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The members of the Goshen Central School District’s Junior Math League Team A beat seven other teams to win the section playoffs in a competition held at Newburgh Free Academy.

The playoffs consisted of the four section (A, B, C and D) champions as well as three other top teams. The teams included Newburgh Team A, Newburgh Team B, Minisink Team A, Goshen Team A, Pine Bush Team C, Wallkill Team A and Fallsburgh Team A. Goshen Team A and Pine Bush Team C were co-champions of section C.

Students involved in Junior Math League meet twice a week to go over concepts and sample questions in order to prepare for the competition. No more than 12 students are allowed on a team. There are five main rounds to the competition with five team members answering questions on a rotating basis. During the sixth round, or relay round, students answer questions together. Whoever receives the most points wins the competition.

There are three Goshen teams: Team A, Team B and Team C, made up of students in grades 6-9. The members of Goshen Team A are eighth and ninth grade students Nawsin Ahmed, Maaz Ahsan, Luka Djapic, Selina Dziewic, Brigid Larkin, Zachary Penny, Josh Shih and Joseph Van Doran.