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Nick Troiano, Trevor Campagna, Owen Gustafson, Tyler Sorensen and Michael Sprague invented an automated crimper to help Creekside Industries employees with disabilities to wrap feminine products more efficiently. (Photo by Nils Anderson)

BOCES Seniors Take Third in Contest Against College Students

By MONICA CALZOLARIALBANY

Five Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES high-school seniors competed with college students from multiple engineering programs in New York State and tied for third place, winning $5,000.00 for their invention.

New York State Industries for the Disabled, or NYSID, hosted its tenth annual, statewide competition on April 8. Each year, engineering students showcase specific inventions to help those with disabilities.

ONC BOCES is the first and only high school to compete in the history of this annual competition, called CREATE, or Cultivating Resources for Employment with Assistive Technology.

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