Newspaper saves the egg

For the first drop, every group dropped their contraption at the same time from the bottom of the football stands. Only about 80% of the contraptions survived even this small drop.

Blake Robb holds the space-ship shaped contraption built by his group before the first egg drop (their egg did not make it!)

Shelby Sadler holds her group's contraption before the first round of drops from the bottom of the football stands.

Christopher Smith holds the contraption built by his group before the first drop. This contraption did make it successfully through a couple of drop rounds before their egg "bit the dust."

Zack Kelton (left) and Hugo Villagrana drop the only remaining contraptions in the contest from the top of the football stands. Both eggs made it successfully through this trial and went on to be dropped from the top of the band observation tower.

Darian Newcomb (on the left in white) and Chloe Tucker hold the contraptions built by their groups before the first drop (neither made it past the first drop!)

Hugo Villagrana drops his contraption as Breanna Mathis looks on. This was from the third tier, but Hugo's group's was one of the two that made it to the finals (his group got second place -- their egg broke when dropped from the top of the band tower).

This group earned second place. Left to the right: Faith Corriveau, Collin Quick, Hugo Villagrana, and Desiray Burnley.

The winning group used a newspaper to shield their fragile egg. Left to right: Hunter Schmeide, Zack Kelton, Allissa Steadman and Chelsey West.