Mount Pleasant High School placed 2nd in the large school division at the recent UIL Academic Meet held in Mt. Pleasant. Twenty-three schools participated in the meet.

“I am pleased with how we did at this meet,” said MPHS UIL Sponsor Regina Crouch. “Hallsville beat us but we came in ahead of Longview, Sulphur Springs and Texas High.”

Here are the results by contest area:

Informative Speaking: Nadieska Oviedo-2nd place,
Alex Benitez-4th place

Persuasive Speaking: Nathan Segovia-5th place
Anthony Preciado-6th place

Spelling: Anahi Rodriguez-4th place
Anayeli Rodriguez-6th place

Journalism First Place Team
Feature Writing: Alicengrace Gray-3rd place
Kenzie Messer-6th place

Headlines: Reagan Davis-4th place

Editorial Writing: Alicengrace Gray-1st place
Madora Jemison-4th place
Allie Norfleet-5th place

News Writing: Reagan Davis-1st place
Alicengrace Gray- 2nd place
Madora Jemison- 5th place

 

Math: Daniel Hernandez-4th place

Literary Criticism: Maria Gomez-5th place
Hailyn Blackstone-6th place

Accounting: Sina Falagiapupu-6th place

Computer Science: Caleb Huggins-5th place

Current Events: Jacob Baker-1st place
Josh Yox-3rd place
Clarissa Santos-5th place

Calculator Apps: Carlos Barboza-4th place
Husban Shahid-5th place
Nayeli Fuentes-6th place

CX Debate: Nadieska & Segovia-3rd place
Preciado & Zambrano-5th place
Correges & Benitez-6th place
 
LD Debate: Nancy Ibarra-3rd place
Miguel Paco-4th place

 Poetry: Jamie Adams-2nd place
Urub Latif-4th place

Prose: Star Williams-4th place

 

Math/Science Results by grade level

Number Sense:

12th grade – Kenzie Messer 5th
11th grade – Husban Shahid 4th
Daniel Hernandez 5th
10th grade – Samantha Gonzales 5th
Orlando Olivares 6th

Calculator Applications:

12th grade – Nayeli Fuentes 4th
11th grade – Carlos Barboza 1st
Husban Shahid 2nd
Daniel Hernandez 6th
10th grade – Nathon Segovia 5th

Math:

12th grade – Nayeli Fuentes 4th
Alexis Equihua 6th
11th grade – Daniel Hernandez 2nd
Carlos Barboza 5th
10th grade – Nathon Segovia 5th
Orlando Olivares 6th
9th grade – David Barboza 3rd

Science:

11th grade – Husban Shahid 3rd
Oscar Munoz 4th

Photo: MPHS UIL Academic Team members show off their trophies and medals earned at the recent Mt. Pleasant UIL meet.