Crowley's Ridge BEST

Click here to view the gallery of photos from the 2009 Game Day:  High Octane.

Saturday, October 31's Game Day marked the end of six weeks of work for all of the students involved in the 2009 BEST Robotics Competition.   All of of the students who participated deserve congratulations for their efforts!  Singled out for specific recognition were the following:
 
BEST Award (notebooks, table displays, oral presentations, spirit/sportsmanship, robotics):
     1st place: Buffalo Island Central High School
     2nd place: Hillcrest High School
     3rd place: West Memphis Christian School
Robotics Competition (20 seeding competition matches, 1 wildcard match, 6 semi-finals matches and 3 finals matches):
     1st place: West Memphis Christian School
     2nd place: Hillcrest High School
     3rd place: Mid-South Community College
Robotics Finalist (4th place Robotics Competition): Williford High School
Founders' Award for Creative Design: Buffalo Island Central High School
Most Robust Machine Award: Mid-South Community College
Outstanding Web Page Design Award: Hillcrest High School
Top Gun Award (most collected in a single match): Williford High School
Outstanding CAD Design Work: Buffalo Island Central High School
Most Photogenic Machine Award: Mid-South Community College
Outstanding T-shirt Design Award: Jonesboro Magnet School for Math and Science
Most Elegant Machine Award: Buffalo Island Central High School
Outstanding Rookie Team Award: Mammoth Springs High School
Blood, Sweat and Duct Tape Award: Tuckerman High School
Outstanding Middle School Team Award: Jonesboro Magnet School for Math and Science
Teacher of the Year Award: Buffalo Island Central High School (Steve Brummett & Debbie Olive)

Because of their standings with respect to the BEST Award and Robotics Competition, the following teams go on from here to the regional competition, Frontier Trails BEST, at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on December 4 and 5:
     Buffalo Island Central High School
     West Memphis Chrisitian School
     Hillcrest High School
     Mid-South Community College
Good luck to them all as they represent Crowley's Ridge BEST against teams from a large part of the nation!

 Buffalo Island Central High School
Hillcrest High School
White Station High School

Thanks to everyone involved for making Game Day 2009 a success! 
Turn on the LiveStream player above to watch selected clips from our Game Day feed.

As a part of the BEST Award competition, teams will give an oral presentation in which the team members should view themselves as employees of a “company” that is marketing their “product” (robot) to a potential buyer (judges). This marketing team is an integral part of the engineering team that has designed a specialized robot.

Saturday, October 18's Game Day marked the end of six weeks of work for all of the students involved in the 2008 BEST Competition.   All of of the students who participated deserve congratulations for their efforts!  Singled out for specific recognition were the following:
 
BEST Award (notebooks, table displays, oral presentations, spirit/sportsmanship, robotics):
     1st place: Buffalo Island Central High School
     2nd place: Newport High School
     3rd place: Hillcrest High School
Robotics Competition (26 seeding competition matches, 3 finals matches):
     1st place: Newport High School
     2nd place: Buffalo Island Central High School
     3rd place: Hillcrest High School
Robotics Finalist: Jonesboro Magnet School for Math & Science
Top Gun Award (most points in a single seeding match): Newport High School
Founders' Award for Creative Design: Buffalo Island Central High School
Most Robust Machine Award: Hillcrest High School
Most Photogenic Award: Newport High School
Most Elegant Award: Buffalo Island Central High School
Best Web Page Design Award: Hillcrest High School
Best T-Shirt Design Award: Arkansas Northeastern College Secondary Center

 
Buffalo Island Central High School, Newport High School, and Hillcrest High School go on from here to the regional competition, Frontier Trails BEST, at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on December 5 and 6.  Good luck to them all!