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Mountain Home Bomb Squad earns runner-up honor in Optimum Innovator Awards

The Bomb Squad robotics team from Mountain Home has been named runner-up in the Inclusion category of Optimum's seventh annual Innovator Awards. The team will receive a $1,500 grant to support its FIRST robotics program. Optimum, a provider of internet, mobile, TV and phone services, selected the team for its work making robotics open to…

ByChris FultonJune 5, 20260Comments

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Mountain Home’s Bomb Squad heads to 28th World Championship

Mountain Home's Bomb Squad robotics team will compete at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston this week, the program's 28th trip to the global event. The team will face about 600 of the top high school robotics squads, selected from a worldwide pool of nearly 3,700. The competition runs April 29 through May 2…

ByChris FultonApril 28, 20260Comments

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Junior Bomb Squad wins Mountain Home Mayhem Robotics Tournament

The Junior Bomb Squad robotics team took home top honors at the Mountain Home Mayhem FIRST Tech Challenge tournament Saturday, earning both the tournament championship and the Control Award. Junior Bomb Squad, designated as FTC Team 92, was the first team selected during alliance selection by Murphy's Law (Team 20087), forming the No. 1 alliance…

ByChris FultonDecember 19, 20250Comments

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Mountain Home robotics team seeks diverse talent after world championship finish

Fresh off a fifth-place finish at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship, Mountain Home High School's robotics team is casting a wide net for new members who can help build more than just robots. The Bomb Squad, as Team 16 is known, issued an open call for students with skills ranging from art and photography…

ByChris FultonAugust 5, 20250Comments

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Mountain Home Robotics Team shows off world championship robot at school board meeting

The Mountain Home High School robotics team, known as the Bomb Squad, kicked off Thursday's school board meeting with an impressive demonstration of the robot that earned them a fifth-place finish at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Houston, Texas. Team captain Mason Rather and his fellow students brought their 140-pound robot to show…

ByChris FultonJune 3, 20250Comments

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Robotics Teams advocate for new bill to expand competitive robotics in Arkansas

On Thursday, October 10th, the Bomb Squad and other competitive robotics teams from across Arkansas gathered at the State Capitol to rally behind a new bill aimed at expanding robotics education. The proposed legislation, which will be introduced during the 2025 Arkansas Legislative Session, seeks to establish grant-funded support to grow, sustain, and enhance…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffOctober 21, 20240Comments

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Optimum to assist Bomb Squad in 2024 First Robotics Competition

Optimum, the provider of advanced internet, mobile, TV, and phone services, today announces its continued partnership with robotics community FIRST and its commitment to support FIRST robotics teams across the company’s 21-state footprint. Through this year’s commitment, Optimum is sponsoring over 60 teams, included Mountain Home's Bomb Squad, for the 2024 FIRST Robotics Competition…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffMarch 1, 20240Comments

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