Our 8th grade team won 1st place with multiple hardware winners – Harrison Stage (3rd), Rynaldo Mejia (4th), Winston Ekstrand (5th) and Gavin Allen-Wetterlin.
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The 7th grade team made up of John Blomer (1st), Isabelle Burtnett and Thomas Pritchard won 1st place for Nicollet.
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Our 6th grade team included Emery Gehrke (5th place) and Luna Tiongson.
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