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Greenville
FIRST team focus of parent's night
February 16, 2008
Greenville Herald Banner
By Brad Kellar
Herald-Banner Staff
GREENVILLE - A
team of local high school students - and their robot - are
scheduled to be the featured attractions at a kick-off
ceremony for the upcoming FIRST (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology) campaign.
Vanessa Pope,
coach of the Greenville High School/L-3 Communications
Robowranglers Team, said the "Parent's Night" event is set
for 7:30pm Monday at Innovation First, 1519 Interstate 30
West, just outside the west Greenville city limits.
Pope said the team
will be unveiling its newest "machine" during the ceremony.
"We're very
excited about this coming year," Pope said, adding the team
will be competing in regional battles in St. Louis and New
Orleans in the coming months.
"And we have
already qualified for the championships in Atlanta," Pope
said.
Last year, the
Greenville High School Robowranglers Vex Team 1148,
sponsored by Rack Solutions, a division of Innovation First,
won the national championship in the FIRST Vex Challenge
competition, while the Greenville High School/L-3
Communications Robowranglers Team 148 made it to the
quarterfinals and finished in the top 20 of their division
during the FIRST Robotics championship. |
