Rutherford county students recently participated in the 2019 Music City BEST Robotics Competition where Rutherford County students made up nearly half of the competition.

Lipscomb University hosted the competition of 14 teams, of which six were from competing from Rutherford County.

The teams competed in a variety of categories such as BEST Exhibit Design and Construction, BEST Engineering Design and BEST Rookie team.

The six schools that participated were Blackman Middle, Christiana Middle, Rockvale Middle, Rocky Fork Middle, Stewarts Creek Middle and Thurman Francis Arts Academy.

Of the six teams competing many of them took home multiple awards including the highest honor for 1st place BEST Award for invitation to the regional tournament at Auburn University this award went to Stewarts Creek Middle.

Stewarts Creek Middle School team will travel to Auburn University for the South BEST Regional Competition in Auburn, Alabama.

A complete list of schools and their awards:

By KEAIRA LOLOW, Rutherford County Schools

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Six Rutherford schools compete in Robotics competition - Murfreesboro Voice