While the adage states “practice makes perfect,” members of Smith-Cotton High School’s robotics team would be happy if practice leads to more points.
Team SCREAM (Smith-Cotton Robotics, Engineering and Mathematics), by virtue of its finish at last month’s Show-Me BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology) robotics competition at State Fair Community College, will leave this afternoon to compete in the Frontier Trails BEST Regional Competition on Friday and Saturday at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. The team will compete against 34 other units from Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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