The first-place team earns a $20,000 scholarship
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo hosted its Junior Agricultural Mechanics Build-Off Challenge at the rodeo office grounds near the Frost Bank Center on Friday.
Ninety-six students from 24 schools across Texas competed.
The hands-on competition brings together student teams of four across Texas to design and build agricultural projects from scratch during a single 10-hour contest. This year’s project was a live-fire cooking table.
The first-place team earns a $20,000 scholarship.
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