From left, Coconino High School CocoNuts robotics team members Connor Norris, 17, Kate Garrison, 17, Eugene Ellsworth-Bowers, 17, and Riyana Patel, 17, guide their robot, Leonardo da Pinchy, off the competition field after a qualification match at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday, Feb. 14. A total of 40 teams from several countries competed in the two-day event.
From left, CocoNuts team driver Connor Norris, 17, drive coach Riyana Patel, 17, and driver Kate Garrison, 17, keep an eye on their robot, Leonardo da Pinchy, as it competes in a qualification match at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Competitors and spectators from across the country and beyond attend the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
CocoNuts member Eugene Ellsworth-Bowers loads "coral" for the team's robot to grab during a qualification match at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Supporters and members of the CocoNuts robotics team cheer from the stands during the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
The Coconino High School CocoNuts robot Leonardo da Pinchy completes the task of removing "algae" from the "reef" on the ocean-themed competition field at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Team CocoNuts competes with robot "Leonardo da Pinchy" (2486) as it completes tasks on the ocean-themed "Reefscape" competition field at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Elena Klopfenstein, 17, center, part of the CocoNuts Robotics Outreach Impact Team, talks to judges in the pit during the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School.
From left, Coconino High School CocoNuts robotics team members Connor Norris, 17, Kate Garrison, 17, Eugene Ellsworth-Bowers, 17, and Riyana Patel, 17, guide their robot, Leonardo da Pinchy, off the competition field after a qualification match at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday, Feb. 14. A total of 40 teams from several countries competed in the two-day event.
Competitors and spectators from across the country and beyond attend the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
CocoNuts member Eugene Ellsworth-Bowers loads "coral" for the team's robot to grab during a qualification match at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Coconino High School (CHS) hosted a regional FIRST robotics competition Friday, with teams from across the United States bringing competitors they'd designed and built themselves to Flagstaff for the tournament.
FIRST -- or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology -- is a global robotics nonprofit.
Team CocoNuts competes with robot "Leonardo da Pinchy" (2486) as it completes tasks on the ocean-themed "Reefscape" competition field at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
From left, CocoNuts team driver Connor Norris, 17, drive coach Riyana Patel, 17, and driver Kate Garrison, 17, keep an eye on their robot, Leonardo da Pinchy, as it competes in a qualification match at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Elena Klopfenstein, 17, center, part of the CocoNuts Robotics Outreach Impact Team, talks to judges in the pit during the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School.
The Coconino High School CocoNuts robot Leonardo da Pinchy completes the task of removing "algae" from the "reef" on the ocean-themed competition field at the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Supporters and members of the CocoNuts robotics team cheer from the stands during the 2025 Arizona North Regional FIRST Robotics Competition hosted by Coconino High School on Friday.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
Abigail Kessler has been a reporter for the Daily Sun since 2021, covering education, health, science and more. Reach her at [email protected].
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