The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team took 2nd place team honors at the annual Hallsville Tournament of Hearts on Saturday, February 14. In addition to numerous individual medals, MPHS also took home six 1st and 2nd place team plaques.

Individual results:

-Spelling (1st place team)

Brissia Alvarez 1st, Jenny Luna 2nd, Juliet Luna 3rd, Wendy Valdez 4th, Gabe Arredondo 5th

-Calculator Applications (2nd place team)

11th grade: Araceli Salazar 3rd

12th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd

Overall: Julian Chancellor 4th

-Mathematics (2nd place team)

12th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd

Overall: Julian Chancellor 6th

-Journalism (2nd place team—just 3 points away from 1st)

Copy Editing: Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Jenny Luna 4th, Evelyn Hernandez 5th

Feature Writing: Abril Figueroa 1st, Evelyn Hernandez 3rd

Editorial Writing: Brissia Alvarez 1st, Abril Figueroa 6th

Headline Writing: Wendy Valdez 2nd, Evelyn Hernandez 3rd, Brissia Alvarez 4th

-Current Events (2nd place team)

Raymond Sanchez 2nd, Declan O’Quinn 6th, Christopher Garcia

-Social Studies (2nd place team)

Raymond Sanchez 3rd, Declan O’Quinn 4th, Christopher Garcia

-Number Sense 12th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 3rd

-Literary Criticism: Abi Pathak 1st, Jordan Krumrie 3rd, Zoei Craig 4th

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

-Lincoln Douglas Debate: Kaytlynn Sims 2nd

-Informative Extemporaneous Speaking: Ella Anderson 6th

-Computer Science: Gabriel Castaneda 3rd

The team will be host the Winter Tiger Invitational on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21 as they continue to prepare for the district meet in March.

Pictured: members of the MPHS UIL Academic teams