Bishop mathletes calculate more wins on road
Broncos ‘strong’ at the numbers games
On Nov. 15, the Bishop Union High School varsity mathletes team traveled to Boron to compete against six other teams.
The Broncos succeeded in keeping their streak of being undefeated by taking home one more win. Tehachapi came in second place with 21 points, Silver Valley in third with 20 points,
Boron in fourth with 14 points, Rosamond in fifth with nine points, and finally, Desert in last place with eight points.
Bishop took home the victory with an impressive 32 points, which is 11 points more than the second place team.
While competing, the team had to solve many difficult questions, one of which was:
Bradley wants to make a 20% solution of NaOH. How much pure water should he add to the 15L of a 30% NaOh solution?
At the end of the meet, four of the Bishop varsity regulars won individual ribbons. Cooper Beard won first place individually with eight points, Jodie Bedore took home second with seven points, and Audrey Cokely and
Alyssa Buchholz tied for third with six points each.
Also competing for the team was Ashley Fitt,
Kate Anderson, Anwyn Benson Hernandez, Alexander Adkins, Ellie Crall, Hunter Dermody, Sabrina Elwell, and
Sydney Norcross.
“This team is so strong!” BUHS mathletes coach DeeDee Buchholz said. “Stay tuned Bishop because they are hungry for the title of league champs!”
JV mathletes
On the morning of
Nov. 1, the JV mathletes from BUHS drove three hours to Boron, to compete against six other schools in a test of intelligence.
Ultimately, the Broncos took home second place with 29 points, only two points away from the first-place team, Tehachapi.
Following behind in third was Rosamond with 17 points, Desert in fourth with 14, Boron in fifth with 13 points, Silver Valley taking sixth with 11 points, and Desert Christian in last with six points.
All in all, it was a successful meet, the Broncos reported.
One of the complicated questions was:
An interior angle of a regular polygon is 3 times an exterior angle. How many sides does the polygon have?
Many of the Bishop mathletes took home individual ribbons.
Winning first place was Bryce Cokeley, with eight points; Caleb Fitt won second place with seven points, and Sydney Wilson, Josef Borow, Donovan Mondragon, Teagan Orr, and Scarlett Buchholz all tied for third place with six points.
In fourth place, with five points, was Adan Perez.
Also competing with the team was Madi Benninger, Taylor Currie, Ben Rowan, Reagan Dermody, Sydney Garcia, and Clare Haverstock.
The JV team is led by sophomore co-captains Caleb Fitt and Sydney Wilson along with freshman captain Adan Perez.