Winfield, Phillips high school robotics teams claim awards at IQ challenge event

MUSCLE SHOALS - Winfield Middle School and Colbert Heights Elementary School led the group of winners at the 2019 Northwest Alabama SCORE VEX IQ Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 16,  in the Patriot Center gym on the Northwest-Shoals Community College-Shoals Campus (NW-SCC).
Winfield Middle School’s team, Bad Memory, and Colbert Heights Elementary’s team, Bionic Blue, won the competition’s Excellence Awards.
In addition, Winfield Middle School’s team, The Flying Dutchmen, and Phillips Elementary School’s team, RoboBears2, also  won the competition’s Teamwork Champion Awards.
The winning teams collaborated with 31 elementary and middle school teams from Central, Cherokee, Creekside Academy, Lauderdale County, Legacy Christian Academy, Mars Hill, Mountain Brook, New Bethel, Riverhill, Sand Rock, Weeden, and Winston County 4-H/Free State Homeschool.