SciBorgs compete in Yakima Valley SunDome

Robotics team wins award for gracious professionalism

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Mar 21, 20240

Special to The Gazette count

Team members from left are front row, Oliver Blood, Ted Norton and Michaela Harris, Ruby Claire Johnson Leung and Keith Stormo; second row, Andrew Kranick, Chris Harris, Oliver Minor-Scarpare, William Kranick, Jaden Lee, Elizabeth Salmond, Mason Bledsoe, Liam Rhoden, Peter Krause, Zofia Brannon, Ellery Blood, Heidi Casten, and Carl Hauser; third row, Seth Jepsen, Nick Lee, Bill Herrmann, Ben Herrmann and Daniel Brannon.

YAKIMA - The 4-H Palouse Area Robotics Team, SciBorgs, brought home the Gracious Professionalism Award from the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - dubbed FIRST - Robotics Competition on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and March 16, in the Yakima Valley SunDome.

The local team comprised Andrew Kranick of Colfax, Oliver Blood of Pullman, and Seth, Ruby Claire Johnson Leung, and Mason Bledsoe, all of Moscow.

The Gracious Professionalism Award celebrates the demonstration of FIRST core values, such as teamwork, fairness, humility, positivity and respect.

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