MathCounts    

Omaha Central Math Contests 

MathCounts is a national competition for 7th and 8th graders.  It started in 1984.
     Mrs. Field is in charge of the Norris MathCounts team.  In October, any interested middle school student (6th, 7th, or 8th grade, male or female)  may practice after school about once every two weeks (schedule given in the daily middle school bulletin).  In January the practices move up to once a week.  By the end of January a team (usually four 8th grade students) and four alternates (usually 7th graders) are selected.  The competition involves three parts.  A 40 question test is to be done in 30 minutes.  The Target round is 2 questions at a time in 6 minutes, with a total of 8 problems given.  The team round has 10 questions for all 4 team members to work on.

The 2007 team of Evan Ehmen, Matthew Gutzmer, Jessica Stephenson, and Trevor Hohbein finished 3rd at the SouthEast regional comepetition at the UNL East Campus Union on Saturday, February 17th.  The contest was won by Lincoln Lux followed by Lincoln’s Scott Middle School.  Lincoln Lux had 7 of the top 10 scorers!  Evan Ehmen placed 20th, Matthew Gutzmer 23rd, Trevor Hohbein 31st and Jessica Stephenson 51st.  Also participating were Janessa Onwiler, Kristina Price, and Elizabeth Boender.  There were 17 schools and about 95 students in this very competitive program.

 

 

The 2006 team of James Verhoeff (15th), Annelise Madison (18th), Caitlin Osborn (24th), and Ethan Monhollon (27th), placed 3rd at the SouthEast Regional on Saturday, February 18th, 2006.  Norris used their consistency in scoring to take away the 3rd place trophy from Lincoln Irving and St. Teresa, even though St. Teresa had two students place in the top 10.  The contest was won by Lincoln Scott Middle School with Lincoln Lux placing second.  Also participating was Blake Price (36th), Austin Walker (47th), Anna Bizal, and Gage Helling.  There were 14 schools and 94 students participating.

The 2005 team of Craig Price, Ben Robertson, Evan Marolf, and James Verhoeff placed 7th at the contest last Saturday.  Also participating were Andrew Kluka, Ethan Monhollen, Ashleigh Casement, and Blake Price.  There were 18 schools competing, with around 100 students from the SouthEast Region competing.  The top schools were Lincoln Lux, St. Teresa's, and Lincoln Irving.

 

 

The 2004 team of Josh Duncan (23rd), Emily Derks (25th), Cole Marolf (31st), and Ryan Town (45th) finished 6th out of 18 teams on Saturday, February 14th.  The top six teams were Lincoln Lux, St. Teresa's, Scott, Irving, Culler, then Norris (the only team outside of Lincoln).  Also participating were Craig Price, Ben Robertson, Amanda Hagstrom, and Evan Marolf.

 

The 2003 team of Shane Lowe, Andrew Keralis, Kyle Lococo, and Evan Egger placed 4th out of 16 teams in the SouthEast Regional.   Top team was Lincoln Lux (55.75), Lincoln Scott (43.75),  Lincoln St. Teresa's (43.50), and then Norris (41.50).

The top scorer was Andrew Keralis at 11th, followed by Shane Lowe (17th), and
Kyle Lococo (24th).

Left to right:  Joe Bizal, Amy Bloomquist, Emily Derks, Evan Egger, Andrew Keralis, Kyle Lococo, Shane Lowe, Cole Marolf, and Mr. Price.

Left to right:  Andrew, Shane, Evan, and Kyle (all 8th graders) placed 4th at the 2003 Math Counts Southeast Regional.

Individual results have not been given to us.  As soon as we get the results we will put them on the web site.

 

A more serious pose.

The 2nd team of Joe Bizal (8th), Amy Bloomquist (8th), Emily Derks (7th), and Cole Marolf (7th).

The team certainly has fun.

The 2002 team of Nolan Rudder, Thomas Wininger, Spencer Hall, and Eric Price
placed 8th out of 21 schools in the SouthEast Regional.  

Individually, Erik Nelson placed 10th (Erik was on the "B" team)

 

(closest to farthest)
Nolan Rudder, Thomas Wininger,Spencer Hall, Eric Price (all 8th grade) 

The "B" team of Shane Lowe, Kyle Lococo (7th grade), Nathan Moser, and Erik Nelson (8th grade).

The 2001 team of Mark Onwiler, Aaron Steele, Tanner Moormeier,
and Matthew Troupe placed 2nd!

Individually, Mark Onwiler placed 8th at the regional.

That qualified the team for the state competition (a first for Norris!).  The team
placed 8th out of 10 at the state competition.

The 2000 team of Evan Brunkow, Keriann Johnson, Aaron Steele, and 
Mark Onwiler placed 10th out of 23 schools. 

The 1999 team breaks all kinds of records!

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(L. to r.)  Chad Essink, James Miller, John Miller, and Jake Schmidt
hold the hardware from Saturday's competition.

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James Miller placed 14th out of 60 at the state MathCounts competition on March 20, 1999.  The competition was held at the UNL Engineering Library in Lincoln.  This is the first time a Norris student has ever participated in the state meet and James almost broke the top 10!  There are over 700 students that take part in the MathCounts competition.  The winner was Jonathon Potter of Omaha.

Way to go, James!

Regional Results
The team placed 5th out of about 20 schools (highest place for a Norris team).
James Miller placed 2nd out of about 120 students (highest ever for Norris).
John Miller placed 9th, which is the first time Norris has ever had two students in the top ten!

We were also the Most Improved School from the previous year!

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The 1998 team consisted of Kathleen Meranda, Mitch Cady, David Callen, and Austin Jeffries. 
The 7th grade alternates were James and John Miller.

The Norris team finished about 15th out of 23 teams in 1998. Teams from Southeast Nebraska include the Lincoln junior highs, Lincoln Christian, Diller, Syracuse, Auburn, etc. 

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The 1997 Norris team finished 6th out of 23 teams in 1997.  The team consisted of Chris Takacs, Sarah Miller, Jill Finke, and John Gale.  The alternates were Kathleen Meranda and Mitch Cady.

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1996 Team of Sarah Miller, Jill Finke, Natalie Brazee, and Aaron Naber finished at 5th place.
 

1995 Team of Mark Troupe, Brent Egger, Crystal Hartwig, and Heidi Fueling

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1993 Team consists of Lindsey Rahorst, Brian Reutzel, Matt Callicoat,
Dennis Sugden, Chasidey Mulder, Jennifer Flider. Sponsor:  Jeanette Dorn.  The team finished in 6th place out of 18 schools.

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1992 Team consisted of Corrin Hanson, Travis Buel, Eric Harrison, and Brandon Sire.  The team placed 10th out of 20 schools. 

1991 Team of Justin Bottsford, Jeff Ramaker, Jayme Grundman, , and Reza Arbab placed 6th out of 19 schools.

1989 Team of Jarred Wubbels, Jeff Ramaker, Jayme Grundman, and Chad Klasna finished 6th out of 15 schools.

1988 Team of Gina Duensing, Michelle Egger, Matt Clemens, Chris McNeil, and Jacy VerMaas  placed 8th out of 17 schools.

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