{"id":3124,"date":"2017-03-02T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2017-03-02T16:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:45:03","slug":"mphs-academic-uil-team-wins-big-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/mphs-academic-uil-team-wins-big-again\/","title":{"rendered":"MPHS Academic UIL Team Wins Big Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the third time this year, the Mount Pleasant High School Academic UIL team brought home the first-place trophy. This time it was from the Sulphur Springs Meet where the MPHS team beat 27 teams. They earned over 500 points in beating District rival and host team Sulphur Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Mt. Pleasant took first place in Calculator Applications, Journalism, Mathematics and Science. The team placed second in Accounting and Computer Science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI continue to be amazed at the dedication of our students and their coaches,\u201d said MPHS Academic UIL Coordinator Regina Crouch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of resting on their successes, they work extremely hard preparing for these meets. It takes a lot of time and their efforts are paying off!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many students earned individual medals in addition to the team medals they won. Individual results in each category:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accounting (2nd Place Team)<\/strong><br \/>\nJosh Menhennett 2nd place, Orlando Olivares 3rd place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calculator Applications (1st Place Team)<\/strong><br \/>\n10th grade: Sanum Shahid 2nd place<br \/>\n12th grade: Daniel Hernandez 1st place, Husban Shahid 3rd place<br \/>\nOverall Calculator \u2013 Daniel Hernandez 1st place, Husban Shahid 3rd place, Sanum Shahid 5th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computer Applications<\/strong><br \/>\nDillan Ingram 2nd place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computer Science (2nd Place Team)<\/strong><br \/>\nCaleb Huggins, Ben Grissom and Michael Irvin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Events<\/strong><br \/>\nJacob Baker 1st place, Nathon Segovia 4th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Informative Speaking<\/strong><br \/>\nMaritza Zambrano 2nd place, Aslin Barrientos 3rd place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Journalism (1st place team with 13 medals)<\/strong><br \/>\nCopy Editing: Eryn Armstrong 1st place, Rebecca Yox 3rd place<br \/>\nEditorial Writing: Eryn Armstrong 1st place, Eric Vasquez 4th place<br \/>\nFeature Writing: Eryn Armstrong 1st place, Rosie Gonzalez 2nd place, Rebecca Yox 4th place<br \/>\nEryn Armstrong 2nd place, Raegan Davis 5th place<br \/>\nHeadlines: Eryn Armstrong 1st place, Connor Reese 2nd place, Tripp Hinton 6th place<br \/>\nNews Writing: Eric Vasquez 1st place, Rosie Gonzales 2nd place, Connor Reese 4th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>LD Debate<\/strong><br \/>\nNancy Ibarra 3rd place, Dani Bernal 6th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Criticism<\/strong><br \/>\nHailyn Blackstone 6th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Math (1st place team)<\/strong><br \/>\n9th grade: Shelby Courreges 1st place, Virginia Fuentes 2nd place<br \/>\n10th grade: Jose Liera 1st place<br \/>\n11th grade: Nathon Segovia 1st place, Orlando Olivares 6th place<br \/>\n12th grade: Daniel Hernandez 1st place, Husban Shahid 2nd place<br \/>\nOverall Math \u2013 Jose Liera 1st place, Daniel Hernandez 2nd place, Husban Shahid 3rd place, Nathon Segovia 4th place, Shelby Courreges 6th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number Sense<\/strong><br \/>\n11th grade: Devon Reynolds 4th place<br \/>\n12th grade: Daniel Hernandez 2nd place, Yasmin Gomez 3rd place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry Interpretation<\/strong><br \/>\nJamie Adams 1st place, Aslin Barrientos 4th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persuasive Speaking<\/strong><br \/>\nAnthony Preciado 1st place, Audrey Courreges 2nd place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prose Interpretation<\/strong><br \/>\nYaritza Romero 1st place, Seth Robertson 2nd place, Tripp Hinton 4th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready Writing<\/strong><br \/>\nRebecca Yox 6th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science 1st Place Team:<\/strong> Jose Liera, Nathon Segovia, Eric Vasquez<br \/>\n9th grade: Caleb Ball 5th place<br \/>\n10th grade: Jose Liera 1st place<br \/>\n11th grade Nathon Segovia 1st place, Eric Vasquez 2nd place<br \/>\n12th grade Husban Shahid 3rd place<br \/>\nTop Physics Score: Nathon Segovia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Studies<\/strong><br \/>\nNathon Segovia 6th place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spelling<\/strong><br \/>\nItzamarie Vargas 3rd place, Ilse Vargas 5th place, Annie Le 6th place<\/p>\n<p>Mount Pleasant High School will host The District March 25.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured: The MPHS Academic UIL Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third time this year, the Mount Pleasant High School Academic UIL team brought home the first-place trophy. 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