Worcester County Mathematics League

Worcester County Mathematics League

The Worcester County Mathematics League (WOCOMAL) is a high school mathematics league composed of 32 high schools, most of which are in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It organizes seven mathematics competitions per year, four at the "varsity" level (up to grade 12) and three at the "freshman" level (up to grade nine, including middle school students).

Top schools from the varsity competition are selected to attend the Massachusetts Association of Math Leagues state competition.

Contest format

A competition consists of four rounds at the Freshman level or five rounds at the Varsity level. The team round consists of eight problems at the Freshman level and nine at the Varsity level. Regardless of level, each student competes in three of the individual rounds.

In each individual round, competing students have ten minutes to answer three questions, worth one, two, and three points. The maximum meet score for a student is eighteen points.

History

The Worcester County Mathematics League was originally formed in 1963 as the Southern Worcester County Mathematics League (Sowocomal) [http://www.wocomal.org/coaches/bylaws/196768bylaws.pdf] . The winningest school in league history is St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, with twelve league championships in the fourteen year span between 1983-84 and 1996-97. Algonquin Regional High School won six consecutive league championships from 1998-99 to 2003-04. [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/alltime/team/championshipsbyyear.html WOCOMAL All-Time Team Records] ]

Current events

The league currently has members from Worcester and western Middlesex Counties. It has had members from Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Windham County, Connecticut.

In the 2007-08 season, the varsity champion was Worcester Academy [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/200708/200708v_team.html WOCOMAL Varsity Team Rankings 2007-08] ] and the freshman champion was Nashoba Regional High School [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/freshman/200708/200708f_team.html WOCOMAL Freshman Team Rankings 2007-08] ] .

League member Westborough High School ranked third in the state in the 2008 state math championships, among medium-sized schools. [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/maml/2008/2008m_team.html#medium MAML State Meet Team Rankings 2008] ] League member Worcester Academy won the 2008 state [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/maml/2008/2008m_team.html#small MAML State Meet Team Rankings 2008] ] championship among small schools, and took second place in New England [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/2008/2008n_team.html#small NEAML New England Meet Team Rankings 2008] ] among small schools. League member Algonquin Regional High School took fifth place in Massachusetts [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/maml/2008/2008m_team.html#large MAML State Meet Team Rankings 2008] ] and sixth place in New England [ [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/2008/2008n_team.html#large NEAML New England Meet Team Rankings 2008] ] among large schools, the best ranking among large schools in the history of the league.

External links

* [http://www.wocomal.org/ WOCOMAL website]
* [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/200708/200708v_team.html 2007-08 varsity team rankings]
* [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/alltime/index.html All-time varsity rankings]
* [http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/freshman/200708/200708f_team.html 2007-08 freshman team rankings]
* [http://www.wocomal.org/leagueinfo/bylaws/196768bylaws.pdf 1967-68 league bylaws]
* [http://www.wocomal.org/leagueinfo/bylaws/200809bylaws.pdf 2008-09 league bylaws]

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