Seven schools vie for awards in STEM Challenge contest

On November 3, seven schools from the Bi-County came to Odessa for the 6th Annual Bi-County STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Creston, Ritzville, Davenport, Harrington and Sprague arrived at Odessa's multipurpose room at 9 a.m. ready to compete in the science-based "Junkyard Wars." Each school brought a team of students to vie against the other schools for the traveling trophy, the Golden Flask.

The Odessa High School team consisted of Casey Schlomer, Zoe Clark, Wyatt Haase, Chance Messer, Colton Hunt, and Rochelle Schuh. The junior high team was made up...