Bothell High’s Science Olympiad team lost a tie-breaker to finish second and Canyon Park Junior High’s Blue team finished second at the Washington State Science Olympiad competition held April 14 at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, keeping both teams from advancing to the national competition.  Northshore Junior High finished fourth, Timbercrest Junior High finished eighth and Canyon Park Junior High’s Gold team finished 12th in the middle-school division. Inglemoor finished 12th in the high-school division.

• Bothell High

First Place —Jacob Straus and Teddy Pierce, Sounds of Music

• Canyon Park Junior High Blue and Gold teams

First Place—Srishti Mathur and Brandi Burnell, Awesome Aquifers

First Place —Srishti Mathur and Brandi Burnell, Dynamic Planet

First Place —Arko Banik, Srishti Mathur, and Kelly Ewing, Experimental Design

First Place —Arko Banik and Adharsh Ranganathan, Keep the Heat

First Place —Kelly Ewing and Alison Guard, Reach for the Stars

• Northshore Junior High

First Place —Cindy Kuang and Maia Stiber, Disease Detectives

• Timbercrest Junior High

First Place —Chris Ragan and Jimmy Ragan, Optics

• Inglemoor High

First Place —Celia Thurman, Natalie Shen and Gina Ouellette, Experimental Design