BONNERS FERRY — This past Saturday, Jan. 6, marked the annual FIRST Robotics season kick-off. At 7:30 a.m., our local FIRST team, 2130 Alpha Plus from Bonners Ferry High School met at the robotics club house and excitedly awaited this year’s game reveal along with other FIRST teams all over the world.

Upon watching the reveal video sent out by FIRST, the team and mentors spent several hours getting to know the game, examining the rules and regulations, and brainstorming possible strategies together.

“I was impressed with how well the team was able to work together and do problem solving,” said team captain, Malachi Rivkin.

Now that the team has seen the game reveal, they have six weeks to prepare a robot to play the game and compete in the two regionals the team plans to attend.

“We’re off to a great start, and we have 45 more days of work,” said robotics mentor, Ed Katz.