Six St. Louis middle school students have won the Art Madness poster contest sponsored by the 2001 NCAA Women's Final Four.

The poster contest was part of the Middle School Madness lesson plans. Over 100 schools took part in the program. The lesson plans ranged from art to science and were built around basketball themes.

Local poster winners were honored Saturday, March 31, at the America's Center. In addition, each received four tickets to Hoop City activities at the America's Center.

Also, their posters were displayed on the NCAA and Final Four websites. Those sites can be found at www.ncaabasketball.net and www.stl2001finalfour.org.

The winners are: