The BUHS Junior Varsity and Varsity Mathletes closed off the 2017-2018 season with a strong finish! Both teams were honored with a placing in second in their respective leagues, only few points behind their first place competitors (the JV Team scored 95 points in total with Tehachapi in First with 115 points, and the Varsity team scored 148 total points with Desert in First with 168 points). Each Mathlete worked exceptionally hard this year, so a second place finish is absolutely something to be proud of.

Junior Varsity Captains Rachel Fitt and Scott Hennarty lead the rest of the JV team, made up by Lauren Wesling, Haley Yarborough, Mahdi Ayman, Abigail Ball, Tylar Banta, Sierra Burror, Jordan Cooper, Madison Foster, Nick Jacobs, Clara Place, and Ace Selters. The Varsity team is led by captains Carter Silva and Jim Tomasek, and is made up by Dylan Fitt, Nathan Gardea, Kristen Lamb, Sam Omondi, Taryn Benson, Martin Cruz, Maddy Hernandez, Tami Lee, Jeanine Lomaintewa, Sam Marcinko, Arianna Pope, Jeniffer Velazquez, and YoungJin Kim.

Many of our hard-working Mathletes even placed in the top 15 in their respective leagues based on individual overall scores! On the Junior Varsity team, Scott Hennarty placed 8th, Jordan Cooper 9th, Clara Place 10th, and Rachel Fitt placed 15th. On the Varsity team, Jim Tomasek placed 3rd, Dylan Fitt 7th, Kristen Lamb 11th, and Carter Silva placed 14th.

After such a difficult season, it should come to no surprise that Deidre Buchholz, the Mathletes’ advsior, is “so proud” of all the Mathletes. She says “they worked really hard this season”, and she looks forward to next year, because she enjoys coaching all the students.