FRUITPORT — Coach Kris Cole is beside himself when talking about Fruitport’s First Tech Challenge (FTC) Techno Trojans middle school robotics team.
And that’s appropriate. The middle school team has doubled in size and split off into two teams – Green Team 11531 and Blue Team 18092. After just six years, the Fruitport program was the second-best team in the state in 2019.
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