List of Norris students who have scored in the Top 50!
2007
Probe I Individual Test (team average):
1.
Omaha Skutt 57.75
2. Seward
55.75
3.
Lakeview 50.25
4.
Norris 49.75 (one more question right by Norris
and we would have been 3rd)
5. Yutan
48.75
Out of 24 class B teams.
Top 12 scorers for Norris:
Craig Price
58
James Verhoeff 48
Evan Marolf 47
Annelise Madison 46
Cody Bodfield 43
Ben Robertson 43
Ashleigh Casement 42
Trevor Hohbein 42
Cody Wedding 42
Caleb Boender 41
Emily Derks
40
Matthew Gutzmer 40
One more question answered correctly by any of our top
four team
members means we would have claimed third place from
Columbus Lakeview.
Quiz Bowl results (double elimination):
Team Members: Craig Price, Cole Marolf, Caleb Boender, Cody Bodfield, James
Verhoeff
Lost to Omaha Skutt (4-3)
Eliminated Lexington (4-0)
Eliminated Falls City (3-2)
Eliminated McCook (3-2)
Eliminated Ashland Greenwood (2-1 in OT)
Lost to Seward (3-6) .. Seward eventually placed 2nd behind
Omaha Duchense
I think this means we placed 4th in class B in the quiz bowl
competition.
Seniors: Emily Derks, Cole Marolf, Curtis Richards
Juniors: Craig Price, Cody Bodfield, Caleb Boender, Evan Marolf,
Ashleigh Casement, Ben Robertson, Danny Hohbein, Jamie Pritschau,
Cody Wedding, Blake Petersen
Sophomores: Annelise Madison, James Verhoeff, Ethan Monhollon,
Caitlyn Osborn, Nate TenHulzen
Freshmen: Elizabeth Boender, Evan Ehmen, Matthew Gutzmer, Kristina
Price, Kody Pritschau, Wil Cox, Jessica Stephenson
Eighth Grade: Trevor Hohbein, Austin Walker, Randa Meierhenry, Kasy
Bodfield, Courtney Goering, Janessa Onwiler, Brianna Petersen,
Mark Mainelli
2006
Norris fell a little short today! The
Titans finished 3rd behind Omaha Duchense (85.5) and Seward (84.25).
No one was able to make it into the top 50. Our top scorer was Andrew
Keralis with 84 points, with Craig Price (76), Cole Marolf (68), and Kyle Lococo
(67) giving us a team average of 73.75 points.
The Quiz Bowl had a shot at the title though! Norris won their first two
matches before lunch (Fort Calhoun 3-2 & Falls City 4-2), then defeated Columbus
Lakeview but lost their first match to Seward (5-7).
They fought through Omaha Duchense and Wisner-Pilger to set up a rematch with
Seward. Since it's double elimination, we had to beat Seward twice in a
row. In the first match, Norris prevailed 5-4. In the second match,
Norris stormed out to a 2-0 lead but faded down the stretch to lose 3-6.
The Titans finish with 7 wins and 2 losses (both to Seward). Andrew
Keralis and Shane Lowe, with plenty of experience from regular quiz bowl
tournaments, were phenomenal at answering tough questions in 30 seconds or
less.
The senior class is to be commended as to their accomplishments the last four
years: three state titles, one 3rd place finish, plus a first, second, and
third place finish in quiz bowl. Thank you for your efforts!
Seniors: Andrew Keralis, Shane
Lowe, Alex Baruth, Kyle Lococo, Brian Hage, Joe Bizal, Melanie Severin, Serena
Fosler, Deanna Cheney, Gabe Williamson, Pierre VanParijs
Juniors: Cole Marolf, Emily Derks
Sophomores: Ben Robertson, Evan Marolf, Blake Petersen, Cody
Bodfield, Cody Wedding, Caleb Boender, Craig Price
Freshmen: Anneliese Madison, James Verhoeff, Ethan Monhollon
8th Graders: Wil Cox, Elizabeth Boender, Kristina Price
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The Three-Peat is
complete! Norris' top four students scored an average of 68.50 on the
Probe I test to
outdistance Omaha Skutt (66) and Seward (63.25). Norris would have
placed 10th overall, no matter what class. In class A, we would have
placed 9th, as Elkhorn Mount Michael (74) was the only class C school with a higher
team score. The top class A team was Lincoln East (86.20).
In the Quiz Bowl
competition, Norris lost the first match to Omaha Skutt, came back and won 4
straight matches, and then was eliminated by Omaha Skutt to end up with a quiz
bowl record of 4-2. In the last match against Omaha Skutt, the score was
4-4 going into the last question! Norris posted wins over Waverly (6-3),
Ashland-Greenwood (5-3), Auburn (6-4), Plattsmouth (5-3). Erik Nelson and
Andrew Keralis did most of the damage by continually answering questions
correctly.
Top 4 scorers for Norris: Erik Nelson 75, Justin Popek 69, Eric Price 67, Spencer Hall 63. Justin Popek came out of nowhere to place second for the team as this was the first UNL contest he has ever participated in. Erik Nelson placed in the top 50 for the second time in his math career and 10th overall!. Our second group of four: Andrew Keralis (62), Nathan Moser (62), Shane Lowe (61), Craig Price (55) would have actually placed 4th in class B.
Erik Nelson made
history as well. He is the first Norris student to place in the top 10!
In the Probe I contest, he was tied for 25th, but he turned in a fantastic
performance in the Probe II test to finish 10th overall. And he won a
scholarship of $2,000 for his efforts! Besides that, he anchored the Quiz
Bowl team, so by the end of the day he was a tired math boy!
Scores and place (if in the top 1/2 of 1211 students):
Erik Nelson 75 25th
Justin Popek 69 57th
Eric Price 67 76th
Spencer Hall 63 117th
Andrew Keralis 62 133rd
Nathan Moser 62 133rd
Shane Lowe 61 145th
Craig Price 55 230th
Joe Bizal 54 253rd
Kyle Lococo 51 314th
Alex Baruth 44 503rd
Evan Marolf 44 503rd
James Verhoeff 44 503rd
Emily Derks 42 576th
Brian Hage 42 576th
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Above: Top four scorers on the Probe I
test: (l. to r.) Erik Nelson Spencer Hall, Justin Popek,
Eric Price) Left: Top four scorers on the Probe I test (Spencer Hall, Eric Price, Justin Popek, Erik Nelson) Below: Erik Nelson placed 10th in the contest between the Probe I and Probe II test. To his left are some of the other top 10 winners, including top finisher Alex Churchill (Lincoln East) and second place Eric Lawson (Omaha Westside). To the far left is John Meakin, Math Department chair at UNL. |
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We were #1 again! A coach's dream! Norris scored 58.25 as a team score to win class B. Omaha Skutt was second with 52.5 and Syracuse was third (48.75). Norris would have placed 7th overall, in any class. The top 4 students were Mark Onwiler (63), Andrew Keralis (60), Tanner Moormeier (55), and Erik Nelson (55). To show the depth of our squad, the next set of four scores would have actually placed third at this contest: Ben Hage (53), Shane Lowe (50), Matthew Troupe (50), and Aaron Steele (48).
And what's even more interesting .... is that we won the Quiz Bowl competition as well! Mark Onwiler, Matthew Troupe, Ben Hage, Tanner Moormeier, and Aaron Steele went 7-1 to claim the championship (first time ever for Norris!). They defeated Omaha Mercy, Omaha Skutt, Plattsmouth, lost to Kearney Catholic, Omaha Skutt again, then eliminated Ashland-Greenwood to get to the finals. They had to beat Kearney Catholic twice in the finals in front of the entire audience. Mark Onwiler and Matthew Troupe were on a roll and we claimed the winner's trophy!
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We were #1!!! Norris beat out all other class B schools to claim first place in the PROBE I test. We had 3 students in the top 50 ( a record for Norris): Evan Brunkow (19th), Matthew Troupe (32nd), and Erik Nelson (50th). Mark Onwiler and Ben Hage almost made the cut for the top 50 spots. The team score (average of 62 on top 4 scores) placed us 6th for the entire contest, behind Lincoln East (87.4), Omaha Creighton Prep (74.2), Omaha Westside (68), Lincoln Southeast (65), and Omaha North (62.4). The Quiz Bowl team lost in the first round to Omaha Gross, then beat Waverly, and was eliminated by Centennial. Twenty-five Norris students participated in the day.
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Quiz Bowl Team
Top 5 Scorers on Probe I
(left to right: James Miller, Jake
Schmidt, (left to right: Tanner Moormeier,
John Miller, Mark Egger, Mark Onwiler) Mark Onwiler,
Matthew Troupe,
John Miller, James Miller)
One Question Separates Norris from 1st!
Thirty-eight Norris math students went to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Math contest on Thursday, November 14th, and placed 2nd in class B. There were around 1,300 students from 105 schools from all across the state competing in 4 different classes.
Leading the way were two sophomores, Mark Onwiler and Matthew Troupe. Mark is only the fourth Norris student to break the top 50 group, and he is the first Norris sophomore to break the top 50 (all the others were seniors). It took a score of 66 to make it to the PROBE II test.
The other top scorers were James Miller (61), John Miller (59), and Tanner Moormeier (59). The written test is 25 questions, multiple choice, with 4 points for each problem correct , 1 point if it is left blank, and 0 points if it is guessed and missed. The questions are from all parts of mathematics, but one key to the test is that calculators may not be used. If any of the top four scorers for Norris would have gotten one more question right, our team would have won the class B championship!
In the quiz Bowl section of the day, Norris handily defeated Beatrice 6-1 in the opening round, then crushed Omaha Skutt 9-0 in the second round. After lunch, the team hit a slump as Schuyler defeated us 5-2 and then Plattsmouth eliminated us 6-4. The Norris quiz bowl contestants were James Miller, John Miller, Mark Egger, Jake Schmidt, and Mark Onwiler.
Of the top ten scorers, three were seniors, two juniors, three sophomores, and two freshmen, thus next year Norris should be right in the hunt again for a championship.
Student Score Rank (all students listed below are in top 50% of the contest)
1. Mark Onwiler 70
52
2. Matthew Troupe 62 70
3. James Miller 61 74
4. John Miller
59 92
Tanner Moormeier 59 92
Norris placed 5th out of about 20 schools. Top scorers: James Miller 63, Jake Schmidt 63, John Miller 60, Mark Egger 51 (all juniors). One more question would have been answered correctly by any of our top four scorers, we would have been 4th! If the top four scorers could have correctly answered one more question each, we would have been second. Close competition!
In the Quiz Bowl part of the day, the team of James Miller, John Miller, Julie Brandt, Bob Kubicek, and Brian Lococo had a record of 2-2. They beat McCook 5-0 in the first round, lost to Seward 3-7 in the second, beat Seward #2 in the third round 5-0, then lost 5-6 to Broken Bow in a tie-breaker (we were ahead 5-4 with one question left!).
Top class B schools:
| 1. Aurora
(70.00) 2. Auburn (66.75) 3. Waverly (66.00) 4. Seward (64.00) 5. Norris (63.75). |
UNL Math Contest 2000
Norris placed 5th in class B.
We would have been the 27th highest place in all the contest.
Norris placed 13th in class B.
Norris placed 15th in class B.
UNL Math Contest 1996
Top class B schools:
1. Seward (65.75)
2. Norris (61.50)
3. McCook (58.50)
4. Beatrice (57.25)
5. Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca (55)
Norris placed 17th out of all the schools competing.
UNL Math Contest 1995
Top class B schools:
1. Lincoln Pius (84.5)
2. Norris (71.5)
3. Aurora (69.75)
4. Elkhorn (67.75)
5. Lexington (66.5)
Norris placed 13th out of all the schools competing.
UNL Math Contest 1992
Top class B schools:
1. Norris (53.50)
2. Lincoln Pius (53.25)
3. Elkhorn (49.25)
Norris would have placed 10th overall!
Top class B scores:
1. Lincoln Pius (59)
2. G.I. Central Catholic (54.25)
3. Seward (49.25)
4. Norris (44.5)
Norris would have been 19th overall in the contest.
UNL Math Contest 1990 - the first one!
Top class B schools:
1. Grand Island Central Catholic
(53.25)
2. Lincoln Pius (41.5)
3. Plattsmouth (41.25)
4. Syracuse (38.25)
5. Norris (37.75)
Norris would have been 27th out of all schools.
UNL Math Contests
The UNL Math Contest is the biggest and best math contest in the state. Norris is in the class B division and has done really well over the years, including a top 5 place finish the past 8 years and 13 years during the entire 18 years of this contest.
Other years: 1990 - 5th Place
(first year of the contest)
1991 - 4th Place
1992 - 1st Place
1993 -
1994 - 2nd Place
1995 -
1996 - 2nd Place
1997 - 15th Place
1998 - 13th Place
1999 -
2000 - 5th Place
2001 - 5th Place
2002 - 2nd Place
2003 - 1st Place (6th overall!)
2004 - 1st Place (7th overall)
2005 -1st Place (10th overall)
2006 - 3rd Place
2007 - 4th Place
Norris Students who scored in the top 50 on the Probe I test:
Reza Arbab (1994 contest)
Lynsi Rahorst (1996 contest)
Matt Callicoat (‘97?)
Mark Onwiler (2002 contest)
Evan Brunkow, Matthew Troupe, and Erik Nelson (2003)
Mark Onwiler, Andrew Keralis (2004)
Erik Nelson (2005) and #10 overall ($2,000 scholarship!)
See a link to the UNL sight for all results of past years' contests http://www.math.unl.edu/~mathday/results/
(last updated December 30, 2007)