MATHCOUNTS Chautauqua/Cattaraugus Regional Contest

The 2006 MATHCOUNTS Regional Contest

The 2006 MATHCOUNTS Regional Contest was held Saturday, February 4. Four middle schools competed: Allegany-Limestone (coach Kathy Stamets), Falconer Central (coach Becky Anderson), Salamanca (coach Diane Dietrich), and Tapestry Charter from Buffalo (coach Carol Vago). The organizers of the competition were impressed by the students' passion and talent for mathematics. The contest was financially supported by St. Bonaventure University and two anonymous grants.

Photographs of the teams, prior to doing battle, appear below, followed by photos taken during the competition.

In the individual competition, Miriam Harms of Falconer Central placed first, Collin Everett of Falconer Central placed second, and Natalie Burns of Falconer Central placed third. In the team competition, Falconer Central (Natalie Burns, Collin Everett, Miriam Harms, and Scott Wilson) took first, Allegany-Limestone (Peter Clarke, Joey Groele, Chad Monkhouse, and Ricky Trietley) took second, and Tapestry Charter (Max Barnhart, Zachery Bliss, Andrew McGuire, and Nicholas Sam) took third.

The top three teams have been invited to the New York State competition, which will be held March 18 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. At the national MATHCOUNTS competition, to be held May 11–14 in Arlington, Virginia, the top "mathletes" from the state contests compete individually.

Allegany-Limestone Middle School. (Left to right) Back row: Coach Kathy Stamets,
Chad Monkhouse, Kunal Dave, Ricky Trietley, and Matt Ghent. Front row: Joey Groele,
Peter Clarke, Josh Shurlman, and Rahul Thandla.

Falconer Central School. (Left to right) Scott Wilson, Natalie Burns, Miriam Harms,
Collin Everett, and coach Becky Anderson.

Salamanca Middle School. (Left to right) Back row: Coach Diane Dietrich, Brandon Jones,
Joe Giordano, Logan Wetherby, and Miranda Frank. 
Front row: Ashley Zarzecki, Jessica Renetti, and Brett Chamberlain.

Tapestry Charter Middle School. (Left to right) Back row: Quincy Washington, Elizabeth Bailey,
Joshua Fox, Andrew McGuire, and Zachery Bliss. Front row: Nicholas Sam and Max Barnhart.
Not pictured: Coach Carol Vago.

The Team Round. To the left, members of Salamanca's team prepare as Molly Rafferty explains the rules
of the team competition. To the right, Tapestry Charter's team solves up a storm.

Falconer Central took first place in the Team Round and swept the individual competition.
From left to right: Natalie Burns, Miriam Harms, Scott Wilson, Collin Everett, and
coach Becky Anderson.

SBU student volunteers. (Left to right) Back row: Abby Cohen, Alana Collado, Chris Caldwell,
Dominick Patrone. Front row: Molly Rafferty, Jessica Posillico, Noelle Helgeson, Angela Colomaio.
The student volunteers provided crucial assistance in planning and running MATHCOUNTS.

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