From staff reports
A team of Franklin students captured first place at an Equations tournament Wednesday at Slippery Rock University. The Franklin Five competed in the senior division. The team consisted of Sam Burchfield, Maddy Bush, Trevor Wood, Adam Taylor and Kiaran Rios.
Wood and his younger brother Tyler were also awarded certificates recognizing their undefeated status for the day.
Thirteen Franklin middle and high school students competed Wednesday.
The Franklin senior division teams have captured first place in three of the four tournaments they have competed in this year.
They will defend those titles in the upcoming state academic games tournament known as Tri Bowl, and that tournament will take place Monday and Tuesday, March 6-7.
Equations was invented by Yale professor Layman Allen in about 1960. The game consists of a playing mat and 24 cubes.
Each cube contains four digits and two operation signs. A numerical goal is set and players must form a solution equal to the goal from the 24 cubes rolled.
