Hartselle Junior High student David Orr instructs which direction to maneuver the school’s robot during the North Alabama BEST event.| Special to the Enquirer

The North Alabama BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics competition was held at Wallace State Community College today. The Hartselle Junior High School Robotics Team placed third overall in the competition, which measures all aspects of the event.

The HJHS team also won awards in BEST marketing presentation, BEST Simulink Design, BEST project engineering notebook, BEST software design and simulation and BEST mascot.