Working mostly after school hours, one team of Lamesa Middle School students has qualified for the finals in an area robotics tournament and another may be advancing as well.A total of 18 LMS students participated last Saturday in the Get Excited About Robotics (GEAR) contest conducted at Lubbock High School by the Edward E. Whiteacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University.Lamesa’s Team Amigos – consisting of eighth-graders Austin Casarez, Marco Mejia and Miguel Mejia – placed second to qualify for the GEAR finals to be held April 29 at Texas Tech.They brought home a trophy and individual ribbons ...