Math whizzes receive high marks at regionals

Three sixth-grade math teams from Cloquet Middle School attended the regional Math Masters competition in Duluth earlier this month. "It was a fun day," said math team coach and middle school teacher Christine Metzer, who described the March 7 competition and shared the results with the Pine Knot.

The first round of competition included a 75-question "order of operations" test with a timed 5 minutes to complete it. Brisa Nelis placed fifth, Mareike Rosebrock placed eighth and Camden Ragsdale placed ninth in the fact drill.

In the individual round, students completed four sets of eight question...