MathCounts
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Left to right: Joe Bizal, Amy Bloomquist, Emily Derks, Evan Egger, Andrew Keralis, Kyle Lococo, Shane Lowe, Cole Marolf, and Mr. Price. |
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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.
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A more serious pose. |
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The 2nd team of Joe Bizal (8th), Amy Bloomquist (8th), Emily Derks (7th), and Cole Marolf (7th). |
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The team certainly has fun. |
