By JENNIFER BERGHOM & GAIL FAGAN
Special to the NEWS
Courtesy photo
Rio Hondo High School won first place in the 2013 HESTEC Robotics Day competition.
EDINBURG – Having his team’s robot knocked out of the competition circle twice, Julio Jimenez felt faint.
In round three, however, the Rio Hondo High School freshman and his team’s robot, “The Destroyer,” rebounded and knocked Progreso High School’s robot, “Optimus Exterminator” off the circle the following three rounds to claim victory in the Robotics Day competition Oct. 10 at The University of Texas-Pan American.
He and fellow teammates were still processing the fact they won as they stood on the championship platform in the Fieldhouse.
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