The team from Laconia's Memorial Middle School placed third — behind Thornton Central School and Plymouth Elementary School — among eleven schools in the Regional MATHCOUNTS Competition held at Plymouth State University last weekend. MATHCOUNTS is a national competition to encourage and reward achievement in mathematics among sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. This year's "Mathletes" from Memorial Middle School are (left to right): Priya Patel, Melanie Hawthorne, Skylor Miller, Ashley Snow, Katherine Bourn, and Matt Jenkins with their coach Bob Clay (left).

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