Piper students sail through KVL math competition

Piper High School students did extremely well in the Kaw Valley League math competition.

Piper took 15 students to the competition, and 12 returned with medals.

Piper medalists included:

KVL champions in calculus:  Jared Davis, Martin Galindo, Zak Roy

Advanced math trig:  Taylor Beashore, Laura Clark, Sidney Thompson placed 3rd.   (Tied score for 2nd place, but lost tiebreaker)

Algebra 2: Tyler Nguyen, Kylie Jorgenson, Elizabeth Warner placed 2nd.  (Tied score for 1st place, but lost tiebreaker)

Algebra 1: Sophie Roper, Alexander Falk, Kara Evans placed 2nd.

In all events totaled together, Piper students did better than the other schools competing.

Piper students also answered more questions correctly (92 correct answers) than the other schools.

–    from Doug Key, Piper activities director