A small group of the Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team continued practicing for the upcoming district meet, competing at the 17th annual Whitehouse Wildcat Winter Games on Saturday, February 3. MPHS earned 1st place team honors in Spelling, Literary Criticism, Calculator Applications, and Mathematics.

Individual results:

Spelling (1st place team)

Sophie Greco 1st, Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Jenny Luna 3rd

Literary Criticism (1st place team)

Abi Pathak 3rd, Natalia Aspeitia 4th, Brissia Alvarez 5th, Jenny Luna, Abril Figueroa

Calculator Applications (1st place team)

Nathaniel Martinez 1st, Julian Chancellor 4th, Tanner Marshall 5th, Christopher Sorto 6th

Mathematics (1st place team)

Nathaniel Martinez 1st, Yahaira Piña 4th, Tanner Marshall 5th, Amir Martinez 6th

Number Sense (2nd place team)

Nathaniel Martinez 3rd, Julian Chancellor 5th, Christopher Sorto, Tanner Marshall

Ready Writing: Makayla Spigner 2nd, Sophie Greco 3rd, Brissia Alvarez 4th

The full team will be back in action at the Hallsville Tournament of Hearts on Friday and Saturday, February 9 and 10 as they continue to prepare for the district meet in early April.

Pictured: members of the MPHS UIL Academic teams