Four of the Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic teams competed last weekend in a final push before the district meet. The UIL Spelling, Current Events, and Ready Writing teams headed to Carthage while the UIL Math and Calculator Application teams spent the weekend in San Antonio at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association State Meet.

In Carthage, the Spelling team of Sophie Greco, Brissia Alvarez, Karen Hernandez, and Jenny Luna placed first as a team. The Literary Criticism team of Luna, Alvarez, Natalia Aspeitia, Chelsea Mendoza, and Abril Figueroa also placed first as a team. And in Ready Writing, the State Director ranked all three MPHS competitors in the top 6 and awarded MPHS senior, Makayla Spigner, the Distinguished Writer award for being the top writer out of all the schools, both large and small.

In San Antonio, the 5A division featured 22 teams from across the state of Texas. The team of Nathaniel Martinez, Luke Thurman, Yahaira Piña, and Clinton DeBord placed 4th in 5A Mathematics and 5th in 5A Calculator Applications.

Individual results are as follows:

Spelling—Sophie Greco 1st, Brissia Alvarez 3rd, Jenny Luna 5th

Current Events—Natalia Aspeitia 1st, Jenny Luna 3rd

Ready Writing—Makayla Spigner 1st, Brissia Alvarez 2nd, Sophie Greco 5th

Literary Criticism—Jenny Luna 1st, Natalia Aspeitia 4th, Chelsea Mendoza 5th, Brissia Alvarez 6th

Mathematics

11th grade: Luke Thurman 7th, Yahaira Piña 10th

12th grade: Nathaniel Martinez 5th

Calculator

10th grade: Julian Chancellor 9th

11th grade: Yahaira Piña 6th, Luke Thurman 8th

12th grade: Nathaniel Martinez 5th

The 15-5A district academic meet kicks off with Speech and Debate events on Wednesday, April 3 at the Region VIII ESC and all other academic events on Saturday, April 6 in Hallsville.

Pictured:

1: Ready Writing coach Gabrielle Robbins (left) and MPHS senior, Makayla Spigner, with her Distinguished Writer award

2: UIL Math team members (L to R) Julian Chancellor, Luke Thurman, Clinton DeBord, Nathaniel Martinez, Yahaira Pina

3: UIL Ready Writing, Current Events, and Spelling teams