Oxford High Wins VEX V5 State Championship; Middle School Claims Innovate Award

Oxford High School’s robotics squad Team 32636A captured the Tournament Champion Award at the VEX V5 Robotics State Championship, district officials reported March 5, 2026, a top honor that highlighted the program’s rising profile in Lafayette County. Team 32636A’s members are listed as Amr Elgohry, Nathaniel Hom, Jun Jang and Yoon Jang; a district photo caption identifies the high school group left to right as Charley Sabatier, Amr Elgohry, Yoon Jang, Jun Jang, and Nathaniel Hom.

Oxford Middle School also finished with a signature win: Team 73538A earned the Innovate Award, the Oxford School District said, winning that distinction over “more than 30 middle school teams from across the state.” The middle-school team roster includes Vi Nguyen, Vee Pandya and Raymond Sang. The district’s caption for the middle-school image lists five people left to right as Vi Nguyen, Conwill Cox, Raymond Sang, Vee Pandya, and Shara Minton, and describes the photo as “a group of four students and a teacher, all wearing team shirts, are standing together.”

The district’s official communication, published March 5, 2026, praised student achievement and coaching support; the release states, “The Oxford School District congratulates these students and their coaches, whose guidance and support continue to strengthen the robotics program.” The same district notice also referenced “additional state honors for Oxford High robotics groups include: [...]” but the detailed list of those honors was not included in the materials provided.

Photographs accompanying the district release show the high-school team posing in front of a large robotics competition banner with colorful balloons and decorations, underscoring the scale of the event and the public recognition students received at the state level. The visual record names individuals but does not assign roles for Charley Sabatier, Conwill Cox or Shara Minton within the program.

Separately, regional VEX activity has been strong on both sides of the state line. The City of Oxford, Alabama, reported a Jan. 22–23, 2026, VEX event at the Oxford Civic Center where CREATE teams and C.E. Hanna Elementary won awards, including an Excellence Award/High School that qualified a team for the Event Region Championship scheduled Feb. 21–22 at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum in Auburn. Anniston Star excerpts also note that two CREATE teams clinched spots at the VEX World Championship and list student names tied to that Alabama-area program.

Oxford School District’s March 5 announcement cements local students’ achievements at the state VEX V5 finals and points to a deepening robotics pipeline in the Oxford schools; district leaders and parents now have named state champions and Innovate Award winners to build on as the program seeks to sustain competitive momentum.