Microsoft Team Wins Tech Bowl 2007!

A team of teenagers sponsored by software giant Microsoft Corporation won the 2007 Technology Bowl held last Saturday, October 27th, at the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College. The team, anchored by spokesperson Jarred Futrell, won four rounds in a row to capture the bowl for Microsoft. Each member of the winning team was awarded a brand new Toshiba laptop computer with Windows Vista and all the trimmings. Eric Castillo, Major Account Manager, accepted the award for Microsoft. Microsoft will retain the bowl for a year, until next years Tech Bowl.

Left to right are: Eric Castillo, Jorge Martinez, Jarred Futrell,
Anthony Pritchett and Gordon Kratz

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The Microsoft Team
The team of Jarred Futrell, Gordon Kratz, Anthony Pritchett, and Jorge Martinez worked diligently for the past few Monday evenings, practicing and working and doing the research for the competition. They were coached by Eric Castillo, Jim Lathrop and Rick Roux, Microsoft employees, who assisted with the research.

Computer Mentors Group wishes to thank all the sponsors, volunteers, and participants for helping to make this years Tech Bowl a giant success. Your support made the difference and this years event was 50% larger than last year. There were 12 teams and 48 youth that participated. All the youth went away with great prizes, new knowledge, and an experience that I'm sure they won’t soon forget. Plans are already underway for Tech Bowl 2008 which promises to be even larger.