They found Ms. Fitz lying face down in an alley about 30 yards from her former husband's home, Smith says. She was taken to Hershey Medical Center, where she died within an hour, he says. Last year as a seventh-grader Church came in second in states and went on to lead the Pennsylvania team to the national title. But when I got up against the first-place person, I pretty much knew I didn't have much of a chance because he was third place in nationals last year. The way Mathcounts works, all the students go through three written rounds in the morning.
Tenth seed faces ninth seed, with the winner facing the eighth seed, and on to the top.
As the second seed, Lauer had only to beat Andrew Demers of Hershey Middle School for the chance to challenge Church for his title. But when Lauer squared off against Church, the outcome became apparent from the first question, a knotty problem about the area of triangles Church answered after buzzing halfway into its lengthy recitation. The Susquehanna student took the individual championship 3-0, but Lauer did lead his Mechanicsburg team to a third place overall among 29 teams. Back to CumberLink. Back to the local news page.