Sparbots Finish First Season Strong
The Athens Academy FTC Sparbots robotics team had a fantastic first season, winning three awards and finishing in fourth place at the Georgia FTC state robotics championship. The state championship took place on Saturday, February 20, on the Southern Polytechnic State University campus in Marietta. The competition included 27 teams from Mississippi, South Carolina, and Georgia. During the three tournaments the team participated in this year, the Sparbots competed in 26, 2.5-minute matches against teams from over 20 high schools from around the southeast. Juniors Christopher McGahee and Caleb Dasher led six Athens Academy Middle Schoolers, including eighth graders Max Ruston, Charles Lankau, Darshan Parikh, and seventh graders Will Divers, Raleigh Lumpkin, and Hayden Lanzilotta. Congratulations on a great season, Sparbots!