A team of “Mathletes” from Model High School won the regional finals of the MATHCOUNTS competition, which was sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers. The winning team members include Dylan Bice, Sam McLaughlin, Everett Morgan, and Brynn Nichols. Coach Brian Swanagan led the team to victory. Other schools represented were Armuchee Middle, Coosa High, Coosa Middle, Dalton Junior High, Model Middle, Pepperell High, Pepperell Middle and St. Mary’s Catholic School. The competition was held on Friday, February 20th at Georgia Power Company’s operating headquarters in Floyd County. The second and third place teams were Model Middle and Armuchee Middle respectively. The top individual scorer was Everrett Morgan from Model High. Second place was awarded to Broghan Walker of Pepperell High. Archer Beard from Model Middle won third place.
MATHCOUNTS is a national mathematics coaching and competition program and is nationally sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers. It is designed to increase enthusiasm for and advance achievement in mathematics throughout the United States.
MATHCOUNTS Founding Sponsors are the National Society of Professional Engineers, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Insurance. RTX and the U.S. Department of Defense STEM are the Title Sponsors. National Sponsors are the Northrop Grumman Foundation, National Society of Professional Engineers, 3MGives, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Art of Problem Solving. The competition was locally sponsored by Georgia Power Company.
Additional information on MATHCOUNTS is available at www.mathcounts.org.
