RoboBOTS: Conneaut Valley Middle School

Mar. 28—RoboBOTS is a hands-on robot-building contest for high school and middle school students sponsored by the northwestern Pennsylvania chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association.

The program started in the 2006-07 school year to create student interest in technical education careers.

A total of 32 teams from 14 schools from Crawford, Erie and Mercer counties are set to do battle at Meadville Area Senior High starting at 9 a.m. on April 6. Admission to the competition is free. Doors at the school will open at 8.

Leading up to this year's competition, The Meadville Tribune will provide information on the participating schools.

Conneaut Valley Middle School

Team name: Conneaut Valley Robotics

Bot name: Metal Mustache

Team members: Lexi Grout, Caleb Marwood, Austin Nelson, Alicia Grout, Bo Fannin, Emmett Haylett and Ryker Wolf