Riverwood Middle School earned the MATHCOUNTS championship for the second year in a row, competing among 112 middle school students representing the twelve middle schools in Johnston County in the annual competition. Riverwood will now represent the district at the regional MATHCOUNTS Competition in Raleigh on Saturday, February 23. The students not only compete as a team, but also as individuals in working out math problems in an allotted amount of time. The following students won awards for their hard work: Overall Individual Student Winners: 1st Place: Andrew Latham from Riverwood Middle 2nd Place: Mark German from Riverwood Middle 3rd Place: Fiona Kirk from Cleveland Middle 4th Place: Kyle Anderson from McGee's Crossroads Middle The following students competed against the top 26 individual students to answer the most problems during our Count Down Round (in which there were several ties): Count Down Winner: Taylor Langley from Riverwood Middle 2nd Place: Kyle Anderson from McGee's Crossroads Middle Valerie Davis from Smithfield Middle Carmen Honeycutt from McGee's Crossroads Middle 3rd Place: Mark German from Riverwood Middle Shannon Tart from Benson Middle Kayla Wise from McGee's Crossroads Middle The following teams are our overall winners: 1st Place: Riverwood Middle Team Members: Mark German Taylor Langley Andrew Latham Alex Simpson Coaches: Molly Boone Meg Crissman 2nd Place: McGee's Crossroads Middle Team Members: Kyle Anderson Alex Long Matthew Parrish Kayla Wise Coach: Ashley Whittington 3rd Place: Clayton Middle Team Members: Austin Kruger Sean Nanagas Sara Ann Pate Anneliese Vendel Coach: Annah Creech
