by Dennis Dalman
The Sartell Sabres robotics team will travel to Houston, Texas toward the end of April to compete in the Robotics World Championship Tournament.
In Duluth on the first weekend of March, the 20-member team, named Sabre Robotics, team 6045, participated in regional competition and earned the “Lake Superior Regional” title after competing against dozens of other teams. It also won the Sustainability Award for ensuring the safekeeping of its program and an individual dean’s list award for Paige Erickson, honoring her hard work and dedication.
The world championship tournament will take place in Houston from April 19-22. The team’s trip will total about $25,000 in expenses (travel, hotel, food and more) and to raise that amount a GoFundMe page has been established under the name Sabre Robotics. A link to the GoFundMe can also be found on the team’s Facebook page, Sartell Robotics.
After its triumph in Duluth, the team posted the following on Facebook: “WE WON IT ALL AND ARE GOING TO WORLD’S (Houston, Texas). We couldn’t do this without the help of parents, sponsors, our (team) members and everyone in between! Thank you so much!”
The team’s coach is Ryan Swanson.
(For more details about the team’s big win, see the March 17 print version of the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader.)
