Sioux Falls, SD (November 25, 2019) – Last Saturday, November 23 EmBe and POET hosted the first FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier of the 2019-2020 Season. This season’s challenge is CITY SHAPER, focusing on the challenges humans face as we build and maintain cities in the future. Eighteen teams met to share their research, compete with their robots and of course have fun! Congratulations to every team that competed, we are proud of all the things that you accomplished this season!Taking home awards:
- Judges’ Award – Team #9505 Thumbs Up for Fun
- Project Award – Team #39009 Northstar Navigators
- Robot Design Award – Team #35843 Spartanbots
- Robot Performance Award -Team #14952 West Lyon Wildbots
- Core Values Award – Team #20700 Petrified Cheetos
- Champion Award – Team #39607 GOAT
Eleven teams received invitations to compete at the South Dakota State Championship on February 1, at the Augustana University Elmen Center (in no particular order):
- GOAT
- Bacon8ers
- Northstar Navigators
- Skyscrapers
- West Lyon Wildbots
- Go Step on a Lego
- Petrified Cheetos
- City Mafia Originators
- Spartanbots
- Chaotic Construction
- Thumbs Up for Fun
Visit EmBe.org/program/first-lego-league for more information.