Worcester County Mathematics League
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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 Mathematics Leagues state competition.
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[edit] 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. A maximum meet score for a student is eighteen points.
[edit] History
The Worcester County Mathematics League was originally formed in 1963 as the Southern Worcester County Mathematics League (Sowocomal). 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.
[edit] 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.
The 2006-07 league champion was Shrewsbury High School. League member Worcester Academy won the 2007 state championship among small schools[1].
