Beech Tree News Network

On Saturday, March 1st, the 19th annual Regional Bridge Building Competition was held at the WKU Center of Research and Development in Bowling Green.  This year’s competition featured 4 schools and 73 qualifying contestants.  39  students from Butler County Middle School and one 5th grade student entered bridges in the middle school division.

     Butler County Middle School students placing in the top 10 and receiving trophies were:  Maggie Dotson (1st place with an efficiency of 1276);  Kobe Annis- 5th grade (2nd place with an efficiency of 927);  Leevi King (3rd place with and efficiency of 752);  Nathan Boord (4th place with an efficiency of686);  Zander Sorrels (5th place with an efficiency of 685);  Chelsey Renfrow (9th place with an efficiency of 543); and Autumn Jenkins (10th place with an efficiency of 540).

     Also, Trevor Cardwell received an Architectural Design trophy for the artistic design of a bridge. He placed first in this category.

     Other students with qualifying bridges were: Journey Alford, Madelyn Barks, Kallie Beasley, Tyler Beasley, Taylor Burden, Bailey Collins, Naasia Cook, Braxton Coomes, Sierra Dockery, Makaya Evans, Breanna Gidcumb, Connor Glass, Hunter Goodwin, Emily Grise, Shelton Hadwin, William Hancock, Samantha Henderson, Dylan Inglis, Chase Lee, Ethan Lee, Kari McClelland, Cole McElwain, Mattie McKinney, Shelby McKinney, Hagan Moore, Kain Neighbors, Dylan Norris, Trenton Stovall, Justin Sublett, Victoria Vitek, Haley West, and Bailey Womack.

     B.C.M.S. won the Regional Team Championship.  This award is based on the most points determined by the efficiencies of the top 5 bridges from each participating school. B.C.M.S. has won the regional competition 13 of the last 15 years.

     Congratulations to all the bridge building students who put in the additional time and effort necessary to participate in this competition.  Those hard working students will continue to be strong contenders in this contest for years to come.