ASD FIRST Lego League team takes first place for presentation

Other awards given at the competition include:

First Place

Inventioneers, from Londonderry, for their SMARTwheel, Safe Motorist Alert for Restricting Texting, as a solution to the state’s critical problem of driver texting, and an education program DUIT, Driving Under the Influence of Texting. Team members are Tristan “TJ”, Jaiden and Bryeton Evarts, and Kate and Paige Balcom. The coach is Lisa Evarts with assistant coaches Brian Evarts and Sue and Web Balcom.

Second Place

Team 3868, Your Udder Defeat, from Hollis Upper Elementary School in Hollis. Team members are Andrew Batbouta, Barrett Clark, Greg Cowan, and Goran Orr. The coach is Karen Michaels.

Third place

Team 629, WeAre Bots, homeschoolers from Weare. Team members are Justin, Jason, Daniel, and David Da Costa, and Seth Shellhammer. The coach is Diane Da Costa with assistant coach Gail Shelhammer.

Technical Performance Awards (highest overall score based on the robot’s performance in the timed rounds)

First Place: Team 721, NCA Flying Geeks, from Nashua Christian Academy in Nashua. Team members are Joey Cameron, Nathan Gray, Simon Gosselin, Emily Desaulniers, and Spencer Richardson. Coaches are Larry and Judy Gray, Dawn Desaulniers, and Carole Cameron.

Second Place: Team 4296, Windham Wizards, a neighborhood team from Windham. Team members are Parker and Royce Belsky, Eric and Ian Chin, Jason Domogala, Daniel Donabedian, Kevin Frey, and Sawyer Strong. Coaches are Doug Chin, Mary Jude Donabedian, Laura Domogala, and Rick Belsky.

Third Place: Team 3013, The Inventioneers.

Technical Robot Design Awards (best incorporation of team design and programming)

First Place: Team 721, NCA Flying Geeks.

Second Place: Team 421, Black Holes, from the Oxford Learning Center in Londonderry. Team members are Hayden Rogers, Hunter Duggan, Noah and Patrick Carey, Kyle, Trevor, and Travis Lantry, and Charlie Whitehead. Coaches are Shawn Duggan and Sean Lantry with mentor Glenn Carey.

Third Place: Team 627, BSOD (Blue Screen of Death), from Elm Street Middle School in Nashua. Team members are Jocelyn Clancy, Jacob Lavoie, Trevor Naro, and Evan Valcourt. The coach is Jen Gaffney with mentors Jay Dowling, Alex Pelkey, Kayla King, and Pooja Karnane.

Team Project Presentation Awards (best proposal concept, documentation and oral presentation)

First Place: Team 3792, Vulcans.

Second Place: Team 4296, Windham Wizards.

Third Place: Team 3143, Cosmic Creators, from Weare Middle School in Weare. Team members are Lucas Anderson, Ben Flanders, Noah Payeur, Caleb Reed, and Ben Trumble. Coaches are Pam and Jeff Anderson, David Trumble, and Zack Fowler.

Teamwork Awards (team whose members best demonstrate enthusiasm and spirit, partnering among themselves and among the teams, and problem solving skills)

First Place: Team 8691, The Digital Dweebs, from St. John Regional School in Concord. Team members are Patrick Bittman, Gabrielle Eaton, Katie and Thomas MacMullin, Brett Michaud, Jillian Thomas. The coach is P.J. Powers.

Second Place: Team 8105, Technochicks II, a neighborhood team. Team members are Paige Huntress, Emily Galatis, Molly Sanseverino, Samantha Blackman, and Ava Binns. Coaches are Melanie Peyaur, Emily Sanseverino, Megan Smith, Todd Binns, and Erin and Brian Smith.

Third Place: Team 5879, Exhausted, a neighborhood Amherst team sponsored by the Amherst Recreation Department in Amherst. Team members are Nicholas Freud, Alessandro Mendola, Daniel, Matthew, and Rebecca O’Dowd, Ben and Sage Wesenberg, and Anthony Zeolie. Coaches are Jim O’Dowd and Rich Wesenberg.

Special Judges’ Awards

Rookie All Star Award

Team 5877, NXTreme Team, a neighborhood Mount Vernon team sponsored by the Amherst Recreation Department. Team members are Rylee Noorda, Brian and Elizabeth Apple, Tony Edvalson, Bryan Rose, Olivia Edvalson, and Nick Zumbo. Coaches are Eric and Marie Edvalson.

No Limits Award

Team 328, The Legonators, from Good Shepherd School in Barrington. Team members are Alana Zimmerman, Andrew Malone, Ben Abbett, Jared Thomas, Jode Gayle, Joseph Steves, Sammi Beaupre, Zach Wood, and Teagan House. The coach is Jackie Beaupre.

Community Connections Award

Team 4997, Team FUUSEion, from the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter. Team members are Sam Dawson, Roger Detzler, John Ewing, Case Merrick, Eliza Reiter, and Baoyu Wright. Coaches are Miranda Lam, Jim Morriss, and Frank Merrick.

Rising Star Award

Team 6670, RoboPanthers, from Pelham Elementary School in Pelham. Team members are Alice Kerr, Brenton Ferullo, Carly Kudalis, Chris Menchi, Jasper Kosa, Joey Katin, Nia Manjunath, and Tyler Berard. Coaches are Jennifer Correa and Jaimi Kosa with assistant coach Terri Ferullo and mentors Jeff Kosa and Emily Mitchell.

Programming Award

Team 384, SASQUATCH, homeschoolers from Charlestown. Team members are Nickolas Stapleton, James and Timothy Wolfe. Coaches are Chris and Jennifer Wolfe, and Adam Stapleton.

The Adult Mentor Award went to Coach Jim Boivin with Team 4, Some Assembly Required, from Fairgrounds Middle School in Nashua. The Young Adult Mentor Award was given to Emily Sanseverino a mentor with Team 8105. Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Kerry Creeden with BAE Systems.

Team Spirit Award

Team 929, Bella, from Hampstead Middle School in Hampstead. Team members are Delaney Mooney, Madison Harlow, Helen Lea, Laura Londrigan, Abbie Hassler, Morgan Freeley, and Destiny Welch. The coach is David Remillard.