Globe — Erik Hertwig, coach for the TigeRobotics team at Globe High School, informed the Silver Belt last week that the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) has officially recognized FIRST Robotics Competition as a state sporting event.
AIA will host the first-ever FIRST Robotics state meet on May 23, 2015.
Hertwig said that if the TigerRobotics team is successful at its event in April, it will quality for the state meet.