Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Math League 2011 - 2012

League Rules

  1. PARTICIPATION/MEMBERSHIP
    • All teams must register with the president of the SMCML and have at least one designated coach. Teams are clustered into divisions based upon proximity. Meets this year will be Oct 15, Nov 19, Jan 14, Feb 11 and March 11.

  2. TEAM CONFIGURATION
    • Participating schools may field as many teams of five students as they want but only the score of the highest scoring team will count. Each team contains a maximum of two seniors and a minimum of one sophomore or freshman. Three students per team from each school participate in each round and each student participates in three rounds. All team members participate in the Team Round.

  3. HOST SITES
    • The Cape and South Divisions’ host sites have been chosen and the North Division’s host site has been determined for the first meet, but the coaches from the North Division need to choose host sites for the other 3 meets and report these to the league president.

  4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF HOST SITE
    • Provide a sufficient, supervised and quiet work area for each round.
    • Provide a common area for initial meeting, team round and posting of scores.
    • Provide refreshments.
    • Provide a separate area for scoring of tests for coaches.
    • Provide two proctors and instruct them as to time warnings.
    • Photocopy enough copies of questions, individual score sheets, solution packets, etc for the meet.
    • Return results to the league secretary via the division commissioner ASAP.
    • Each division will have a commissioner who will keep the individual score sheets for the remainder of the year.
    • Also see 'Snow Days' for additional responsibilities.

  5. TOPICS/ROUNDS ~ (See Meet Categories for complete breakdown.)
    • Round 1: Arithmetic
    • Round 2: Algebra I
    • Round 3: Geometry
    • Round 4: Algebra II
    • Round 5: Advanced Topics

  6. SCORING
    • Each individual round contains 3 questions worth 1, 2 and 3 points respectively. Team round questions are worth 2, 3 and 5 points. Ten minutes for each round. Answers should be scored according to the 'Scoring Guidelines.' Discrepancies will be handled, whenever possible, via e-mail between the 3 divisions. When this is not possible, the 3 commissioners will discuss the issue after the meet and make any necessary score changes to ensure consistency among the divisions. Only the highest scoring team from a school will have its score counted toward the team score; however, students on alternate teams will have their scores counted for the purpose of determining the All Star Team.

  7. CALCULATORS
    • No calculators on the 5 individual rounds. All calculators approved for the SAT will be allowed on the team round.

  8. SNOW DAYS
    • The host school coach has the responsibility of contacting the other coaches. If any school within a division cancels school or dismissed early, that Division will have its meet on the following Wednesday.

  9. DIVISION WINNERS
    • This is determined by the total score of the four regular season meets.

  10. PLAYOFF PARTICIPANTS
    • The top scoring 8 teams and ties in the SMCML after the first four meets will participate in the playoffs. Points for the playoff meet will count DOUBLE for the purpose of selecting the four schools to compete in the State Meet.

  11. LEAGUE WINNER
    • The top scoring team in the SMCML after the playoffs.

  12. MAML: STATE INVITATIONAL MATH TEAM COMPETITION
    • SMCML is allocated the following slots: large schools, 1; medium schools, 2. and small schools, 1. Playoff standings will determine all slots. Smaller schools MAY opt to move up to a higher division. The SMCML president will notify participants and the MAML director will provide information concerning this meet. Individual schools are responsible for their school’s participation fees.

  13. NEAML: NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF MATH LEAGUES TEAM COMPETITION
    • The SMCML league winner is automatically invited to participate in this Competition. Individual schools are responsible for their school’s Participation fees. Other participants are determined at the State Meet.

  14. SMCML AWARDS/RECOGNITION
    • Playoff winner (plaque.) , League winner (trophy from Lockheed-Martin/Sippican) , Division winners (small trophy) , League All Star certificates for the top scoring four seniors, four juniors and two underclassmen in the SMCML after 4 meets.

  15. DWAYNE CAMERON MATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD
    • The coaches at the playoffs will make written nominations and vote on the selection. Selection will be based on such characteristics as: League awards, SAT scores, State Olympiad ranking, AMC ranking, AIME results, NEAML rankings, etc. The student selected will receive $100 from the SMCML.

  16. LEAGUE DUES
    • An annual fee of $100 will be assessed each school in the league payable By Nov 1 of the school year. This will cover such items as contest writing, Supplies, postage, awards, MAML and NEAML fees, etc.

  17. LEAGUE OFFICERS
    • President/MAML Representative , Secretary , Treasurer , Three commissioners, one from each division