The Liberal Recreation Department hosted the Annual Southwest Region First Lego League Championship. The event took place Saturday, March 7th at the Seward County Activity Center.

Teams from Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas competed in this Robotics Competition. During the morning hours, the teams made presentations before a panel of judges and fine tuned their robots on practice tables for the afternoon table competition.

The theme for this years event was an Unearthed challenge.

Winners on the day were:

Innovation

3rd – Discord Kittens

2nd – Trowel and Error

1st – Rolling Stones

Robot Design

3rd – Discord Kittens

2nd – Trowel and Error 

1st – Rolling Stones

Core Values

3rd – Discord Kittens 

2nd – Trowel and Error 

1st – Rolling Stones

Robot Performance 

3rd – Lego Waffles

2nd – Lego Lightning League 

1st – Kiowa Robo Warriors

Overall Champions

1st – The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones have earned the right to compete at Nationals in Houston Texas.

The event was sponsored by Golden Plains Credit Union, National Beef, and Fastenal.