DULUTH – The Fairmont High School Robotics Team, known as MegaHertz 2847, won the Lake Superior Regional competition, held in Duluth over the weekend. The Fairmont team allied with Tonkabots of Mound-Westonka High School and Ferradermis of Whitewater High School in Wisconsin to form the winning Blue Alliance Team.
The Fairmont students were the Captain of the winning alliance and also won the Autonomous Award at the event, in which 54 teams of high school students from five different states competed.
The Fairmont-led alliance was able to defeat a team from Henry Sibley High School in St. Paul, Westby High School from Westby, Wisconsin, and captained by St. Vrain Valley in Longmont, Colorado in the finals. The Blue Alliance won by scores of 166-132 in the first match and 185-175 in the second.
The team is coached by Sam Viesselman and sponsored by the Fairmont Area Schools, Valero Energy of Welcome, and the Schmeckle Foundation.