Plymouth High School teams wins Lakeland Math Meet
A team from Plymouth High School topped a field of nine schools competing in the Lakeland University Michael J. Devaney High School Math Meet.
Plymouth #1 topped a field of 29 teams with a score of 159. Members of the winning team were seniors Reed Gahagan, Matt Sheridan, Kevin Smith and Zach Stucke; juniors Carson Schwartz and Nick Shircel; sophomore Marco Troka; and freshman Molly Munson.
Second place went to Team #1 from Sheboygan North High School and third place went to Team #2 from Sheboygan North. Random Lake Team #1 placed fourth, and Team #1 from Cedar Grove-Belgium placed fifth. In sixth place was Plymouth Team #2.
Students competed in teams of up-to eight, at first working individually on four sets of four problems each, and then as a team on the last six exercises. This was the 31st year of the competition.
Ten students out of the total of 162 competing earned All-Star awards. In first place was Matt Sheridan (Plymouth), earning a score of 27 out of the maximum 40 points. Reed Gahagan (Plymouth) took second place with a score of 22.
Tied for third were Tristan Olsen (Cedar Grove-Belgium) and Blake Brever (Random Lake) with a score of 20. In fifth was Talon Wilterdink (Random Lake). Tied for sixth were Charles Rechtfertig (Sheboygan North) and Nick Shircel (Plymouth). Kevin Smith (Plymouth) came in eighth, while tied for ninth were Casey Katte (Cedar Grove Belgium) and Carson Schwartz (Plymouth).
Fourteen other students won Honorable Mention awards: Harin Brahmbhatt (Sheboygan North), Jordan Culp (Sheboygan South), Cole Ketterhagen (Cedar Grove-Belgium), Matthew Staats (Etude), Brecken Cech (Kohler), Kyle Cech (Kohler), Anton Kaufmann (Etude), Jasper Delasanta (Sheboygan North), Dylan Detloff (Sheboygan North) and Maddie Brashaw (Sheboygan North).
