High school students pilot mini-robot devices on Thursday during the STEM Wars 2025 competition held at the Northwest Arena, 319 W. 3rd St. P-J photo by Christopher Blakeslee

For Falconer Fifth graders, Holden Trask and Meredith Freeman participate in the catapult portion of the 2025 STEM Wars, held Wednesday-Thursday at the Northwest Arena. P-J photo by Christopher Blakeslee

Several hundred elementary and high school students competed on Wednesday and Thursday, at the Northwest Arena, as part of STEM Wars 2025. STEM Wars is a competition that revolves around science, technology, engineering, math, and challenges students to think critically and take an “out-of-the-box” approach. P-J photo by Christopher Blakeslee