By Susan Hiland

The noise at the gym at Grange Middle School in Fairfield made it hard to hear people talking, but the excitement of the VEX Robotics competition was clearly written across the participants’ faces.

The event brought 35 schools from around the Northern California area together to see who was going to qualify to attend state competition.

The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education

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