Last Saturday, Westfield High School welcomed student competitors in the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Challenge State Championship. This year’s theme was Masterpiece where teams built Lego robots and conducted research projects to solve scientific and real-world communication and art challenges. Team 21449, Rocket Fish, which works out of the Westfield Washington Public Library, was the highest scoring team. Team 16059 from Mishawaka, Ind., won the Champions Award and will advance to the FIRST Championship taking place April 17 to 20 in Houston, Texas. The FLL explore festival took place as well with 10 total teams, six of which were mentored by the students from the FRC team SHAM-ROCK-BOTICS that works out of Westfield High School.
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