The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team continued its fall season on November 2 at the Walk the Plank Invitational at Pine Tree and on November 9 at the Whitehouse Thanksgiving Classic. MPHS was the 2nd place team overall in Whitehouse and won two 1st place category awards, eight 2nd place category awards, and numerous individual medals.

Individual results:

Pine Tree Walk the Plank Invitational

Spelling (1st place team): Jenny Luna 1st, Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Luke Brown 4th, Karen Hernandez 5th, Gisel Ramirez 6th

Calculator Applications (2nd place team)

10th grade: Karen Sandate 2nd, Adriel Bagsic 6th

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd, Jamie Garrett 5th

12th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Tanner Marshall 4th, Amir Martinez 5th, Kate Ball 6th

Overall: Luke Thurman 2nd, Yahaira Piña 4th, Julian Chancellor 5th

Mathematics (2nd place team)

10th grade: Karen Sandate 6th

11th grade: Alessandro Greco 2nd, Julian Chancellor 3rd

12th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Tanner Marshall 3rd

Overall: Luke Thurman 2nd, Yahaira Piña 4th, Tanner Marshall 5th, Alessandro Greco 6th

Social Studies (2nd place team): Juan Gallegos 2nd, Karen Sandate 4th

Accounting (2nd place team): Anthony Cabrera 2nd, Luis Alvarado 5th, Francisco Zapata 6th

Number Sense (2nd place team)

10th grade: Adriel Bagsic 3rd, Karen Sandate 4th, Araceli Salazar 5th

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd

12th grade: Luke Thurman 2nd, Tanner Marshall 3rd

Informative Extemp: Mayte Flores 4th

Ready Writing: Brissia Alvarez 1st, Evelyn Hernandez 3rd

Science

10th grade: Karen Sandate 6th

12th grade: Tanner Marshall 4th, Luke Thurman 5th

Whitehouse Thanksgiving Classic (2nd place overall team)

Spelling (1st place team) Jenny Luna 1st, Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Sam Chappell 3rd, Karen Hernandez 6th

Calculator Applications (2nd place team) Luke Thurman 2nd, Tanner Marshall 4th, Alessandro Greco 5th, Yahaira Piña 6th

Mathematics (2nd place team) Luke Thurman 2nd, Yahaira Piña 3rd, Tanner Marshall 5th, Gopi Amin 6th

Literary Criticism (2nd place team) Abi Parthak 4th, Abril Figueroa, Maribel Ramirez, Chelsea Mendoza, Jennifer Luna

Journalism

Copy Editing: Evelyn Hernandez 2nd, Brissia Alvarez 4th

News Writing: Celeste Landin 4th, Evelyn Hernandez 5th

Feature Writing: Chelsea Mendez 6th

Editorial Writing: Maribel Ramirez 5th, Jennifer Luna 6th

Headline Writing: Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Chelsea Mendez 6th

Current Events: Sabrina Otero-Svirska 6th

Persuasive Extemp: Raif Fielder 5th

Ready Writing Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Evelyn Hernandez 3rd

Next up for MPHS UIL, the spelling and current events teams will compete in Waco on November 16 and the math team will close out the semester in Highland Park on December 6-7. The teams are coached by Gina Crouch, Osias Hernandez, Jack Jones, David Clark, Joel Whitaker, John Whitten, Kim Cox, Larry Russell, Randy Ballard, and Tammy Thomas.

Pictured: members of the MPHS UIL Academic teams