Belmonte STEAM Academy students win Cub Scout Pack 62 Pinewood Derby

  Belmonte STEAM Academy students won the Cub Scout Pack 62 Pinewood Derby at Cliftondale Congregational Church on Saturday.

  Bear Scout Chase O’Sullivan, 8, placed first. He and his dad, Ryan, made a black pinewood car weighing 5.3 pounds. His father helped him to make the race cars’ wheels. “It was my first Pinewood Derby,” Chase said. “I’m super happy.”

  Ryan O’Sullivan said he will retire the winning car. Chase joined the Scouts two months ago.

  “He wanted to come all week,” Ryan O’Sullivan said.

  Belmonte STEAM Academy fourth-grader Matthew Bell, 10, placed second, making a wooden car with wheels and weights called McDonald’s. “I was proud and happy,” Matthew said.