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Burke-based robotics team The Blockheads receive the PTC Design Award at the First Tech Challenge Virginia Championship on Saturday, Feb. 28 in Richmond. From left, Paul Han, David Desrochers, coach Doug Desrochers, Sam Bove, coach Tom Bove and Amanda Nguyen.

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Burke Freshman Team Wins Top Honors at Robotics Contest

“It’s a big deal,” said Doug Desrochers, coach of the Burke robotics team The Blockheads. He said, “The competition was fierce” at the First Tech Challenge Virginia Championship held in Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 28. But what gave freshmen Sam Bove, of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Roger Clanton, David Desrochers, Paul Han, and Amanda Nguyen, of Lake Braddock High School, an advantage was their use of 3D printing technology.

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