BREWER, Maine — At the fourth math team contest of the school year on Jan. 25, 2012, Bangor Red scored highest among schools in Eastern Maine’s South Division with 355 points.
Bangor Red was followed by MCI X-Men with 243 points and John Bapst Purple with 223.
In eastern Maine, there are two divisions — North and South — composed of about 500 students and thirty-four teams. In Maine, there are more than 2,000 students who compete on approximately 140 math teams.
At the end of the season, the school whose team has the highest cumulative score is declared the state champion. After this, a state meet is held in Bangor or Portland where more than 95 schools each field a team of 10 students who all complete a series of problems for one day.
Team scores:
Bangor Red, 355
MCI X-Men, 243
John Bapst Purple, 223
Bangor Black, 213
Bangor Silver, 188
John Bapst White, 178
Bangor Anaranjado, 171
Hampden Purple, 165
Brewer Orange, 146
Bangor Gold, 136
John Bapst Silver, 136
Orono Maroon, 135
Bangor White, 113
MCI Spongebob, 108
Orono White, 98
Old Town, 93
Nokomis, 83
Hampden White, 71
Brewer Black, 30
Top scorers:
Paul Rudnicki , Bangor Red, 56
Liam Perry, Bangor Red, 52
Joshua Audibert, Bangor Red, 51
Andy Chen, Bangor Red, 46
Kellen McDonnell, Bangor Red, 46
Conor Thompson, Bangor Red, 46
Leah Jones, Bangor Red, 42
Zhen Shuai, MCI X-Men, 42
Julianna Li, MCI X-Men, 42
Allie Rowe, Bangor Red, 41
Manchen Zhao, MCI X-Men, 38
Alex Shi, Bangor Red, 37
Emily Guare, Bangor Silver, 37
Adrienne Carmack, John Bapst Purple, 37
Helen Liu, John Bapst White, 37
Perry Peng, John Bapst Purple, 36
Williber Chu, MCI X-Men, 34
Kun R-N, Brewer, 34
Allen Long, Orono Maroon, 34
Youngkun Lee, Orono White, 34
Gordon Carroll, Bangor Black, 33
Lulu Wang, John Bapst White, 33
Matt Breen, Bangor Anaranjado, 33
Congratulations to all who particpated.