Robots to take center stage at WSU's Koch Arena Nov. 7
Results will be available immediately after the event upon request. If you'd like the results Saturday afternoon, call Joe Kleinsasser, WSU director of news and media relations, at 978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu. You also can leave messages for him Saturday on his cell phone at 204-8266 or work phone 978-3013.
Twenty-seven high schools and organizations from Arkansas and all areas of Kansas will compete in Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event. This year's game is called "High Octane."
The sports-like technology contest combines the excitement of a high school football game with the strategy of a chess match and the intellectual challenge of a science fair. Working from identical kits, each team has had six weeks to design and build their robot.
The 2009 game includes an additional competition for the BEST Award to the team that best embodies the concept of Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology.
Following is the list of teams: Ambassadors for Christ Academy, Andale High School, Andover Central High School, Atchison High School, Baldwin High School, Blue Valley High School, Buhler High School, Campus High School, Circle High School, Concordia High School, El Dorado High School, Emporia High School, Goddard High School, Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Lawrence High School, Madison High School, Mulvane High School, Northeast Magnet High School, Olathe South High School, Panther Creek Academy, Rose Hill High School, Topeka High School, Valley Center High School, Washburn Rural, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita West High School and Wichita Home School.
Winners of Kansas BEST 2009 will travel to Fort Smith, Ark., to compete in the Frontier Trails Regional Competition at the University of Arkansas Dec. 4-5.
For more information, visit the Kansas BEST Web site http://www.kansasbest.org.
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Contact: Kansas BEST co-directors Larry Frutiger, (316) 733-1572; Bob Umscheid, (316) 634-1492; or Joe Kleinsasser, WSU director of news and media relations, (316) 978-3013, or e-mail joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.