Academic Competitions & Clubs

MathCounts is a great opportunity for students who love math and problem-solving! During club time we work on interesting problems and learn tricks for solving difficult math problems. The Competition Series has 4 levels of competition—school, chapter, state and national. Each level of competition is comprised of 4 rounds—Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown Round. For more information, check out https://www.mathcounts.org/ 

Each year, all students can participate in the School Competition (January), 10-12 can participate in the Chapter Competition (February), and students advancing from there can participate in the State (March) and even National (April/May) competitions.

2025 - Kelson Kramer advanced to States!

2022 - Isaac Marsh & Brennan Lohr advanced to States!

2021 - Isaac Marsh advanced to States!

2019 - Evan Thomas advanced to States!

Scholastic Quiz is for students in grades 6-12 who enjoy academically themed trivia! Conemaugh Township annually participates in 

• Central Western Scholastic Quiz League (grades 7-12) hosted by Westmont Hilltop on Monday evenings in the fall

• Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance's 30-20-10 Challenge (grades 6-8, grades 9-12), completed virtually each fall and spring

  • Fall 2025 - the middle school team placed 42nd in the nation!

• Somerset County Scholastic Quiz Tournament (grades 6-9, grades 9-12), hosted by Somerset High School

Heritage Conference offers a variety of Academic Competitions in addition to its regularly scheduled Athletic Conference. CT Math Faculty confer with each other and the other Academic Team advisors to choose 5 students in grades 9-12 to represent our school each year.

Conemaugh Township earned:

• 2026 - 

• 2nd Place in 2025 - Johnny Bihun*, Brennan Lohr, Isaac Marsh, Anna Hunsberger, Greta Mock

• 1st Place in 2024 - Mercedes Mull*, Maxwell Malicki*, Katelyn Turley, Ashlyn Fetterman, Brennan Lohr

• 2nd Place in 2023 - Mercedes Mull*, Maxwell Malicki, Katelyn Turley, Ashlyn Fetterman, Brennan Lohr

*MVP

Mr. Marteeny and I lead a group of up to 8 students to compete in the Heritage Robotics Battle Bots Tournament each year at United HS. Students wanting to participate should speak to me or Mr. Marteeny.

• 2026 Team - 

• 2025 Team - Wesley Mock,  Jacob Hostetler, Rydell Walylko, Bradon Sarver

• 2024 Team - Noah Getson, Preston Thomas, Donovan Dadura, Rylan Hillegass

• 2023 Team - Owen Thomas, Noah Getson, Cohen Stahl, Cody Kimmel, Anthony Kniss, Dylan Hovanec, Preston Thomas

SIAM's M3 Math Modeling Challenge is a 14-hour race against the clock to research and use math to develop a solution to a current problem. Students grades 11-12 can work in teams of 3-5 students. We will meet every week during homeroom on Mondays to learn about Math Modeling and prepare for the competition weekend (late February / early March).

Students in teams of 4 participate in the IUP Physics Olympics each year, comprised of current, past, and prospective physics students. Competing in fun, hands-on, timed challenges that are helped with a strong knowledge of conceptual physics, 

• 2026 Participants - 

• 2025 Participants - Emmy Allison, Briar Berkey, Johnny Bihun, Haiden Henry, Brennan Lohr, Isaac Marsh, Evan Massimo-Grimes, Ethan Matera

• 2024 Participants - Nicholas Podlucky, Mercedes Mull, Haiden Henry, Evan Massimo-Grimes, Brennan Lohr, Briar Berkey

• 2023 Participants - Sydney McMillan, Hannah Swank, Alex Gregory, Evan Thomas