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Times Herald 7:31 a.m. ET March 21, 2017

Electrical and software mentor Phil Peloso, with the Cardinal Mooney RoboSapiens, works on the robot with team members in preparation for the 2016 FIRST Robotics District event at Marysville High School.(Photo: JEFFREY M. SMITH, JEFFREY M. SMITH, TIMES HERALD)Buy Photo

The Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School robotics team, the RoboSapiens, was District Event Champion at the FIRSTRobotics Waterford Mott District Event, March 16-18.

The team earned 42 points toward the FIRST Robotics state championship, April 12-15 at Saginaw Valley State University, according to a news release from the Blue Water Area Robotics Alliance.

The RoboSapiens were part of an alliance that finished with two wins in the semifinals and finals.

St. Clair High School's Flurb team and the Richmond Blue Devils were members of the same alliance during Saturday's elimination round.They were knocked out of the quarterfinals with two losses.

Flurb received the Excellence in Engineering Ward sponsored by Delphi. The award goes to the team whose robot "features an elegant and advantageous machine feature." Flurb's robot received the award for its rope-climbing mechanism. The team earned 26 points toward a berth at the state championship.

The Blue Devils received the Judges' Award, which goes to the team whose "unique efforts, performance or dynamics" aredeemed to merit recognition, according to the news release. The Blue Devils earned 22 points toward the state championship.

The Yale High School Jiggawattz and the Algonac Full Metal Muskrats also competed in Saturday's elimination round. Yale received the Highest Rookie Seed and Rookie Inspiration awards. The team finished with 30 points.

Algonac finished with 29 points.

The second annual FIRST Robotics Marysville District Event will be April 6-8 at Marysville High School.

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