The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Spelling, Math, and Science teams competed one last time before the end of first semester with the spelling team traveling to Waco and the math and science team competing in Spring Hill. MPHS Spelling brought home 1st place, and the Math team earned the 1st place large school Sweepstakes award.

Individual results:

Spelling (1st place team)

11th & 12th grade: Brissia Alvarez 1st, Jenny Luna 2nd, Luke Brown 5th

9th & 10th grade: Juliet Luna 1st, Gabe Arredondo 6th

Calculator Applications (1st place team)

10th grade: Leslie Hernandez 2nd, Lynndsie Phan 3rd, Yolette Mata 4th, Blakely Garrett 5th

11th grade: Karen Sandate 1st, Araceli Salazar 2nd, Jannely Aguilar 3rd, Heidi Martinez 4th, Angie Guzman 5th

12th grade: Jamie Garrett 1st, Marely Lopez 2nd, Audrey Garrett 3rd, Aylin Hernandez 4th

Number Sense (1st place team)

10th grade: Evelyn Whisenhunt 1st, Gabriel Castaneda 3rd, Lynndsie Phan 4th, Leslie Hernandez 5th

11th grade: Karen Sandate 1st, Araceli Salazar 2nd, Jannely Aguilar 3rd, Areli Castañon 4th

12th grade: Aiyanna Brumfield 1st, Jamie Garrett 2nd, Marely Lopez 3rd, Audrey Garrett 4th

Mathematics (2nd place team)

10th grade: Leslie Hernandez 2nd, Lynndsie Phan 3rd, Blakely Garrett 4th, Yolette Mata 5th

11th grade: Karen Sandate 1st, Araceli Salazar 2nd, Jannely Agular 3rd

12th grade: Jamie Garrett 1st, Audrey Garrett 2nd, Aylin Hernandez 3rd

Science (2nd place team)

10th grade: Jose Gonzalez 3rd

11th grade: Karen Sandate 2nd, Araceli Salazar 3rd

Next up for the MPHS UIL Academic team is the Jar of Dirt Invitational at Pine Tree on January 16-17. The teams are preparing for the district meet at on March 26-28.

Pictured: members of the 2025-2026 MPHS UIL Math and Spelling teams