CUMMING-Eight students from Pinecrest Academy recently took top honors at the Berry College Math Competition for seventh- and eighth-graders.

The Pinecrest team won over students from public and private schools in North Georgia in the Feb. 10 competition, which included a written test, individual timed ciphering and team ciphering. Eighth-grader Katelyn Gordon also won the first-place high individual score medal.

Sharon Hulsebus, the seventh-grade teacher who coached the team, expressed pride in her students.

"This team has worked very hard and they are to be commended for their participation and effort in this very challenging math contest."

The Pinecrest team, taking the first place trophy for overall high team scores, included Katelyn Gordon, Nancy Fiedler, Richard Umemoto and Laura Ann Hulsebus, along with their alternates, Cristina Diodati, Lindsay DiRito, Randi Jackson and Patrick Gannon.

Pinecrest Academy is a private Catholic school offering a college preparatory curriculum for pre-kindergarten through eighth grades.