Over 200 2nd through 5th graders competed in this year’s robotics VEX IQ Challenge at Cedarville Elementary School Saturday.

Elementary and junior high students across Santa Maria competed in the second annual Santa Maria Valley VEX IQ Robotics Championship Saturday.

Kidsday reporters Julia Xu, left, and Chloe Ning, of Lakeville Elementary School, Great Neck, part of the team that won in the regional state VEX IQ competition and qualified for the world ...