The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Math, Science, and Literary Criticism teams continued to prepare for the district meet at invitationals in Mabank and Sabine on Saturday, March 7. UIL Math and Science attended the East Texas Showdown Math-Science Meet at Sabine High School, earning a 2nd place large school Sweepstakes award. And the Lit Crit team brought home two individual medals from the Mabank Mad Dash at Mabank High School.

Individual results:

-Calculator Applications (2nd place team)

9th grade: Zoe Zuniga 2nd, Logan Latiolais 5th

10th grade: Evelyn Whisenhunt 5th

11th grade: Karen Sandate 2nd, Adriel Bagsic 4th, Araceli Salazar 5th

12th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd, Jamie Garret 4th, Audrey Garrett 5th, Marely Lopez 6th

-Mathematics (2nd place team)

10th grade: Evelyn Whisenhunt 3rd

11th grade: Karen Sandate 4th, Araceli Salazar 6th

12th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd, Jamie Garret 4th, Audrey Garrett 5th, Marely Lopez 6th

-Number Sense (2nd place team)

9th grade: Zoe Zuniga 3rd, Logan Latiolais 3rd

10th grade: Gabriel Castaneda 5th, Adrian Ayala 6th

11th grade: Karen Sandate 3rd, Carson Bell 4th, Erick Bernardi 5th, Areli Castanon 6th

12th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd, Jamie Garret 4th, Audrey Garrett 6th, Marely Lopez 6th

-Science

11th grade: Araceli Salazar 5th

12th grade: Isaac Flores 6th

-Literary Criticism: Abi Pathak 1st, Jordan Krumrie 4th

The full team will compete at the district meets on March 26, 27, and 31 for the opportunity to move on to Regionals in April. UIL Math and Science is coached by Osias Hernandez, Randy Ballard, and Larry Russell. And UIL Lit Crit is coached by Kimberly Cox.

Pictured: members of the MPHS UIL Math, Science, and Literary Criticism team