La Grange Wins District 20-4A UIL Academic Championship
The La Grange High School academics team placed first at the District 20-4A UIL Academics Spring Meet. Regional qualifiers will compete at the Region 3 Academic Meet on Saturday, April 23, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. Overall Point Standing:
La Grange – 685
Giddings – 509
Smithville – 450
Manor New Tech – 45
Austin Johnson LBJ – 22
The CX Debate Meet was held in La Grange on February 1
CX Debate - Coach Tara Bennett
2nd place: Alivia Eindorf & Biana Veitch
4th place: Jackson Bennett & Walker Finch
5th place: Daniel Perales & Riley Youens
The Computer Science Meet was held in La Grange on March 23
Computer Science - Coach Tara Bennett
1st place team - Garrett Harris, Jayden Pearson, Ty Trlicek, Drew Harbers
2nd place - Garrett Harris
3rd place - Jayden Pearson
5th place - Ty Trlicek
The Ready Writing & Journalism Meet was held in Giddings on March 24
Ready Writing - Coach Laurie Stork
5th place - Ella Pineda
Copy Editing - Coach Lucy Carr
2nd place - Emma Coltrain
6th place - Brynn Mikulenka
Editorial Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
4th place - Landon von Minden
5th place - Ella Pineda
6th place - Anna Follin
Feature Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
1st place - Landon von Minden
6th place - Keslyn Davis
Headline Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
2nd place - Emma Coltrain
3rd place - Keslyn Davis
4th place - Lana Cheatham
News Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
1st place - Charlee Wessels
4th place - Anna Eichler
5th place - Alivia Eindorf
The Main Academic Meet was held in La Grange on March 25
Accounting - Coach Susie Morgan
5th place - Kyha Powell
6th place - Trey Cunningham
Calculator - Coach Nicole Rerich
1st place team - Jayden Pearson, Kylee Kelley, Campbell Youens, Alessandra Solorzano
1st place - Jayden Pearson
2nd place - Kylee Kelley
3rd place - Campbell Youens
4th place - Alessandra Solorzano
Computer Applications - Coach Tara Bennett
3rd place - Landon von Minden
5th place - Emma Coltrain
Current Events - Coach Melanie Bertsch
1st place team - Amanda Urban, Landon von Minden, JR Pineiro, Ella Pineda
1st place - Amanda Urban
2nd place - Landon von Minden
3rd place - JR Pineiro
Extemporaneous Informative Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork
4th place - Alivia Eindorf
6th place - Julie Vazquez
Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork
2nd place - Riley Lowe
5th place - Jaden Williams
Literary Criticism - Coach Laurie Stork
1st place team - Ella Wick, Kylee Kelley, Abigail Eindorf, Landon von Minden
1st place - Ella Wick
2nd place - Kylee Kelley
3rd place - Abigail Eindorf
Mathematics - Coaches Heather Muesse & Elizabeth Wagner Kubicek
1st place team - Jayden Pearson, Grant Adamcik, Lance Liccioni, Cole Stork
1st place - Jayden Pearson
4th place - Grant Adamcik
5th place - Lance Liccioni
6th place - Cole Stork
Number Sense - Coach David Cooper
1st place team - Jayden Pearson, Rachel Matocha, Jaxon Cooper, Lance Liccioni
1st place - Jayden Pearson
4th place - Rachel Matocha
5th place - Jaxon Cooper
Poetry Interpretation - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
5th place - Lauren Bull
6th place - Emma Coltrain
Prose Interpretation - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
2nd place - Madelyn Kates
4th place - Genesis Parada
Science - Coach Kevin Obkirchner
2nd place team - Grant Adamcik, Abigail Eindorf, Lance Liccioni, Cole Stork
1st place - Grant Adamcik
4th place - Abigail Eindorf
5th place - Lance Liccioni
Top Scorer Physics (tie) - Grant Adamcik & Lance Liccioni
Top Scorer Alternate Biology - Grant Adamcik
Social Studies - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
1st place team - JR Pineiro, Alessandra Solorzano, Travis Stokes, Amanda Urban
1st place - JR Pineiro
2nd place - Alessandra Solorzano
6th place - Travis Stokes
Spelling and Vocabulary - Coach Kristine Naiser
2nd place team - Garrett Harris, Phoebe Tucker, John Gray, Lyndie Edson
6th place - Garrett Harris
The LD Debate Meet was held in Smithville on March 29
LD Debate - Coach Chris Westall
2nd place - Landon von Minden
5th place - Jade Ackerman
Overall 2nd Place Team Speech - La Grange
Overall 1st Place Team Journalism - La Grange