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The SanLee Middle School robotics team carried home the Best Overall trophy and the Robot Performance and Robot Design awards at Central Carolina Community College's Robotics Competition Nov. 19 at the Lee County Campus. Team members, pictured with the CCCC mascot, Charlie Cougar, were (front, from left) Kerry Norris, Jonat Elliott, Shawn Putnam, Samantha Godfrey, and Phillip Wooden; and (back, from left) Kevin Thomas, David Pedrisat, and teacher/coach Sara Reed. The event was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. The challenge for the 2011 scrimmage and official competitions, 'Food Factor: Keeping Food Safe,' requires the student teams to have previously programmed a robot built of Legos. The robot has to transport game pieces representing food around a tabletop competition field representing the process of bringing food from the farm to consumers. The food has to be protected from sources of contamination at each step. The annual local event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools.

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SanLee Middle School robotics team members Samantha Godfrey (left) and Shawn Putnam get their team's robot ready for its run at the Central Carolina Community College Robotics Competition Nov. 19 at the college's Lee County Campus. The event was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. The challenge for the 2011 scrimmage and official competitions, 'Food Factor: Keeping Food Safe,' require the student teams to have previously programmed a robot built of Legos. The robot has to transport game pieces representing food around a tabletop competition field representing the process of bringing food from the farm to consumers. The food has to be protected from sources of contamination at each step. The annual local event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools.

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SanLee Middle School robotics team members Phillip Wooden (left) and David Perdrisat watch their team's robot (center front) going through its paces at the Central Carolina Community College Robotics Competition Nov. 19. Observing in the background is team member Shawn Putnam. The event, held at the college's Lee County Campus, was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. The challenge for the 2011 scrimmage and official competitions, 'Food Factor: Keeping Food Safe,' require the student teams to have previously programmed a robot built of Legos. The robot has to transport game pieces representing food around a tabletop competition field representing the process of bringing food from the farm to consumers. The food has to be protected from sources of contamination at each step. The annual local event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools.

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West Lee Middle School robotics team members Joey Morrill (left) and Malik Williams, carefully watch the performance of the team's robot as other team members observe from a distance at Central Carolina Community College Robotics Competition Nov. 19 at the college's Lee County Campus. West Lee won the Teamwork Performance Award. The event was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. The challenge for the 2011 scrimmage and official competitions, 'Food Factor: Keeping Food Safe,' require the student teams to have previously programmed a robot built of Legos. The robot has to transport game pieces representing food around a tabletop competition field representing the process of bringing food from the farm to consumers. The food has to be protected from sources of contamination at each step. The annual local event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools.

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The West Lee Middle School robotics team, pictured with Central Carolina Community College mascot Charlie Cougar (right) react happily as they hear they won the Teamwork Award at CCCC's Robotics Competition Nov. 19. The event, held at the college's Lee County Campus, was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. The challenge for the 2011 scrimmage and official competitions, 'Food Factor: Keeping Food Safe,' require the student teams to have previously programmed a robot built of Legos. The robot has to transport game pieces representing food around a tabletop competition field representing the process of bringing food from the farm to consumers. The food has to be protected from sources of contamination at each step. The annual local event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools.

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Justin Jessup (center) and Anna Roberts, members of the Anne Chesnutt Middle School, Fayetteville, robotics team watch their team's robot (left) perform at the Central Carolina Community College Robotics Competition Nov. 19 at the Lee County Campus. Anne Chesnutt's team won the Presentation Award. The event was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. The challenge for the 2011 scrimmage and official competitions, 'Food Factor: Keeping Food Safe,' require the student teams to have previously programmed a robot built of Legos. The robot has to transport game pieces representing food around a tabletop competition field representing the process of bringing food from the farm to consumers. The food has to be protected from sources of contamination at each step. The annual local event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools.

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Central Carolina Community College held its annual Robotics Competition event Nov. 19 at its Lee County Campus. The event is a collaborative effort between the college's Engineering Technology Department, Communities in Schools, and Lee County Schools. It was a scrimmage for the FIRST LEGO League's official competitions, which are held regionally, statewide, and nationally. Judges for the event were (from left) Alfredo Martinez-Sanchez, 2011 CCCC Electronics Engineering Technology A.A.S. graduate who is now enrolled in the college's Laser and Photonics Technology program; Ray Dawson, senior training professional for Pfizer; Tony Reece, instrumentation and control technician for Progress Energy; Don Hon, principal test engineer for EMC Corporation; Karen Diaz, also a 2011 CCCC Electronics Engineering Technology graduate now enrolled in Laser and Photonics; and Laurie Lympany, process engineer at Polyzen Corp.