A massive high school competition this week in Minnesota has fans, referees, 99 teams, and is highly competitive.

The state hockey tournament in St. Paul?

Not quite there were only 16 teams there. The bigger tourney is the robotics competition in Duluth.

“In hockey, you’re competing against your competitors. You’re like, ‘Oh, man, I really hate him,’ and in robotics it’s like, ‘Oh, man, I love you guys, you have such a cool robot!’ ” said Emilia Skogen of Herobotics from Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis.

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