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Middle School Math Team Impresses at MATHCOUNTS and MathLeague Competitions

The SC Middle School Math Team spent the last two weekends competing, and we are pleased to report that all of their hard work has paid off as they will be competing at the state level after stellar showings at both events.

On Saturday, February 15th, Sierra Canyon hosted the Mathleague Middle School Competition for grades 6 - 8. SC students were joined by Larchmont Charter, Crossroads, Brentwood, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, and Manhattan Beach Middle School.

SC Middle School Math Team placed in the following categories:

Individual total score
6th grade, 3rd place: Finn Retsky
6th grade, 2nd place : Shaun Masada
6th grade, 1st place: Nikhil McGowan
7th grade, 2nd place: Mallika Vairavan
8th grade, 3rd place: Logan Matthies
8th grade, 2nd place: Dylan Ochoa
8th grade, 1st place: Alex Bai

Alex Bai, Dylan Ochoa, and Logan Matthies were among the top four overall scorers. Alex Bai took home a Countdown Round Trophy.

Team score
9th place overall: Hannah Lachapelle '25, Katelynn Wu '25, Mallika Vairavan '25, Peyton Hemann '25
4th place overall: Arnav Pathak '24, Finn Retsky '26, Nikhil McGowan '26, Shaun Masada '26
3rd place overall: Krishan Lala '24, Lance Matthies '24, Logan Matthies '24, Harrison Felipe '24
1st place overall: Alex Bai '24, Dylan Ochoa '24, Rose Domzalski '24, Stone Ding '24
 
Alex Bai, Dylan Ochoa, Stone Ding, Rose Domzalski, and Logan Matthies have been qualified to compete at (INTER)2SECT, scheduled to be held on Saturday, April 4th in Silicon Valley.

Following their success at Mathleague, the SC Middle School Math Team competed once again, this time in a 17-team Chapter Competition of the nationally recognized MATHCOUNTS contest. Out of 150 competing students, Alex Bai, placed 1st overall, and Dylan Ochoa placed 5th overall. Both competed in the head-to-head elimination round in front of an audience of all participants, parents, and coaches, where Dylan Ochoa advanced to quarter-finals, and Alex Bai went undefeated.  

The team placed 2nd overall and will be advancing to the state competition on Saturday, March 28th.  Also, having a strong showing in the competition were Stone Ding, Peyton Hemann, Hannah LaChapelle, Krishan Lala,  Lance Matthies, and Mallika Vairavan. Coaches present were Dr. Sun Lee and Mr. Chris Tillman.
 
We congratulate the ENTIRE Middle School Math Team on their hard work and success! Good luck at both state competitions!
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Sierra Canyon School is a private, independent, non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory school for students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12 located in Chatsworth, California. The highly cosmopolitan campus community is reflective of the Greater Los Angeles area and the world at large. Students are empowered to realize their greatest creative, ethical, intellectual and physical promise through small class sizes, a diverse student-teacher culture and a family-like environment.