The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team opened its season on Saturday, October 19, hosting the Fall Tiger Classic on the MPHS campus. The annual event is a fund raiser for the MPHS Academic teams and helps to fund their travel to events throughout the year. In all, twelve schools from our local area participated. MPHS won two 1st place team awards, two 2nd place team awards, and numerous individual medals.

Individual results:

Calculator Applications (1st place team)

10th grade: Karen Sandate 3rd

11th grade: Alessandro Greco 4th, Jamie Garrett 6th

12th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Tanner Marshall 3rd, Amir Martinez 6th

Overall: Luke Thurman 2nd, Yahaira Piña 4th, Tanner Marshall 5th

Spelling (1st place team) Jenny Luna 3rd, Brissia Alvarez 4th


Mathematics (2nd place team)

11th grade: Alessandro Greco 5th

12th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Tanner Marshall 3rd, Gopi Amin 5th, Amir Martinez 6th

Overall: Luke Thurman 2nd, Yahaira Piña 6th

Accounting (2nd place team) Anthony Cabrera 5th, Chris Garcia, Armondo Parra


Number Sense

11th grade: Valerie Cassio 6th

12th grade: Luke Thurman 3rd, Jesus Moreno 4th, Tanner Marshall 5th


Journalism

Copy Editing: Brissia Alvarez 3rd, Jennifer Luna 6th

Editorial Writing: Jennifer Luna 6th

Headline Writing: Evelyn Hernandez 4th

Current Events: Natalia Aspeitia 2nd, Sabrina Otero 4th

Informative Extemp: Natalia Aspeitia 3rd, Sabrina Otero-Svirska 4th

Next up for the MPHS UIL Academic team is the Walk the Plank Invitational at Pine Tree on November 2. The teams are coached by Gina Crouch Osias Hernandez, Jack Jones, David Clark, Joel Whitaker, John Whitten, Kim Cox, Larry Russell, Randy Ballard, and Tammy Thomas.

Pictured: members of the MPHS UIL Academic teams