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Royal Middle School students Caleb Freeman, left, and Maria Gallegos program their robot for the On the Spot challenge at the First Lego League’s Western Edge Open robotics competition. Royal’s team, the Oceanic Outlaws, took first place in that competition, working with teams from Michigan and Colorado.

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