The pits are busy Sunday afternoon between rounds at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lydia Moreland, left, speaks Sunday afternoon with teammate Zoey Leavitt during a break at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Moreland and Leavitt are on Team 4041-Iron Tigers from Gardiner. They are strategizing about what went wrong earlier in the day and how they can do better in the upcoming final rounds. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

William Cooper, right, of Richmond, part of Team 4473-Delta Prime Robotics 4-H, talks strategy Sunday afternoon with at team from Vermont after the two teams formed an alliance at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A toolbox in the pits Sunday afternoon at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Violet Bellerose of Jay, the only Spruce Mountain High School team member on Team 6153-The Blue Crew from Mt. Blue, listens Sunday afternoon to teammates discuss strategy at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

William Cooper, right, of Richmond, part of Team 4473-Delta Prime Robotics 4-H, talks strategy Sunday afternoon with at team from Vermont after the two teams formed an alliance at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Honora White of Team 8023-Androscoggin Argonauts carries her control station Sunday afternoon to the arena at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Team 7907 from Whitefield, New Hampshire, works on its robot Sunday afternoon before the final rounds of competition at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lucas Philbrook, left, and Lochlan Aldrich, second from left, of the Morse Unified Robotics team watch Sunday afternoon as their robot navigates the course at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

The finals kick off Sunday afternoon at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dan Joler of Waterville, part of Team 2648-Infinite Loop, attaches a wheel Sunday afternoon to the team’s robot in the pits during a break before the finals at the Pine Tree District FIRST Robotics Competition at The Colisée in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal