FIRST LEGO League Teams Compete in the Rapid City Qualifiers

Rapid City, SD (December 9, 2019) – Last Saturday, 20 teams met at East Middle School in Rapid City to share their research to compete with their robots and have fun! This was the second Qualifier for the 2019-2020 CITY SHAPER challenge. This tournament was hosted by South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, The Rapid City Public Schools and EmBe.

Taking home awards

• Champions- Team #41881 Ranger Robotics
• Robot Design and Robot Game Performance- Team # 21902 Everything Is Awesome
• Core Values – Team #29225 Tiger Tech
• Project – Team #48831 LEGO Jedi
• Judges’ Choice – Team #28724 Central SD Robotics

Twelve teams received invitations to compete at the South Dakota State Championship on February 1, at the Augustana University Elmen Center (in no particular order);

• Ranger Robotics
• Everything Is Awesome
• Tiger Tech
• LEGO Jedi
• Douglas Middle School Robotics
• Southwest Synergy
• Stagebarn Stallions
• Dream Team
• Fire Turtles
• Short Circuits
• New Underwood Tigers
• LEGO Rangers

Visit EmBe.org/program/first-lego-league for more information.