On October 9, top math students in third, fourth and fifth grades from Big Otter Elementary, Clay Elementary, H.E. White Elementary and Lizemore Elementary met at the Clay High School Auditorium to compete for prestigious awards in the annual Hugh Boggs Math Field Day.

Each year students compete within their schools to earn the right to represent at the competition to show who is best at answering oral computation questions as well as who is best with the written math questions.

Mr. Hugh Boggs was an educator for Clay County Schools for a great many years and felt that math skills were very important to the success of all students. His dedication to education and to mathematics is honored each year as the best and brightest math students from grades three through five meet to carry on his legacy and prove that math can be fun as well as challenging.

Third grade oral competition awards were: 1^st place – Matthew Neely, Clay; 2^nd place – Brook Cliver, H.E. White; 3^rd place – Cooper Collins, Big Otter; 4^th place – Brooklyn Morton, Lizemore.

Third grade written competition awards were: 1^st place –Caiden Bryant, H.E. White; 2^nd place – Gabe Shamblin, Big Otter, 3^rd place – Kiera Davis, Clay; and 4^th place – Skyler Taylor, Lizemore. Fourth grade oral competition awards were: 1^st place – Simon Holcomb, Lizemore; 2^nd place – Seth Robinson, Big Otter; 3^rd place – Justin Nida, H.E. White; and 4^th place – Dakota James, Clay.

Fourth grade written competition awards were: 1^st place – Jaylyn Holcomb Lizemore; 2^nd place – Brody Scarbro, Big Otter; 3rd place –  Braylyn Adkins, Clay; and 4^th place – Zander Ovellette, H.E. White.

Fifth grade oral competition awards were: 1^st place – Shane Tracy, Clay; 2^nd place – Jaxon Brown, Big Otter; 3^rd place Ilyauna Evans, Lizemore; and 4^th place – Caitlyn Boggs, H.E. White.

Fifth grade written competition awards were: 1^st place – Luke Hill, Clay; 2^nd place – Ember Chapman, Big Otter; 3^rd place – Anna Johnston,H.E. White; and 4^th place – Jakoby Nichols, Lizemore.

There is also a traveling trophy that goes home with the school with the most students placing at the top. This year, Big Otter Elementary and Clay Elementary tied in earning the right to house the Hugh Boggs Math Field Day trophy for the year. Congratulations to these boys and girls for all of their study and dedication. You are great representatives of both your school and Clay County Schools as a whole.