HARRISBURG, Pa. – Hempfield High School finished first in the 28th annual high school mathematics contest at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. Students Cherie Chen of Lancaster Catholic High School and David Taglieri of Spring Grove High School tied for the individual first-place award.The competition was held April 20, 2018, using interactive video at HACC’s Harrisburg, Lancaster and Gettysburg campuses. The students completed a series of mathematical problems coordinated by HACC’s math faculty. They had to calculate answers working as a team, individually and in relays.
Team awards also went to Lancaster Catholic High School, which placed second, and Spring Grove High School, which placed third.
In addition to the two first-place individual winners, the remaining top 10 finishers with the highest scores and their high schools were:
| Place | Name | High School |
| Third | Runqi Zhang | Lancaster Mennonite, Lancaster campus |
| Fourth | Campbell Krulewski | Hempfield |
| Fifth | Luca Mahoney | Hempfield |
| Sixth | Brian Liu Aidan McBride Eli Plant Curren Schmitt | Central Dauphin Solanco Carlisle Hempfield |
| 10th | Jacob Atkinson Gus Eberlein Mason Forer | Bishop McDevitt Camp Hill Cumberland Valley |
This year’s participating high schools included:
| 2018 Math Contest Participating Schools | |
| High School | HACC Campus |
| Annville-Cleona High School, Annville | Harrisburg |
| Bishop McDevitt High School, Harrisburg | Harrisburg |
| Boiling Springs High School, South Middleton Township | Harrisburg |
| Camp Hill High School, Camp Hill | Harrisburg |
| Carlisle High School, Carlisle | Harrisburg |
| Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg | Harrisburg |
| Cocalico High School, Denver | Lancaster |
| Columbia High School, Columbia | Lancaster |
| Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg | Harrisburg |
| Dover Area High School, Dover | Gettysburg |
| Eastern York High School, Wrightsville | Lancaster |
| Elizabethtown Area High School, Elizabethtown | Harrisburg |
| Greenwood High School, Millerstown | Harrisburg |
| Harrisburg Christian School, Harrisburg | Harrisburg |
| Hempfield High School, Landisville | Harrisburg |
| Lancaster Catholic High School, Lancaster | Lancaster |
| Lancaster Mennonite School, Hershey Campus | Harrisburg |
| Lancaster Mennonite School, Lancaster Campus | Lancaster |
| Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, Mechanicsburg | Harrisburg |
| New Oxford High School, New Oxford | Gettysburg |
| Northeastern Senior High School, Manchester | Harrisburg |
| Northern High School, Dillsburg | Gettysburg |
| Shippensburg Area Senior High School, Shippensburg | Gettysburg |
| Solanco High School, Quarryville | Lancaster |
| Spring Grove High School, Spring Grove | Gettysburg |
| Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville | Harrisburg |
