Greenville high robot takes silver
April 4, 2004     Greenville Herald Banner

HOUSTON -- "Lone Star" and his Greenville High School "Robowranglers" are bringing home the silver medal from the state FIRST competition here this weekend.

The local team, assisted by L-3 engineers, is headed for the national competition in Atlanta, Ga., April 14-18.

"We did extremely well," said coach Vanessa Pope who noted there were 44 teams from across the state entered in the meet.

Besides being named a Regional Finalist, the GHS group also won a special award for the best Website which was created by junior team member Matt Mahrer.

"Lone Star's" drivers at Houston were seniors Casey Collier and Ryan Jenkins and the players on the field were seniors Zack Corley and Daniel Webb.

FIRST, an acronym "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology," is in its 13th year.  Greenville High School and L-3 Communications have been a partner team for the past 11 competition seasons.  L-3 engineers, community volunteer engineers and students partner to create a 130-pound robot able to complete multiple tasks in the six weeks' time.