School news: New Hope robotics teams heading to world competition – The Commercial Dispatch

Three New Hope schools Robotics Teams won the Mississippi VEX Robotics Tournament and will head to the world tournament, which will be held in May in Dallas, Texas.

Two New Hope High School teams consisting of Aiden Martin, John Beatty, Trevor Davis, Joshua Wilcox and Thomas Oglesby were named state tournament champions.

Wilcox and Oglesby were also named Robot Skills Challenge Champions.

Chloe Evans and Hayden Wofford placed second in the Robot Skills Challenge and will also head to world competition.

At the middle school level, the New Hope team of Cooper Shepherd and Andrew Bozeman won the state VEX Robot Skills Challenge and are headed to the world contest.

Head Coach Susanna Oglesby thanked the parents, teachers, principals, administration, community, fans and staff support for being there for the teams.

We appreciate you and could not have done this without your support and encouragement! she said.

New Hope Robotics teams have been VEX Robotics state tournament champions for fourth straight years. New Hope Robotics teams (from elementary to high) have been invited to world competition six times.

The world competition will be held May 3-5 for middle school teams and May 5-7 for high school teams. Over 700 teams from 50 countries will compete.

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