West Salem teams heading to robotics world competition

Vaughn Fidler, a junior and member of Team Xenon, drives the team's robot in their West Salem High School lab. The team is one of two from West that qualified for the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship. (RACHEL ALEXANDER/Salem Reporter)

It’s taken months of building, debugging, testing — and several printer fires — but West Salem High School’s Team Xenon is ready for its big day.

The team of students is one of two heading to Dallas, Texas in May to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship against nearly 500 teams hailing from as far away as Morocco and Singapore.

Team Voltage, a group of sophomores, will also compete on the world stage.

Vaughn…

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