179 middle school students participate in Math Counts competition 

179 middle school students participate in Math Counts competition 

West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press. 

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief

VICTORY TOWNSHIP — On Tuesday, which happened to be “Pi Day”, 179 area middle school students gathered at the West Shore Community College arena to test their math skills. The event, coordinated by MiSTEM Region 9 and West Shore Educational Service District, included students from 10 schools including Hart, Ludington Area School District, Ludington Area Catholic, Mason County Central, Mason County Eastern, Pentwater, Shelby, Walkerville, Kaleva-Norman-Dickson, and Manistee Area Public Schools. 

Business partners of the event included Nordlund & Associates, Harsco Rail, PCA, West Shore Educational Service District and WSCC. The event included a sprint round, target round and team round. Then, the top 10 individual scorers competed in a countdown round. The finalist was Peter Tuinstra of Hart Middle School. 

The event began locally in 1984 by Nordlund & Associates. 

March 14 is often referred to as “Pi Day” because of the mathematical equation known as pi (Greek) which is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to the diameter of that circle. In decimal form, the value of pi is approximately 3.14. 

The results are as follows: 

Individual Top 4

1. Steele Stowe – OJ DeJonge Middle School (Ludington Area School District)

2. Ian Mueller – OJ DeJonge Middle School

3. Samuel Reisterer – Ludington Area Catholic

4. Cael Omness – Shelby Middle School

Team Top 4

1. OJ DeJonge Middle School team 1

(Ian Mueller, Annabelle Lowman, Steele Stowe, Ryan Higley)

2. Manistee Middle School team 1

(April Konen, Kayleigh Moore, Brady Rivette, Andy O’Donnell)

3. OJ DeJonge Middle School team 4

(Kasen Carlsen, Ethan Bogner, Cole Jubar, Brody Jones)

4. Ludington Area Catholic team 1

(Matthew Odegaard, Samuel Reisterer, Addison Torrez, Charlotte Torrez)

Countdown Round Top 3

1. Peter Tuinstra – Hart Middle School

2. Ian Mueller – OJ DeJonge Middle School

3. Steele Stowe – OJ DeJonge Middle School

3. Samuel Reisterer – Ludington Area Catholic

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