The Freeport Junior High School robotics club placed first in robot hardware design at the Lego League Robotics Championship Tournament at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Center. From left, are Hayden Bergad, Mikala Staley, Aaron Carley, Austin Uric, Jeffrey Will, Eric Elder, Miheer Lele and Jessica Lincoln. The team also was named one of the top 10 computer programming teams. Their robot successfully completed its tasks and challenges on the game board and finished seventh overall in the competition. Sixty-three teams from the region competed Dec. 4.