Colton teams compete in Science Olympiad

A total of 22 Colton junior/senior high school students traveled to Spokane Community College March 9 to compete in the 2013 Science Olympiad regional tournament. This year Colton entered two teams of seventh to ninth graders.

The first team placed ninth and the second team finished 12th in the field of 15 teams. Neither Colton team will advance to the state tournament.

In individual (partner) results for Colton, highlights included Kendyl Druffel and Pete Schultheis with a silver medal in the “Crime Busters” event while Matt and Tom Wolf took silver in “Road Scholar” and Briana Weik and Macy...