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been a part of. "It is a high honor to make it to State, and if you make it to Worlds, well that is the ex- treme honor," Knust said. Team 12109D PES Engi- neers of Indiana, which is made up of Gavin Mounts, Korbin Trowbridge and Sophi Wilson, placed eighth in robot skills (this is the combined score of driving skills and programming skills) and 10th place teamwork, so they dou- ble-qualify for VEX Worlds. This team is currently ranked eighth out of 587 teams in In- diana,who have competed in skills, and 120 out of 3,904 teams in the world who have competed in skills. Team 12109B PES Circuit Jokers, which is made up of Grayson Schultheis, Avelyn Knepp, Corbin Knepp and Daxyn Yon, is ranked 44 out of 587 teams in Indiana. Team 12109A PES Atomic, made up of Keaton Stafford and Josha- wa Blackburn, is ranked 53 in Indiana. These top rankings earned the teams their quali- fication for the VEXIQ Worlds Championship also. "Robotics has become in- creasingly popular and In- diana currently has at least one team in every county," Knust said. "There weren't many teams in our area who went to state. Cedar Crest and Tell City each had one team at state, but besides that, the teams were mostly from Indi- anapolis and further north." "The Tell City team that went to state also qualified for Worlds so they are really the only other team in our ar- ea that will be going." To these third grade stu- dents, making it to Worlds is probably one of the most excit- ing times in these kids' lives, according to Knust. "They are over the moon about this and will remember it forever," Knust said. "The PES robotics kids deserve this honor and I hope that we are able to raise enough money to be able to go to the Worlds Championship in Dallas. Our registration alone will cost $ 3600, and of course there are travel and hotel costs on top of that." 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The team won eighth place in the State of Indiana for Robot Skills, which is the combined score of driving skills and programming skills, and 10th place in Indiana for Teamwork. VEX Worlds is May 10-12, in Dal- las, Texas. Team 12109D is currently ranked 8 out of 587 teams in Indiana who have competed in skills and 120 out of 3,904 teams in the world who have com- peted in skills this year. The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 16, 2022 A-3 LOCAL Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg NEWS BRIEFS Living a healthy life with chronic conditions workshop starting March 15 There will be a Living a Healthy Life with chronic condi- tions workshop starting March 15 and will continue March 22, 29 and April 5, 12, 19 from 1:30 -4 p.m. at the Winslow Community Center, 411 E. Porter Street, Winslow. For more information or to register contact Cathy Jones at 812- 888 -5159 or email catherine.jones@vinu.edu. 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