Students take part in pumpkin launch competition in New Jersey

Saturday, October 21, 2017
Students take part in pumpkin launch competition in New Jersey
Students take part in pumpkin launch competition in New Jersey. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 7 a.m. on October 21, 2017.

You can call it the "great pumpkin" launch.

Nearly a hundred math and science students in North Jersey showed off their skills to see who could toss their pumpkin the furthest.

The teens follow a STEM program to design and construct their own launchers.

Most of the students are eyeing careers as future engineers.

The event, although friendly, is also a chance to land a spot in the world competition, and receive a coveted scholarship.

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