NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Mathematics hosted the Demon Math Classic March 22 in which 13 teams from seven high schools competed in a quiz bowl-style competition. The event was sponsored by Sabine State Bank.
Students competed as a team and as individuals. Winners of the individual competition each receive a trophy, a TI-Nspire CX CAS graphing calculator and a scholarship to NSU.
Studens selected as All Stars in the Demon Math Competition were, from left, Kole Dopson, Alexandria Senior High School; Ashton Matthews, Alexandria Senior High School; Trip Murphy, Rapides Academy; Beau Hood, Rapides Academy; Bryan Chen, Louisiana School for Math Science and Arts; Josephine Comerford, C.E. Byrd and Kate Shaw, C.E. Byrd. Not pictured are Macey Jarngin and Tralyn Lofton, Lakeview High School; Olivia Marant, Louisiana School for Math Science and Arts; Isaac Young and Alison Key, Natchitoches Central, and Lillian Marcotte, Pineville High School.
Debbie Porter, left, director of Demon Mathematics Classic, presented individual awards to first place winner Wesley Maidoh, LSMSA; second place winner Jaen Seay, ASH; third place winner Krishna Patel, ASH, and Trip Murphy, Rapides Academy, for outstanding middle school participation.
A team from the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts placed first in team competition. From left are Gigi Hurlston, NSU Department of Mathematics Department Head Zeb Marcotte, Wesley Maidoh, Jesse Llewellen, Bryan Chen and Debbie Porter, director of Demon Mathematics Classic.
A team from C.E. Byrd High School placed second in the Demon Math Classic. From left are Emillja Majstorovic, Chloe Liles, NSU Department of Mathematics Department Head Zeb Marcotte, Kate Shaw, Taylor Garsee and Debbie Porter, director of Demon Mathematics Classic.
A team from Alexandria High School took third place in the Demon Math Classic. From left are Debbie Porter, competition director; Jaden Seay, Steven Henton, Clayton Reed, NSU Department of Mathematics Department Head Zeb Marcotte, Tran Le, Ashton Matthews and Krishna Patel.
