25th remembrance Page 2
Coastal creation Page 7
Time to camp Page 8
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O’Hara Cel-Techs Make Semi-Finals At KC Regional FIRST Robotics Competition By Diane Krizek Editor For the first time in eight years, O’Hara High School’s robotics team, the Cel-Techs, made O’Hara history by making it to the semifinals at the Greater KC Regional FIRST Robotics competition that took place at the MCC Business & Technology Campus in Kansas City from March 13-15. More than 1,100 high school students representing 57 teams from around the metro area and beyond, participated for a chance to win regional awards and advance to the FIRST World Championship. Teams have just six weeks to build a competition robot using a small parts kit that includes wheels and electric motor provided by FIRST and a standard set of rules. The teams must raise $6,000 for
2013-2014 O’Hara High School Cel-Techs teams with mentors the entry fee and the funding to buy the rest of the parts to finish their own robot’s design, such as the framing, and any necessary machining and water jetting services. This is no small feat for a small private school com-
peting against 57 teams, some of which represent high schools in the KC metro area that have unlimited budgets and dedicated work space. The 2014 game, AERIAL ASSISTSM, is played by two Alliances of three teams each. One team robot throws, another robot catches and a third robot pushes the ball to score. Alliances compete by trying to score as many balls in goals as possible
during a two- minute and 30-second match. Additional points are earned by robots working together to score goals, and by throwing and catching balls over a truss suspended just over five feet above the floor as they move the ball down the field. The Cel-Techs built their #2346 robot to catch a ball. After making it to the quarterfinals, Cel-Techs were invited by teams from Lee’s Summit
high school and Smith Cotton high school of Sedalia to form an alliance to compete in the semi-finals. The Cel-Techs are grateful for all their sponsors who helped make this experience possible: Durbin’s AAA Tree Service, CNC Services LLC, Grandmas’ Office Catering, Carter Creations, Show Me Controls and Automation, Taylor Cable Prod-
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Cel-Techs 2346 poised to catch a ball
Battle Of The Austins
Photos by R.C. Jones Raytown South Cardinal pitcher, #34 Raytown Bluejay pitcher, #32 Austin Johnson Austin Green Raytown and Raytown South baseball teams played each other in the Battle of the Austins game on
Friday, March 21, at Robinson Field. Raytown emerged with a 9-5 victory over South.
Photo by R.C. Jones Girls Soccer, Raytown v Blue Springs South on 3-21-14, Junior #20 Amber Tran competing for the ball