The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team continued its season on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25, hosting the Winter Tiger Classic on the MPHS campus. The annual event is a fund raiser for the MPHS Academic teams and helps to fund their travel to events throughout the year. In all, eighteen schools from our local area participated. MPHS was the 1st place team in the large school division, with six 1st place team and two 2nd place team individual awards, and numerous individual medals.

Individual results:

Calculator Applications (1st place team)

9th grade: Jayden Baker 1st, Leslie Hernandez 2nd

10th grade: Karen Sandate 1st, Adriel Bagsic 2nd, Jannely Aguilar 3rd, Araceli Salazar 6th

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 1st

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

Overall: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Julian Chancellor 3rd, Tanner Marshall 4th, Karen Sandate 5th, Adriel Bagsic 6th

Mathematics (1st place team)

9th grade: Jayden Baker 1st, Leslie Hernandez 2nd

10th grade: Karen Sandate 1st, Araceli Salazar 3rd, Adriel Bagsic 4th, Jannely Aguilar 6th

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 1st

12th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Gopi Amin 3rd, Tanner Marshall 4th

Overall: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 2nd, Gopi Amin 3rd, Julian Chancellor 4th, Tanner Marshall 5th, Karen Sandate 6th

Science (1st place team)

10th grade: Karen Sandate 2nd

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Isaac Flores 3rd, Juan Gallegos 5th

12th grade: Tanner Marshall 3rd, Luke Thurman 4th, Yahaira Piña 5th

Overall: Tanner Marshall 5th, Luke Thurman 6th

Spelling (1st place team)

Brissia Alvarez 3rd, Jenny Luna 4th, Sam Chappell 5th, Wendy Valdez 6th

Accounting (1st place team)

Luis Alvarado 1st, Anthony Cabrera 2nd, Chris Garcia 3rd, Eli Hernandez 5th, Armondo Parra 6th

Number Sense (1st place team)

9th grade: Zavian Loewen 4th

10th grade: Jayden Loewen 2nd, Karen Sandate 3rd, Araceli Salazar 4th, Jannely Aguilar 5th, Adriel Bagsic 6th

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 1st, Aiyanna Brumfield 2nd

12th grade: Luke Thurman 2nd, Gopi Amin 3rd, Tanner Marshall 4th, Jesus Moreno 5th, Yahaira Piña 6th

Overall: Luke Thurman 2nd, Julian Chancellor 3rd, Jayden Loewen 5th

Social Studies (2nd place team)

Juan Gallegos 4th, Raymond Sanchez 6th

Current Events (2nd place team)

Eli Hernandez 4th, Sabrina Otero 6th

Journalism

Copy Editing: Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Jennifer Luna 3rd, Evelyn Hernandez 4th, Wendy Valdez 5th

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

Feature Writing: Wendy Valdez 3rd, Celeste Landin 5th

Editorial Writing: Chelsea Plascencia-Mendoza 4th, Aurian Peoples 6th

Headlines: Evelyn Hernandez 4th, Brissia Alvarez 5th, Chelsea Plascencia-Mendoza 6th

Informative Speaking:

Sabrina Otero-Svirska 2nd, Natalia Aspeitia 4th

Persuasive Speaking:

Raif Fielder 4th

Poetry Interpretation:

Charisma Crabtree 6th

Next up for the MPHS UIL Academic team is the Tournament of Hearts at Hallsville on Saturday, February 8. 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