[StephLee]

I helped with two of our county's five teams this year, and volunteered at the Pittsburgh competition. No one scored a 400, but one of our teams scored a 380 or so. We were quite proud of them; it was in the very last match and put them in first place for robot performance.

The team I was most proud of, though, was our team of elementary school kids, all fourth and fifth graders. Most of them attended the LEGO camps we ran over the summer, and so I felt kind of like a proud parent watching them compete. I think they placed 17th or so out of the 50-60 teams competing. It was an incredible feeling to know I'd helped them get started.