Brain bowl competes

    The Holyoke sixth-grade brain bowl team competed Feb. 24 in the Colorado/Wyoming State Brain Bowl Tournament at Hamilton Middle School in Denver. Students Andrea Marquez, Joseph Schroetlin, Anna Hayes, Isaiah Rueter, Adison Goldenstein and Edel Ramos qualified for the state tournament as one of the top scoring sixth-grade teams in the north Colorado tournament, and were therefore ranked one of the elite 16 Colorado/Wyoming teams.
    Holyoke won in the first oral round with a score of 7-13 in competition with Carson Middle School with Hayes serving as the team spokesperson. The second round was a written test for Holyoke with Goldenstein serving as the team scribe. In the third round, Holyoke tied with Challenger Middle School team B with 11 points each, and Schroetlin served as team spokesman.
    In the fourth round of competition, Holyoke competed against Broomfield Heights and lost in a tight race that ended with a score of 8-12 with Rueter as spokesman. In the final round, Ramos was the spokesperson as Holyoke competed with Challenger Middle School team A with Holyoke losing with a final score of 9-12.

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