On Saturday, November 2, the Warsaw Math team traveled to Warrensburg High School for their first competition of the year. The team competed against large schools sch as Lee’s Summit North, Raytown, Holden, Odessa, Camdenton, and Smith-Cotton. The team ended up in fourth place overall and missing third place by two points.
Elizabeth Winters ended up the third top overall sophomore! The mixed team consisting of senior Logan Gemes, junior Jessie Bilderback, sophomore Elizabeth Winters, and freshman Isaac Daughenbaugh earned a gold medal with their first-place finish.
The senior team obtained sixth place with members Maya Jolliff, Madison Lawrence, and Michael Schliefert.
Bringing home a bronze medal with a third place finish was the junior team consisting of Henry Breshears, Elsie Hughes, and Brennen Slavens.
The sophomore team consisting of Jordan Dove, Eden Gilley, and Lhandon Rose came in strong with a silver medal ending up in second place.
The following are the individual awards: Algebra Simplify: Isaac Daughenbaugh (3rd); Algebra 10: Elizabeth Winters (1st), Eden Gilley (8th), and Lhandon Rose (10th); Algebra 11: Brennen Slavens (6th), Jessie Bilderback (9th); Algebra 12: Logan Gemes (2nd); Graphing 10: Jordan Dove (10th), Lhandon Rose (7th), and Eden Gilley (9th); Graphing 11: Elsie Hughes (4th); Manual Computations: Logan Gemes (5th), Maya Jolliff (6th), and Madison Lawrence (9th); Functions: Elizabeth Winters (4th) and Michael Schliefert (8th); Geometry 9: Isaac Daughenbaugh (7th); Geometry 10: Jordan Dove (6th) and Elizabeth Winters (8th); Geometry 11: Brennen Slavens (5th), Elsie Hughes (7th), and Jessie Bilderback (8th); Geometry 12: Madison Lawrence (7th), Micheal Schliefert (8th), and Eden Gilley (9th); Trigonometry: Henry Breshears (4th) and Logan Gemes (8th); Number and Sets: Logan Gemes (5th); Algebra Equations: Isaac Daughenbaugh (1st).
Probability: Jordan Dove (5th), Michael Schliefert (6th), Maya Jolliff (9th), and Madison Lawrence (10th); Word Problems 9: Isaac Daughenbaugh (10th); Word Problems 10: Elizabeth Winters (3rd) and Eden Gilley (8th); Word Problems 11: Elsie Hughes (7th); Word Problems 12: Maya Jolliff (5th) and Michael Schliefert (7th); Advanced Topics: Logan Gemes (3rd), Jessie Bilderback (7th) and Lhandon Rose (8th); Functions: Elizabeth Winters (4th) and Michael Schliefert (8th).
Physical Science: Isaac Daughenbaugh (5th); Biology: Jordan Dove (2nd), Elizabeth Winters (4th), and Eden Gilley (7th); Chemistry: Elsie Hughes (7th) and Henry Breshears (8th); Physics: Madison Lawrence (6th), Michael Schliefert (8th), and Maya Jolliff (9th).
“The Warsaw Math Team would like to thank their sponsors for the 2024-2025 season: Advantage 1 Electric, Equity Bank, Hawthorn Bank, Edward Jones (Rickie Caswell), Tracey Spry & Associates, r|c Styles Salon, American Family Insurance (Jeanette Limback & Whitney Day), and McDonald’s,” said math team coach Amy Spunaugle.
“It was a fun, quick day. This Saturday our Warsaw Wildcats had a lot going on to represent WHS. It is awesome to have so many options for our students. WHS had the math competition, a state cheer competition, the Wizard of Oz play, and district cross country. Even with not having a complete team, the team succeeded! It helps in the overall score to have all slots full. I am super proud of those who could attend!"
“We had quite a few new competitors at Warrensburg. Some of our newer competitors are Isaac Daughenbaugh, Lhandon Rose, Brennen Slavens, Maya Jolliff, and Madison Lawrence. They showed up and did well! Also, I am super excited to see Elizabeth Winters being a top sophomore competitor. The 1st place finish of our Mixed Team of Logan Gemes, Jessie Bilderback, Elizabeth Winters and Isaac Daughenbaugh showed their strength!” said Spunaugle.
