Dateline: October 28, 2004

HHS math, science teams compete in Lubbock

Hedley High School’s math and science teams competed October 23 at the Lubbock Coronado Invitational Math and Science Meet against nine other 1A-3A schools, finishing fourth in the sweepstakes award.

Hedley was one of four 1A schools at the meet and was the only six-man school competing. 

Senior Stephen Howard won a second place medal in Number Sense, a fourth place ribbon in Science, and placed seventh in Math.  Will Wallendorff, also a senior, placed seventh in Science. Juniors Holly Davis and Carmen Garcia placed eighth and tenth in Science respectively. 

Sophomores Betty Cruz, Ruth Anne Howard, and Justin Kellas placed fifth, seventh, and eighth in Calculator Applications, leading that team to a fourth place finish.  Freshmen Kristen Dwight and Sam Lovely both medaled by taking second and third places in the Science competition.

Each team finished fourth, which was commendable considering the competition and Hedley’s relatively small size and lack of experience from this year’s team.  Bruce Howard, Hedley Science Coach, notes that only four of the fifteen Hedley competitors were involved in the math and science program from last year.

“We are basically starting our teams over from scratch, and we are very excited and proud of this new group of students who will sacrifice and work to become strong academic competitors,” said Howard. “By the time district competition rolls around, we hope to have championship caliber teams again.”