Girard robotics team preparing for 3-on-3 basketball game

GIRARD, Ohio – Some students at a Trumbull County high school are preparing for a big basketball game, but they won’t be the ones out on the court playing.

The Girard High School Robotics Team is putting the final touches on their robot for upcoming competitions in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.

In this year’s competition the robots will be playing a form of three on three basketball.

The students have spent the last six weeks designing, programming, and building their robot.

“You’re constantly teaching theories and different ideas and this is a way they get real life experience, hands on experience. They can actually take what they’re learning in the classroom, whether it’s math calculus stuff like that and apply it in a real life situation,” said Ashral Hadl, Robotics Team Advisor.

The team’s goal is to win at least one of the regional competitions so they can go on to nationals in St. Louis.