La Grange Dominates District UIL Academic Contests
The La Grange High School academics team placed 1st at the District 22-4A UIL academics spring meet. Regional qualifiers will compete at the Region 3-4A academic meet on Saturday, April 26, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.
Overall Point Standings: La Grange 519 Giddings 375 Bellville 335 Smithville 305 Caldwell 70 Navasota 52
Here are the events, sponsors and winners from La Grange:
• The Ready Writing & Journalism Meet was held in Giddings on Tues., March 25
Ready Writing - Coach Laurie Stork
1st place - Riley Lowe (Regional Qualifier) 6th place - Mercedes Debrock
Copy Editing - Coach Lucy Carr
1st place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Camden Coltrain
Editorial Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
2nd place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier)
Feature Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
3rd place - Camden Coltrain (Regional Qualifier)
Headline Writing Coach Lucy Carr
2nd place - Camden Coltrain (Regional Qualifier)
News Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
1st place - Meadow Taylor-Marklin (Regional Qualifier) Overall 2nd Place Team Journalism - La Grange
• The Computer Science Meet was held in La Grange on Wed., March 26 .
Computer Science Coach Tara Bennett
3rd place team - Jackson Bennett, Walker Finch, Gabriel Vega
• The Main Academic Meet was held in Brenham at Blinn College on Fri., March 28
Accounting - Coach Susie Morgan
2nd place team - John Kaspar, Jodie Kaspar, Ivanna Caceres-Anaya, Israel Orona (Regional Qualifying Team - earned Wild Card team for the Region) 5th place - John Kaspar 6th place - Jodie Kaspar Calculator - Coach Nicole Rerich 1st place team - Camden Coltrain, John Kaspar, Eleanor Carey, Landon Muesse (Regional Qualifying Team) 1st place - Camden Coltrain (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place - John Kaspar (Regional Qualifier) 5th place - Eleanor Carey
Current Issues & Events - Coach Melanie Bertsch
1st place team - Elmer Saldierna, Caleb Stokes, Walker Finch, Ely Glisson (Regional Qualifying Team) 1st place - Caleb Stokes (Regional Qualifier) 2nd place - Elmer Saldierna (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place - Ely Glisson (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Walker Finch 5th place - Rachel Smith
Extemporaneous Informative Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork
4th place - Camden Coltrain
Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork
1st place - Walker Finch (Regional Qualifier) 2nd place Riley Lowe (Regional Qualifier)
Literary Criticism - Coach Laurie Stork
1st place team - Eleanor Carey, Deacon Wick, Hailey Navarro, Charlotte Griffin (Regional Qualifying Team) 1st place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier) 5th place - Deacon Wick
Mathematics - Coach Heather Muesse
2nd place team - Camden Coltrain, Hunter Sabo, Kameron Behrens, John Kaspar 3rd place (tie) - Camden Coltrain (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place (tie) - Hunter Sabo (Regional Qualifier)
Number Sense - Coach David Cooper
1st place team - Anthony Anzaldua, Oliver Gunn, Camden Coltrain, Gabe Haverda (Regional Qualifying Team) 1st place Anthony Anzaldua (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place - Oliver Gunn (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Camden Coltrain
Poetry Interpretation - Coach Casey Lewis Wagner
3rd place - Riley Lowe (Regional Qualifier) 6th place - Mercedes Debrock
Prose Interpretation - Coach Casey Lewis Wagner
3rd place - Lillian Carey (Regional Qualifier) 4th place Charlotte Griffin 6th place - Madison Messer
Science - Coaches Kevin Obkirchner & Lora Cherry
2nd place team - Grayson Owens, Hunter Sabo, Sergio Hernandez, Ethyn Wilson, Jacob Bridgefarmer 1st place overall Grayson Owens (Regional Qualifier) Top Biology score - 1st place - Grayson Owens (Regional Qualifier) Top Physics score - 1st place - Grayson Owens (Regional Qualifier) Top Chemistry score - 2nd place - Grayson Owens
Social Studies - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
1st place team Grayson Owens, Eleanor Carey, Ivanna Caceres-Anaya, Parker Weishuhn (Regional Qualifying Team) 1st place - Grayson Owens (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Ivanna Caceres-Anaya