The Mt. Pleasant High School UIL Academic team brought home gold from the Sulphur Springs UIL Academic Meet this past weekend. That gold? First Place and Sweepstakes!
“The students we took to the Sulphur Springs UIL Academic Meet this past weekend spent hours preparing for the contest and it sure paid off,” said UIL Sponsor Regina Crouch. “We took 1st place in Calculator Applications, Current Events and Math and 2nd place in Computer Science. Our CX Debate team swept the meet. I am really proud of how our student performed. To make the win even better, we beat Hallsville who hasn’t lost a meet in 8 years!”
The MPHS Cross Examination team took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The team of Anthony Preciado and Seth Robertson placed 1st. Seventh graders Connelly Cowan and Mackenzie Lide placed 2nd. The team of Devon Reynolds and Maritza Zambrano placed 3rd.
The 1st place Calculator Applications Team includes Carlos Barboza, David Barboza, Daniel Hernandez and Husban Shahid. Members of the 1st place Current Events team are Jacob Baker, Enrique Martinez, Clarissa Santos and Nathon Segovia. The 1st place Math Team members are Carlos Barboza, David Barboza, Daniel Hernandez and Jose Liera. The 2nd place Computer Science Team includes Caleb Huggins, Michael Irvin and Ben Grissom.
Many students earned medals in their individual events as well as earning team awards.
Individual Medals:
Accounting
Sina Falagiapupu 5th place, Maritza Martinez 6th place
Calculator Applications (1st Place Team)
10th grade: David Barboza 4th place
12th grade: Carlos Barboza 1st place, Daniel Hernandez 5th place
Overall: Carlos Barboza 1st place, Daniel Hernandez 6th place
Current Events (1st Place Team)
Enrique Martinez 1st Place; Nathon Segovia 4th place
Informative Speaking
Connelly Cowan 5th place
Journalism
Copy Editing: Allie Norfleet 1st place, Madora Jemison 2nd place, Eryn Armstrong 3rd place
Editorial Writing: Allie Norfleet 4th place, Madora Jemison 5th place
Feature Writing: Eryn Armstrong 1st place
Headline Writing: Allie Norfleet 1st place, Matthew Armstrong 2nd place, Eryn Armstrong, 6th place
News Writing: Madora Jemison 3rd place, Raegan Davis 5th place
LD Debate
Daniel Bernal 2nd place, Nancy Ibarra 5th place
Math (1st Place Team)
10th grade: Jose Liera 1st place, David Barboza 2nd place
11th grade: Nathon Segovia 3rd place
12th grade: Daniel Hernandez 2nd place
Overall: Jose Liera 2nd place, David Barboza 3rd place, Daniel Hernandez 4th place
Persuasive Speaking
Anthony Preciado 2nd place
Poetry
Jamie Adams 1st place
Prose
Tripp Hinton 3rd place, Yaritza Romero 4th place
Science
10th grade: Jonathan Segari 6th place
11th grade: Nathon Segovia 1st place and 3rd place overall
Social Studies (4th Place Team)
Clarissa Santos 5th place
4th Place team: Aner Baltazar, Tyreesha Douglas, Enrique Martinez, Clarissa Santos
Photo: The MPHS UIL Academic Team shows off their 1st place trophy from the Sulphur Springs event.