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Source: Deming Headlight

DHS Thundercats on robotics stage By Billy Armendariz Headlight Staff Thundercats Nation is celebrating its most recent accomplishment at Deming High School. The announcement hit the PA system Monday morning at school: “Your Thundercats robotics team is moving on to the BEST Texas Regional competition!” The Thundercats captured a second place at the BEST Robotics south qualifier on Saturday at New Mexico State University at Las Cruces. The placement qualified the team for the BEST Regionals Dec. 9-12 in Dallas. The competition is sponsored by Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) — A STEM program — (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), and at stake was a trip to regional competition. Bytes for Bites was the theme of this year’s New Mexico BEST robotics competition. The Thundercats represent Deming High in the competition.

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