120818 FIRST Legos (SM)

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Cesar Pelayo, 11, of Harvard Junior High School reacts Saturday, Dec. 8 to his team’s robot’s performance at the competition table at the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition.

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Creekside Middle School students Annalise Wickershein, 12, (left) and Jax Kozlak, 11, watch Saturday, Dec, 8, 2018 as their team’s robot performs on the competition table at the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition.

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Barrett Stebbings, 12, (left) and Preston Helm, 12, both of Hannah Beardsley Middle School, watch Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 as their team’s robot performs on the competition table at the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition.

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Gravity Gang team members Priscila Padilla, 12, Hannah Meyers, 13, and Morgan Tolentino Saizon, 13, (left to right) of Northwood Middle School listen as their judge goes over their score with them Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 during the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition.

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Team members of Supernova Stingers of Harvard Junior High School demonstrate their robot’s functions Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at the robot design portion of the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition.

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The Space Krats team robot from Creekside Middle School.

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Galaxy Goonies team members Kyle Morey, 14, and Nii Amoo, 14, both of Northwood Middle School set up their robot to start its run Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition.

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Spectators at the LEGO League Robotic Qualifying Competition film and take photographs Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018.