Academic UIL Team Wins District
Members of the journalism team, Jenna Miller, Alayna Mayo, Kolby Marting, Ainsley Osborne, Adrianna Ybarra and Ema Divanefendic, gather after the District UIL meet.
The Academic team won Friday’s UIL’s district meet at WTAMU, earning more than 220 points over second place Tascosa. Raiders claimed 32 of the possible 69 tickets to regionals and placed 14 alternates. Those who qualified will compete at the regional meet at Texas Tech April 23. At regionals, students who place in the top 3 in each event will advance to the state tournament in Austin in May.
1st Place Team- Advances
Grayson Thompson, 1st- Advances
Sufyaan Solomons, 2nd- Advances
Calculator Applications:
Megan Brue, 2nd- Advances
Current Issues:
2nd Place Team- Alternate
Karley Thomas, 3rd- Advances
Brilon Lichtie, 4th- 1st Alternate
Social Studies:
1st Place Team- Advances
Brooke Newson, 1st- Advances
Andrew Vigil, 6th
Computer Science:
1st Place Team- Advances
Megan Brue, 1st- Advances
Hayden Hoppe, 2nd- Advances
Alex Lancaster, 3rd- Advances
Hudson Cox, 4th- 1st Alternate
Spelling:
1st Place Team- Advances
Dax Betzen, 1st- Advances
Destiny Aguinaldo, 2nd- Advances
Emma Borron, 3rd- Advances
Computer Applications:
Evan Blankenship, 3rd- Advances
Keyan Baggett, 5th
Kirstyn Dubois, 6th
Journalism:
1st Place Team- Advance Individually
Copy Editing:
Alannah Comerford, 1st- Advances
Kolby Marting, 5th
News Writing:
Alayna Mayo, 1st- Advances
Ainsley Osborne, 3rd- Advances
Joselyn Chavez, 5th
Feature Writing:
Ainsley Osborne, 2nd- Advances
Alayna Mayo, 4th- 1st Alternate
Editorial Writing:
Alayna Mayo, 2nd- Advances
Ema Divanefendic, 5th
Headline Writing:
Alayna Mayo, 3rd- Advances
Kolby Marting, 5th
Literary Criticism:
First Place Team- Advances
Brooke Newson, 1st- Advances
Jennifer Srygley, 2nd- Advances
Number Sense:
Megan Brue, 6th
Speech:
1st Place Team- Advance Individually
Persuasive Speaking:
Luke Brown, 1st- Advances
Xan Argo, 2nd- Advances
Renae Phelps, 5th
Informative Speaking:
James Amundgaard, 1st- Advances
Daniel Augurg, 3rd- Advances
Lloyd Tria, 6th
Prose Interpretation:
Brionna Todd, 1st- Advances
Emma Adams, 2nd- Advances
Sydney Tatum, 3rd- Advances
Poetry Interpretation:
Avery Stout, 1st- Advances
Zaylee Carson, 2nd- Advances
Caren Guajardo, 3rd- Advances
Cross Examination Debate:
Xan Argo & Luke Essick, 3rd- 1st Alternate
Daniel Auburg & Luke Brown, 4nd
Zachary Hardesty & Angel Lucero, 6th
Hunter Lee, 1st- Advances
James Amundgaard, 2nd- Advances
Lloyd Tria, 6th
