The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team closed out its spring season on Saturday, February 15, in Sulphur Springs. MPHS placed 3rd as a team at their final practice meet before District in March.

Individual results:

Spelling (1st place team)

Jenny Luna 3rd, Brissia Alvarez 4th, Karen Hernandez 6th

Calculator Applications (2nd place team)

9th grade: Jayden Baker 4th, Leslie Hernandez 5th

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

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd, Alessandro Greco 4th

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

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

Mathematics (2nd place team)

9th grade: Jayden Baker 6th

10th grade: Karen Sandate 4th, Araceli Salazar 6th

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

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

Overall: Luke Thurman 2nd, Yahaira Piña 3rd, Gopi Amin 5th, Julian Chancellor 6th

Accounting

Luis Alvarado 5th

Number Sense

10th grade: Karen Sandate 2nd

11th grade: Julian Chancellor 6th

12th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Tanner Marshall 5th, Gopi Amin 6th

Science

10th grade: Karen Sandate 6th

Copy Editing

Brissia Alvarez 3rd, Jennifer Luna 5th

Editorial Writing

Jennifer Luna 3rd

Current Events

Eli Hernandez 6th

Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking

Raif Fielder 4th, Natalia Aspeitia 6th

The UIL Spelling team will have one more practice meet on March 1 at Community and the Math and Science teams will travel to Shelbyville on March 8 and to San Antonio on March 15. The UIL District meet is on March 27 and 28.

Pictured: members of the MPHS UIL Academic teams