The Sartell High School Knowledge Bowl team gather for a photo with other team winners outside of Cragun's Resort near Brainerd. The Sartell team members are (in green T-shirts, left to right) Gopi Ramanathan, Quinn Skoog, Bailey Evenson, Laura Somppi and Curt Koopmeiners. — [/media-credit] The Sartell High School Knowledge Bowl team gather for a photo with other team winners outside of Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd. The Sartell team members are (in green T-shirts, left to right) Gopi Ramanathan, Quinn Skoog, Bailey Evenson, Laura Somppi and Curt Koopmeiners.

Sartell takes sixth at state Knowledge Bowl meet

by Dennis Dalman

news@thenewsleaders.com

The Sartell High School Knowledge Bowl team placed fifth in Division AA at the annual Knowledge Bowl meet last week at Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd.

Coached by teacher Luke Walker, the Sartell team is comprised of Bailey Evenson, Curt Koopmeiners, Gopi Ramanathan, Quinn Skoog and Larua Somppi. Walker said the team’s fifth-place win is the best a Sartell Knowledge Bowl team has ever done in state competition. In the past two years, the team placed ninth.

Sandra Cordie of Sartell was elated that all five teams from central Minnesota (Region 7) medaled at the state meet. That is the first time that has ever happened. Cordie of Resource Training and Solutions, is the Region 7 Knowledge Bowl coordinator. The five teams that medaled, she noted, are St. John’s Prep School, second place in Division A; Albany, fifth place in Division A; Buffalo, second place in Division AA; Sartell; and St. Cloud Tech, sixth in Division AA.

The winner of Division A is Glencoe Silver Lake, followed by St. John’s Prep, Bagley, Crookston, Albany and Pelican Rapids. Division AA winner is Spring Lake Park, followed by Chaska, Buffalo, Chanhassen, Sartell and St. Cloud Tech.

In the past few months, there were more than 800 Knowledge Bowl teams competing in the state. Of those, the top 44 teams competed at Cragun’s Resort last week.

At the meet, there was one written test and five oral rounds for a total of 285 questions.

St. John’s Prep names NHS members

The following Sartell-area St. John’s Prep students were recently named new members of the National Honor Society, Virgil Michel Chapter. Andrew Bender, sophomore, son of Dorothy Soukup-Bender of Sartell and Dan Bender of St. Cloud; and Nicholas Schaper, sophomore, son of Jacqueline Provo of Sartell and Rand Schaper of Rice.

Students earn top awards at SCSU Math Contest

[/media-credit] Bryn Rogers, 1st Place Winner of the Entire SCSU Math Contest.

8th Grade SCSU math contestestants scoring in the top 5% included Bryn Rogers, Morgan Gugger, Joshua Maricle-Roberts, Paige Daniels, Ricarda Salk, Seth Jungels, Samuel Neuman and Rory Spanier. Scoring in the top 10% were Isaac Schneider,Tayler Kalthoff, William McCabe and Lindsey Hoeschen. Pictured are (top row, left to right): Sam Nueman, Isaac Schneider, Seth Jungels, Will McCabe, Rory Spanier, Josh Maricle-Roberts; (bottom row, left to right): Tayler Kalthoff, Ricarda Salk, Lindsey Hoeschen, Bryn Rogers, Morgan Gugger, Paige Daniels. — [/media-credit] Eight-grade SCSU math contestestants scoring in the top 5 percent included Bryn Rogers, Morgan Gugger, Joshua Maricle-Roberts, Paige Daniels, Ricarda Salk, Seth Jungels, Samuel Neuman and Rory Spanier. Scoring in the top 10 percent were Isaac Schneider, Tayler Kalthoff, William McCabe and Lindsey Hoeschen. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Nueman, Schneider, Jungels, McCabe, Spanier and Maricle-Roberts; (back row): Kalthoff, Salk, Hoeschen, Rogers, Gugger and Daniels.

7th Grade scoring in the top 5% were Nick Juntunen, Cindy Zhang, David Anderson. Scoring in the top 10% were Ben Grant, Maddie Thieschafer, Brandan Carlson, Andrew Flores, Gavin Kreutzer, Sam Fleischhacker and Riley Hartwig. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Sam Fleischhacker, Nick Juntunen, Andrew Flores, Gavin Kreutzer, Cindy Zhang; (front row, left to right) Brandan Carlson, Riley Hartwig, David Anderson, Maddie Theischafer. — [/media-credit] Seventh-grade scoring in the top 5 percent were Nick Juntunen, Cindy Zhang, David Anderson. Scoring in the top 10 percent were Ben Grant, Maddie Thieschafer, Brandan Carlson, Andrew Flores, Gavin Kreutzer, Sam Fleischhacker and Riley Hartwig. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Brandan Carlson, Hartwig, Anderson, Theischafer (back row) Fleischhacker, Juntunen, Flores, Kreutzer and Zhang.

1st Place 8th Grade Team – Sartell Middle School. Pictured (left to right) Josh Maricle-Roberts, Bryn Rogers and Morgan Grugger. — [/media-credit] First-place eighth-grade team from Sartell Middle School. Pictured (left to right) are Josh Maricle-Roberts, Bryn Rogers and Morgan Grugger.

1st Place 7th Grade Team – Sartell Middle School. Pictured (left to right) David Anderson, Nick Juntunen, Cindy Zhang. — [/media-credit] First-place seventh-grade team from Sartell Middle School. Pictured (left to right) David Anderson, Nick Juntunen and Cindy Zhang.

Sartell Middle School had 107 seventh- and eighth-graders participate in the St. Cloud State University Math Contest.

There were about 818 eighth-graders from 36 schools in total participation at the contest; 56 students from SMS. There were four students from SMS in the top 10 percent and eight students in the top 5 percent in eighth grade. Bryn Rogers was first-place winner overall for eighth grade at the contest. The team of Rogers, Josh Maricle-Roberts and Morgan Grugger earned first place out of the 36 schools for the contest.

There were 596 seventh-grade students from 31 school districts in total participation; 50 seventh-graders and one sixth-grader from SMS. There were three in the top 10 percent and seven in the top 5 percent (a sixth-grader being one of them). The team of David Anderson, Cindy Zhang and Nick Juntunen earned first place overall.

Students present at state science fair April 8-9

[/media-credit] The following seventh- and eighth-graders who presented projects at the Minnesota State Science Fair in Bloomington April 8 and 9. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Kali Killmer, Monte Belmont, Maddie Thieschafer and Becca Kucala; (back row) Rameen Dogar, Sydney Thieschafer, Rory Spanier and Eric Schatz. Thieschafer and Kucala also won special awards for their projects: the Broadcom masters award, the Wolfram Research Award, Silver Grand Award and best use of the scientific method. Congratulations to all for attending this high level of competition.

The following seventh- and eighth-graders who presented projects at the April 8-9 Minnesota State Science Fair in Bloomington are (front row, left to right) Kali Killmer, Monte Belmont, Maddie Thieschafer and Becca Kucala; (back row) Rameen Dogar, Sydney Thieschafer, Rory Spanier and Eric Schatz. Thieschafer and Kucala also won special awards for their projects: the Broadcom masters award, the Wolfram Research Award, Silver Grand Award and best use of the scientific method. Congratulations to all for attaining this high level of competition.

March of Dimes raises

$125,000+ at walk

Blowing snow and cold could not stop more than 600 people for walking together for stronger, healthier babies at the St. Cloud March for Babies Saturday, April 13 at St. Cloud State University’s Halenbeck Hall Fieldhouse. Walkers raised more than $125,000 to help babies be born healthy.