A student from Southern Middle School took third place in the recent state Kentucky MathCounts competition, which drew 155 other sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 59 schools. For his third place win, eighth-grader Michael Druggan was awarded a full-tuition, four-year college scholarship to either the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville and a trip to the national MathCounts contest May 10-13 in Fort Worth, Texas.

 

A team of students from Lexington Traditional Magnet School won second place in the state competition and a team from Winburn Middle School earned fourth. In all, the best 27 teams in the state, as determined by regional run-offs, competed. The LTMS team is coached by Betsy Rickenbacker and the Winburn team is coached by Devin Onkst.