JPL Annual Invention Challenge - 2006
Launch a Tennis Ball Contest
| Entry No. | School Name / JPL Leader | Entry Title | Team Name | No. of Balls | Time (seconds) | Size (L x W x H; inches) | Weight (lbs) | JPL Finals Award |
| 1 | Granite Hills HS | I.D.B | 11 | 58.28 | 51x21x29 | 21 | Most unusual | |
| 2 | Granite Hills HS | Team Panda | 3 | 60 | 37x18x38 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Los Angeles HS | Romans | Romans | 0 | 60 | 20x16x54 | 63 | Smallest |
| 6 | Frazier Mountain HS | The Flaming Pigs | The Flaming Pigs | 15 | 6.47 | 35x33x44 | 89 | School - 2nd |
| 7 | Monrovia HS | AP Kids | Monrovia HS | 2 | 60 | 57x31x22 | 30 | |
| 9 | Academy for Academic Excellence | Knights of All Things Science | Knights of All Things Science | 7 | 60 | 36x48x22 | 23 | |
| 13 | Monrovia HS | Team Pie | Monrovia HS | 9 | 60 | 48x58x58 | 160 | Largest |
| 17 | Costa Mesa HS | NINE-IS | Evil Ballerinas | 7 | 35.03 | 22x26x40 | 225 | |
| 18 | Costa Mesa HS | ELEVEN-IS | Evil Ballerinas | 9 | 58 | 55x29x58 | 98 | |
| 19 | Costa Mesa HS | WHAT A RACKET! | Evil Ballerinas | 13 | 47.94 | 46x24x38 | 247 | School - 3rd |
| 22 | Arcadia HS | Trash Can or Bounce | Albireo | 3 | 29.56 | 42x42x29 | 937 | Heaviest |
| 26 | La Canada HS | A Momentary Lapse of Reason | Dr. Strangelove | 17 | 6.37 | 41x59x40 | 500 | School - 1st-Most artistic |
| 35 | Monroe Magnet Middle School | Xtreme Rocket Ball Launcher 1 | Monroe Mariners 1 | 6 | 60 | 39x22x55 | 37 | |
| 36 | Crescenta Valley HS | Constructive Chaos | Falcon | 6 | 60 | 50x24x55 | 86 | |
| 38 | South Pasadena HS | Pierre | SPSC | 6 | 60 | 37x24x31 | 112 | |
| 44 | Gabrielino HS | The Eagle Launcher | Gabrielino | 9 | 52.25 | 39x30x55 | 110 | |
| 45 | Ollivier Middle School | Ollivier # 1 | Carbon | 0 | 60 | 55x22x53 | 31 | |
| 46 | Ollivier Middle School | Ollivier # 2 | Little Einsteins | 6 | 60 | 55x16x52 | 33 | |
| 47 | Ollivier Middle School | Ollivier # 3 | Rangers | 5 | 52.63 | 34x17.5x35 | 12 | Lightest |
| 57 | Elsinore Middle School | The Oblivion | 0 | 60 | 41x17x53 | 36 | ||
| 58 | Elsinore Middle School | Sevi Tigers | 5 | 3.51 | 48x59x35 | 120 | Most creative | |
| 101 | Don Noon | Woodchuck | 16 | 60 | 45x24x27 | 61 | JPL - 1st | |
| 102 | Richard Goldstein | Arc of Triumph | 12 | 60 | 49x23x49 | 51 | JPL - 3rd | |
| 103 | Kristan Ellis | MSL-Mass Sphere Launcher | 5 | 59.37 | 49x22x52 | 290 | ||
| 104 | Audrey Doran | L’il Stinker 7 | 0 | 60 | 31x41x54 | 108 | ||
| 105 | Douglas Clark | Chuck-in-a-Can | 14 | 60 | 56x47x38 | 42 | JPL - 2nd | |
| 107 | Cleary Wong | Tennis Gun | 0 | 60 | 34x12x59 | 63 |
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