Carroll wins conference math contest

Winning math team Members of Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School's first place conference math team are (l-r): Front - Quincy Eller, Susanna Taylor, Cami Bush, Aaron Spesard. Middle - Carson Spesard, Kaitlin Kennedy, Malena Zook, Travis Martin, Sarah Griffin, Crystal Keck, Micheal Myer, Patrick Forgey. Back - Valerie Allbaugh, Krystal Brazel, Shane Clingenpeel, Seth Foster, Amanda Fields, Lindsay Stiller, Angel Jackson, Aurora Shands. Photo provided

Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School took top honors in the Hoosier Heartland Conference Math Contest held April 25 at Lafayette Central Catholic High School. Carroll defeated second place Tri-Central by a score of 1,457 to 1,132. Third place went to Rossville; fourth to Central Catholic; fifth to Clinton Central; and sixth to Clinton Prairie.

Each school sent four students in each of five test categories: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus.

There were two parts to the competition: 1) An individual test lasting 60 minutes, and 2) A 30-minute team test where all four team members work together.

Carroll's math teams won all five of the test categories, while Rossville took second in Pre- Calculus and Calculus, third in Algebra II and Geometry, and fourth in Algebra I.

Three types of awards were presented:

+ Individual ribbons in each test category for performance on the individual test.

+ Each test category had a champion based on the individual test results and the team test results.

+ An overall conference champion was crowned based on the total results of all five test areas.

Individual results for Carroll and Rossville follow:

Algebra I: Carroll - 1st Aaron Spesard, 4th Chami Ayres, 5th Susanna Taylor (tie), 9th Quinci Eller. Rossville - 5th Robbie Hawkins (tie).

Algebra II: Carroll: 2nd Michael Myer, 5th Crystal Keck, 9th Patrick Forgey. Rossville - 1st Erika Itakura, 6th Dane Snyder.

Geometry: Carroll - 1st Carson Spesard, 2nd Travis Martin, 3rd Kaitlin Kennedy, 8th Malena Zook. Rossville - 3rd Daniel Gascho (tie).

Pre-Calculus: Carroll - 1st Aurora Shands and Angel Jackson (tie), 3rd Valerie Allbaugh, 5th Krystal Brazel. Rossville - 4th Ply Potprapanpong.

Calculus: Carroll - 1st Lindsay Stiller, 2nd Seth Foster, 4th Shane Clingenpeel, 6th Amanda Fields. Rossville - 2nd Aaron Brovont, 9th Amy Stark.

Carroll coaches are math teachers Gary Duff, Susan Abbott and Linda Harrold.