(Posted on April 28, 2022)
The Madison County Math Contest was held on April 26th at the Tolles Career and Technical Center in Plain City. The Bee consists of 68 participants in grades 5-8 from the Jonathan Alder, London, Madison-Plains and West Jefferson school districts.
Students competed by grade level in a 20-question written test, with a tie-breaker question taking first place. There were awards for first, second and third place. First place winners also received $25.
The results are as follows:
Fifth grade
First – Peyton Parker of Madison-Plains Intermediate School. Peyton won using the tie-breaker question.
Second – Daniel Farmwald of Canaan Middle School (Jonathan Alder)
Third – Canaan Middle School’s Ryan Nicol (Jonathan Alder)

Sixth grade
First – Eva Dwyer from London Middle School
Second (tie) – Isabella Pantone of West Jefferson Middle School and Emmalyn Moyer of Canaan Middle School (Jonathan Alder)
Third (tie) – Josh Freeze and Anna Stroup, both from Madison-Plains Intermediate School

Seventh grade
First – Dani Berger from Jonathan Alder Junior High. Dani won via the tie breaker question.
Second: Ethan Roberts of West Jefferson Middle School
Third (four-way tie) – Zavier Mayabb from Madison-Plains Junior High, Lillian Friend from London Middle School, Ella Hostetler from West Jefferson Middle School and Troy Nicol from Jonathan Alder Junior High

Eighth class
First–Garek Logue from London Middle School. Garek also won via tie-breaker.
Second – Chloe Wilson of Jonathan Alder Junior High
Third – Ashlyn Gall of Jonathan Alder Junior High.
The Madison County Principals’ Association and the county school boards host the annual competition.