The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team continued its spring season on Friday, February 18 and Saturday, February 19 at the Sulphur Springs High School Judy Tipping UIL Invitational Meet. Due to multiple activities happening last weekend, the UIL team took a skeleton crew but still managed to perform well without several of their key players.

Full results are as follows:

~Calculator Applications: (2nd place team)

9th grade: Luke Thurman (1st), Christopher Sorto (2nd), Tanner Marshall(3rd)

10th grade: Nathaniel Martinez (2nd)

11th grade: Devin Castaneda (1st), Isaac Hernandez (2nd), Param Poudel (3rd), Merlin Cardona (5th), Clayton Brison (5th)

12th grade: Jackelin Gomez (2nd), Johnathan Sandate (3rd)

Overall: Devin Castaneda (2nd), Isaac Hernandez (3rd), Param Poudel (4th), Jackelin Gomez (6th)

~Mathematics: (2nd place team)

9th grade: Luke Thurman (1st), Tanner Marshall (2nd), Christopher Sorto (3rd)

Overall: Luke Thurman (3rd)

~Number Sense: (2nd place team)

9th grade: Luke Thurman (1st), Tanner Marshall (2nd)

11th grade: Clayton Brison (3rd)

Overall: Luke Thurman (4th), Tanner Marshall (5th), Clayton Brison (6th)

~Spelling

Isabel Gonzales (1st)

~Science

12th grade: Esteban Trejo (1st), Johnathan Sandate (2nd)

~Ready Writing:

Yahaira Pina (3rd), Zoe Newman (5th)

~Social Studies:

Odalys Adame (5th)

~Journalism:

Copy Editing—Michelle Calderon (5th)

News Writing—Michelle Calderon (2nd), Odalys Adame (4th)

Feature Writing—Odalys Adame (1st), Idania Castanon (2nd), Michelle Calderon (4th)

Headline Writing—Michelle Calderon (4th)

The MPHS UIL Math and Science teams will compete one last time at The East Texas Showdown on March 5. The UIL Academic District meet is March 25-26.