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Mechanickidz fare well at tourney

Local team finished first- and second-place in two categories at state contest

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The Camas Mechanickidz took home first- and second-place finishes at a recent state tournament. Here, team members Tate Perry and Owen Wilks focus on a task.

A local group of students came home with two trophies after competing in the Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program FIRST LEGO League state tournament.The Camas Mechanickidz competed against 89 other teams, taking first-place in software programming and second-place in robot performance, coming in only one point shy in that category than the winner.

The team was selected for the state competition in December, out of 20 teams at a qualifying competition in Vancouver.

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