The Liberal Recreation Department hosted the Annual Southwest Region First Lego League Championship. The event took place Saturday, March 1std at the Seward County Activity Center.

Teams from Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and Kansas competed in this Robotics Competition. During the morning hours, the teams made presentations before a panel of judges and fine tuned their robots on practice tables for the afternoon table competition.

The theme for this years event was Submerged challenge, FIRST® LEGO® League students imagined and came up with innovative new ways to create solutions on the ocean floor. Winners on the day were:

Innovation
3rd – Blue Barracudas
2nd – Hugotron Sea Eagles
1st – Robo Warriors

Robot Design
3rd – Teal Tecno Titans
2nd – Bubble Team
1st – Hugotron Cyber Squids

Core Values
3rd – Lego Dinos
2nd – Hugotron Sea Eagles
1st – Hugoton Cyber Squids

Robot Performance
3rd – Aqua Builders – 185
2nd – Teal Techno Titans – 200
1st – Robotic Crabs – 285

Overall Champions
1st – Hugotron Cyber Squids

The Champions on the day also receive an invitation to compete in the First Lego League Florida Sunshine Invitational in Daytona Beach Florida June 24th through the 28th.