Pictured:  Members of the MPHS UIL Academic Team

CurrentEvents: Audrey Courreges, Clarissa Santos, coach Regina Crouch, Jacob Baker, Enrique Martinez

SpeechDebate: Back row- Coach Cody Morris, Yaritza Romero, Seth Robertson, Dani Bernal, Tripp Hinton

Front Row – Nancy Ibarra, Aslin Barrientos, Audrey Courreges, Caroline Rose, Anthony Preciado

Spelling: Ilse Vargas, Rocio Hernandez, Coach Regina Crouch, Itzel Vargas, Annie Le, Itzamari Vargas

The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic Team traveled to the Hallsville Tournament of Hearts UIL Meet and three teams brought home first place honors. One team came away the 2nd place team.

The Speech and Debate team of Aslin Barrientos, Dani Bernal, Audrey Courreges, Tripp Hinton, Nancy Ibarra, Anthony Preciado, Seth Robertson, Yaritza Romero and Caroline Rose took 1st place and brought home the Speech and Debate Sweepstakes Award.

The Current Issues and Events team of Jacob Baker, Audrey Courreges. Enrique Martinez and Clarissa Santos placed 1st.  The Spelling team of Rocio Hernandez, Annie Le, Ilse Vargas, Itzamari Vargas and Itzel Vargas took 1st place.

The Social Studies team of Aner Baltazar, Tyreesha Douglas, Enrique Martinez and Clarissa Santos came away with 2nd place at the meet.

“While we didn’t win 1st place overall our students still did an outstanding job,” said MPHS UIL Director Regina Crouch. “Hallsville is always hard to beat at their own meet but we did outscore Sulphur Springs 248 to 145. Our students are working extra hard to prepare for their next meet in two weeks at Sulphur Springs. I am so proud of them for their continued commitment.”

Individuals medals were won by:

Calculator:
Husban Shahid 3rd place, Daniel Hernandez 6th place

Current Events (1st Place Team):
Jacob Baker 2nd place, Audrey Courreges 5th place

Journalism:
Copy Editing: Matthew Armstrong 2nd place, Allie Norfleet 4th place
Headlines: Raegan Davis 1st place

Math:
10th Grade: Jose Liera 1st place, David Barboza 2nd place
Overall: Jose Liera 3rd, place, Daniel Hernandez 5th place

Speech & Debate (1st Place Team):
CX Debate: Anthony Preciado & Seth Robertson 1st place team
Informative Speaking: Dani Bernal 1st place, Nancy Ibarra 3rd place
LD Debate: Dani Bernal 6th place
Persuasive Speaking: Audrey Courreges 3rd place, Caroline Rose 4th place, Anthony Preciado 5th place
Poetry: Aslin Barrientos 3rd place
Prose: Yaritza Romero 1st place

Spelling (1st Place Team):
Annie Le 4th place, Rocio Hernandez 5th place, Ilse Vargas 5th place, Itzamari Vargas 6th place

Social Studies (2nd Place team):
Clarissa Santos 6th place

The next meet for the MPHS UIL Academic Team is at Sulphur Springs High School.