Palmerton Junior High School placed third in the Academic Challenge Eighth-grade team competition held at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School from Feb. 24-26. Eight schoolsparticipated: Panther Valley, Lehighton, Tamaqua, Jim Thorpe, Catasauqua, Northern Lehigh, Northwestern Lehigh and Palmerton. The final results were: Jim Thorpe first, Catasauqua second and Palmerton third. Palmerton had the same team which won first place two years ago in the Sixth Sense competition, which was a first-time win. This year's team and its adviser are, from left, Ian Farrell, Owen Mendes, Colby Moyer, adviser Patti Jo Boyd, Sean Hall, Brody Boehler and Ryan Yacone.