March 08, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. -A team from Apollo High School won the annual high school computer programming contest at Western Kentucky University.
Apollo students Mat Henry, Richard Robertson and Nathan Wade took first-place honors in Wednesday’s competition and received $1,000 WKU scholarships.
The event attracted 22 teams from six schools – Apollo, Bowling Green, Daviess County, Edmonson County, Nelson County and Warren Central.
Finishing second was the Nelson County team of Ben Thornberry, Ben Saderholm and John Boblitt. Third-place went to Apollo’s team of Matt Thomas, Wes Eklund and Nate Burden.
WKU’s Academic Affairs office along with Trace Die Cast Inc. provided support for the competition.
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