MathCounts: The Sport of Math

North Buncombe Middle's MathCounts team took first at the county level and second at the regional level.

By: Benjamin Rickert, Communications Dept.

Math was a team sport at this year’s Buncombe County and regional MathCounts competitions! Students worked individually and in teams to solve tough math puzzles under pressure. At our Buncombe competition, 99 students formed 27 teams from seven middle schools and one intermediate school.

Our county winners from North Buncombe Middle (Jordan Andrews, Allana Adams, Ruby Blue, and Everett Tucker) progressed to the February 2 regional competition involving over 170 students in 22 teams from across Western North Carolina. The students then placed second overall, qualifying for the upcoming state event. Cane Creek Middle’s Jonah Catlin received the highest individual score and will also compete in the state competition.

During MathCounts, students worked to solve 30 questions individually without a calculator in the first round. During the next “rapid fire” round, they had 6 minutes to solve each of four sets of math problems. Students then worked with their teams of four in the final round to solve ten complex problems in under 20 minutes.

Congratulations to all of our mathletes on a job well done!

Regional MathCounts Results
Second Place (North Buncombe Middle)
Jordan Andrews, Allana Adams, Ruby Blue, and Everett Tucker

BCS had four Top-10 finishers:
Jonah Catlin, Cane Creek Middle (1st)
Jordan Andrews, North Buncombe Middle (2nd)
Wheeler Fisher, North Buncombe Middle (9th)
Allana Adams, North Buncombe Middle (10th)

Buncombe County MathCounts Results

First Place (North Buncombe Middle)
Ruby Blue
Allana Adams
Jordan Andrews
Hannah Hale

Second Place (Cane Creek Middle)
Jonah Catlin
Jay Tatham
Jack Dahlberg
Sylvan Pollack

Third Place (Valley Springs Middle)
Claire Lim
Catelyn Banks
Nathan Feldman
Floria Apostolova

Individual Top 10 (in order)
Ruby Blue, North Buncombe Middle
Jonah Catlin, Cane Creek Middle
Harini Kumar, Valley Springs Midle
Everett Tucker, North Buncombe Middle
Zane! Moore, Enka Middle
Claire Lim, Valley Springs Middle
Allana Adams, North Buncombe Middle
Jordan Andrews, North Buncombe Middle
Dewey Smith, North Buncombe Middle
Catelyn Banks, Valley Springs Middle

Top 3 Seventh-Graders
Everett Tucker, North Buncombe Middle
Micahel Lady, Valley Springs Middle
Molly Berlin, Valley Springs Middle

Top 3 Sixth-Graders
Sophie Banks, North Windy Ridge Intermediate
Jonah Smith, North Windy Ridge Intermediate
Sienna Charlier, North Windy Ridge Intermediate

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(Special thanks to K-12 Mathematics Specialist Ms. Stefanie Buckner for sharing this year's results.)

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