Eighteen Liberty Elementary School District students will square off in a regional math competition Tuesday, May 11, at the Western Maricopa Education Center.

The 18 students were selected after competing in the district’s Westside Impact Math Challenge. After the competition, three students were selected from each grade level to form teams and their math skills to the test. The students will face off against teams from other West Valley school districts.

The three teams will meet with their coaches for six practice sessions before traveling to the West-MEC campus May 11 to represent Liberty.

Third- and fourth-grade team:

Olivia Cook, Estrella Mountain 

William Field, Westar

William Haley, Las Brisas

Lincoln Graham, Westar

Reese Hancock, Estrella Mountain

Opie Motley, Blue Horizons

Fifth- and sixth-grade team:

Killian Tibbs, Westar

Revel Shero, Blue Horizons

Rondhan Barrientos, Estrella Mountain

Ethan Udelhofen, Westar

Graham John, Westar

Nathan Day, Estrella Mountain

Seventh- and eighth-grade team:

Jakob Bowers, Las Brisas

Lane Campbell, Liberty

Lily Heier, Estrella Mountain

Elizabeth Ouzts, Blue Horizons

Guy Justiniano, Estrella Mountain

Joshua Vargas, Westar

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