variety of tasks involving preparing a hypothetical cargo ship for launch. The event continues on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to the awards at 5:30 p.m. The top 160 ranked teams at the end of the six-week district competition season will compete in the Michigan State Championship in Saginaw, with a chance to move onto a FIRST Championship in Detroit with teams from regionals and other districts.

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