La Grange Wins District 22-4A UIL Academic Championship
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 3-4AAcademic Meet on Saturday, April 27, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.
Overall Point Standings: La Grange – 510 Giddings – 461 Smithville – 454 Taylor – 199 Caldwell – 67 Manor New Tech – 20 --- The CX Debate Meet was held in Smithville on February 7 CX Debate - Coach Chris Westall
3rd place: Alivia Eindorf & Landon von Minden 5th place: Natalia Soto and Julie Vazquez --- The Ready Writing & Journalism Meet was held in Giddings on April 3 Ready Writing - Coach Laurie Stork 3rd place - Ella Pineda (Regional Qualifier) 6th place - Landon von Minden
Copy Editing - Coach Lucy Carr 2nd place - Ellah Hill (Regional Qualifier) 5th place - Diamond McKenzie Editorial Writing - Coach Lucy Carr 3rd place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier) 6th place - Jackson Bennett Feature Writing - Coach Lucy Carr 4th place - Camden Coltrain 5th place - Eryn Kutchka
Headline Writing - Coach Lucy Carr 1st place - Ella Pineda (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place - Camden Coltrain (Regional Qualifier) News Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
4th place - Nayeli Molina-Cerrito 5th place - Meadow Taylor-Marklin Overall 1st Place Team Journalism – La Grange --- The Computer Science Meet was held in La Grange on April 4 Computer Science - Coach Tara Bennett 2nd place team - Owen Westall, Natalie Shepherd, Landon von Minden, Jackson Bennett 5th place - Owen Westall The Main Academic Meet was held in Brenham at Blinn College on April 5 Accounting - Coach Susie Morgan
2nd place team - John Kaspar, Kylie Zbranek, Edgar Monjaras, Jodie Kaspar (Regional Qualifying Team - earned Wild Card team for the Region)
5th place - John Kaspar Calculator - Coach Nicole Rerich
2nd place team - Camden Coltrain, Eleanor Carey Landon Muesse, Kameron Behrens
2nd place - Camden Coltrain (Regional Qualifier)
Computer Applications - Coach Tara Bennett 1st place - Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifier)
6th place - Camden Coltrain
Current Issues & Events - Coach Melanie Bertsch 1st place team - Landon von Minden, Ely Glisson, Walker Finch, Caleb Stokes (Regional Qualifying Team)
1st place - Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifier)
2nd place - Ely Glisson (Regional Qualifier)
4th place - Walker Finch
5th place - Dominick Smith
6th place - Caleb Stokes
Extemporaneous Informative Speaking Coach Laurie Stork 1st place - Dominick Smith (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Alivia Eindorf
Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking Coach Laurie Stork
1st place - Riley Lowe (Regional Qualifier)
Literary Criticism - Coach Laurie Stork
1st place team - Eleanor Carey, Landon von Minden, Kylie Zbranek, Charlotte Griffin (Regional Qualifying Team)
1st place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualiher)
4th place - Landon von Minden
5th place - Kylie Zbranek
6th place - Charlotte Griffin
Mathematics - Coach Heather Muesse
2nd place team - Hunter Sabo, Landon von Minden, Owen Westall, John Gray
3rd place (tie) - Hunter Sabo (Regional Qualifier)
3rd place (tie) - Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifier)
Number Sense - Coach David Cooper
1st place team - Oliver Gunn, Anthony Anzaldua, Austen Diggs, Owen Westall (Regional Qualifying Team)
3rd place - Oliver Gunn (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Anthony Anzaldua
Poetry Interpretation - Coach Casey Lewis Wagner 5th place - Charlotte Griffin
6th place - Koen Zbranek
Prose Interpretation - Coach Casey Lewis Wagner 3rd place - Genesis Parada (Regional Qualifier)
4th place - Madison Messer
6th place - Mercedes Debrock
Social Studies - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
1st place team - Eleanor Carey, Elmer Saldiema, Caleb Stokes, Autumn Wolf (Regional Qualifying Team)
1st place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier) 2nd place - Elmer Saldiema (Regional Qualifier)
6th place - Autumn Wolf
Spelling & Vocabulary - Coach Kristine Naiser 5th place - John Gray
Overall 2nd Place Team Speech = La Grange