South’s BEST 2019 Final Results

BEST Award Winners:

1st Place: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST) 2nd Place: 1351 Ridgecrest Christian Academy (Wiregrass BEST) 3rd Place: 607 Eastwood/Cornerstone Schools (Montgomery BEST)

Game Winners:

1st Place Robotics: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST) 2nd Place Robotics: 873 MACH (Jubilee BEST) 3rd Place Robotics: 803 DARC ( BEST) 4th Place Robotics (finalist): 1351 Ridgecrest Christian Academy (Wiregrass BEST)

Middle School Awards: Top ranking middle school in the BEST Award competition: Woodlawn Beach Middle School (Team 1112 - BEST) Top ranking middle school in the Robotics competition: Semmes Middle School (Team 881 – Jubilee BEST)

The Briggs and Stratton Teacher Leadership Award • Kevin Welch from 1042 Stewarts Creek Middle School (Music City BEST) • Amy Sterling from 1564 Moulton Middle/Lawrence Co. High School (Northwest BEST) • Beth Lee from 1805 Davis-Emerson Middle School (Shelton State BEST)

South’s BEST Volunteer Award • Abigail Madden • Kate Kramer • Beth Rominger (Shelton State BEST)

Jim Westmoreland Memorial Judge’s Award • Louis Feirman (Jubilee BEST)

1 BEST Award Category Awards:

Best Spirit and Sportsmanship Award:

1st Team: 867 Faith Academy (Jubilee BEST) 2nd Team: 1552 Brooks High School ( BEST) 3rd Team: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST)

Best Engineering Notebook Award:

1st Team: 851 W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST) 2nd Team: 1653 Fort Payne High School ( BEST) 3rd Team: 625 Wetumpka High School (Montgomery BEST)

Best Team Exhibit and Interview Award: 1st Team: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST) 2nd Team: 851 W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST) 3rd Team: 1351 Ridgecrest Christian Academy (Wiregrass BEST)

Best Marketing Presentation Award: 1st Team: 867 Faith Academy (Jubilee BEST) 2nd Team: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST) 3rd Team: 607 Eastwood/Cornerstone Schools (Montgomery BEST)

Hyundai Team Exhibit Design and Construction Award (awarded to the top three teams with the most creative and innovative Exhibit design): 1st Team: 867 Faith Academy (Jubilee BEST) 2nd Team: 1351 Ridgecrest Christian Academy (Wiregrass BEST) 3rd Team: 1503 Oak Mountain High School (East Alabama BEST)

CAD Award: 1st Team: 1503 Oak Mountain High School (East Alabama BEST) 2nd Team: 1558 Creekside Technology (Northwest Alabama BEST) 3rd Team: 803 DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST)

2 igus Top Gun Award (the team that scored that most points in a single round): 803 DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST) with 1000 points in a single round

Founders Award for Creative Design: (given in honor of the two founders of BEST, Steve Marum and Ted Mahler) 1st Team: 1047 Hamilton Southeast High School (Music City BEST) 2nd Team: 851 W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST) 3rd Team: 1558 Creekside Technology (Northwest Alabama BEST)

Neptune Technology Group Most Elegant Robot: (the machine that most efficiently performs the task it was designed for) 1st Team: 1047 Hamilton Southeast High School (Music City BEST) 2nd Team: 1357 Cottonwood High School (Wiregrass BEST) 3rd Team: 803 DARC (Tennessee Valley BEST)

Most Robust Robot: (needed the least number of repairs throughout competition day) 1st Team: 1042 Stewarts Creek Middle School (Music City BEST) 2nd Team: 1047 Hamilton Southeast High School (Music City BEST) 3rd Team: 873 MACH (Jubilee BEST)

Most Photogenic Robot: (the beauty contest) 1st Team: 851 W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST) 2nd Team: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST) 3rd Team: 1042 Stewarts Creek Middle School (Music City BEST)

Best Web Page Design: 1st Team: 1351 Ridgecrest Christian Academy (Wiregrass BEST) 2nd Team: 609 Holtville Middle and High Schools (Montgomery BEST) 3rd Team: 873 MACH (Jubilee BEST)

Best Team-wear design: 1st Team: 607 Eastwood/Cornerstone Schools (Montgomery BEST) 2nd Team: 1129 NWFL Robot Spot (Emerald Coast BEST) 3rd Team: 1803 Billingsley School (Shelton State BEST)

3 Best Team mascot: 1st Team: 873 MACH (Jubilee BEST) 2nd Team: 431 Martin Middle School 3rd Team: 851 W.P. Davidson High School (Jubilee BEST)

Best Team Video: 1st Team: 1351 Ridgecrest Christian Academy (Wiregrass BEST) 2nd Team: 966 Starkville High School (Mississippi BEST) 3rd Team: 1808 Evangel Christian School (Shelton State BEST)

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