300 students compete in engineering contest in Kennewick

Liberty Christian High School sophomore Hannah Crockett, right, high-fives teammate Anna Lesser, left, as Katie Steele continues work on their project Friday while participating in the 13th annual High School Friendly Competition at Southridge High School in Kennewick.

More than 300 students from nine area high schools – Chiawana, Columbia, Hanford, Kennewick, Legacy, Liberty Christian, New Horizons, Pasco, Riverview, Southridge, and Wahluke – competed.

They had to design and build an instrument to get a ping-pong ball through an obstacle course.

This story was originally published March 11, 2016 at 6:06 PM with the headline "300 students compete in engineering contest in Kennewick."