On Saturday, Cross County hosted the first Open Robotics tournament of the season. It was a long but fruitful day as 28 teams from all over the state competed in the new game Turning Point. The five qualification matches sometImes pitted schools vs themselves. As seen here. (left to right: Team C5155Z - Colby Young, Dylan Sperling with team C5155A - Grace Yungdahl, Wyatt Troudt, Ashton Holtzen versus team C5155C Treven Neinhueser(white hat), Mason Lindburg and C5155K Thomas Harrington-Newton(sombrero) and Owen Powell)
All of the Cross County teams were very competitive, even the middle school teams, who have to play with the high schoolers this year.
In the end it was Cross County who took most of the glory. After qualification matches team C5155Z (composed of Dylan Sperling, Cade Brazda, Faith Fellows, Colby Young, and Nathan Giannou - not pictured) took first prize in the Tournament and in the Skills Competition.
In the tournament teams play 2v2 and so team C5155Z paired up with fellow Cross County team C5155A (composed of Ashton Holtzen, Wyatt Troudt, Hannah Linn, and Grace Yungdahl) to sweep the tournament. C5155A also was runner up in the skills competition and won the coveted Honor Award which goes to the overall best team in competition and presentation.