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LG High School Wins District 224A 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 3-4A Academic Meet on Saturday, April 22, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.

Overall Point Standing: La Grange - 468.333 Smithville - 446.666 Giddings - 444 Taylor - 174 Caldwell - 92 Manor New Tech - 78 The CX Debate Meet was held in La Grange on Feb. 8.

CX Debate: Coach Chris Westall 3rd place: Alivia Eindorf & Landon von Minden

The Ready Writing & Journalism Meet was held in Giddings on March 20.

Ready Writing: Coach Laurie Stork

1st place - Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifier) 2nd place - Kylee Kelley (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Ella Pineda (Alternate to Regionals)

Copy Editing: Coach Lucy Carr

1st place - Phoebe Tucker (Regional Qualifier) Editorial Writing Coach Lucy Carr

4th place - Ella Pineda (Alternate to Regionals) 6th place - Anna Follin

Feature Writing: Coach Lucy Carr

1st place - Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Alivia Eindorf (Alternate to Regionals)

Headline Writing: Coach Lucy Carr

3rd place - Lana Cheatham (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Keslyn Davis (Alternate to Regionals) 5th place - Jaden Melton

News Writing: Coach Lucy Carr

3rd place - Anna Eichler (Regional Qualifier) 5th place - Nayeli Molina-Cerrito

The Computer Science Meet was held in La Grange on March 23.

Computer Science: Coaches Sean Henkel, Brad Harbers, Tara Bennett 2nd place team - Garrett Harris, Ty Trlicek, Drew Harbers, Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifiers - Wild Card Team for the Region) 2nd place - Garrett Harris (Regional Qualifier) 3rd place - Ty Trlicek (Regional Qualifier) 6th place - Drew Harbers

The Main Academic Meet

was held in Brenham at Blinn College on March 24.

Accounting: Coach Susie Morgan

2nd place team - Kylie Zbranek, Victoria Harold, Madelyn Kates, Jillian Hightower (Regional Qualifiers - Wild Card Team for the Region) 6th place - Kylie Zbranek

Calculator: Coach Nicole Rerich

2nd place team - Campbell Youens, Kylee Kelley, Kameron Behrens, Camden Coltrain 2nd place - Campbell Youens (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Kylee Kelley (Alternate to Regionals)

Computer Applications: Coaches Sean Henkel, Brad Harbers, Tara Bennett 4th place - Landon von Minden (Alternate to Regionals) 5th place - Camden Coltrain

Current Events: Coach Melanie Bertsch

2nd place team - Landon von Minden, Dominick Smith, Ely Glisson, Natalia Soto (Regional Qualifiers - Wild Card Team for the Region) 1st place - Landon von Minden (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Dominick Smith (Alternate to Regionals) 6th place - Ely Glisson

Extemporaneous Informative Speaking: Coach Laurie Stork 2nd place - Dominick Smith (Regional Qualifier) 6th place - Alivia Eindorf Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking: Coach Laurie Stork 2nd place - Riley Youens (Regional Qualifier) 4th place - Austin Nedbalek (Alternate to Regionals) 5th place - Jaden Williams

Literary Criticism: Coach Laurie Stork

1st place team - Kylee Kelley, Jade Ackerman, Anna Follin, Kylie Zbranek (Regional Qualifiers) 1st place - Kylee Kelley (Regional Qualifier) 2nd place - Jade Ackerman (Regional Qualifier) 5th place - Anna Follin

Mathematics: Coach Heather Muesse 4th place - Garrett Harris (Alternate to Regionals)

Number Sense: Coach David Cooper 6th place - Garrett Harris

Poetry Interpretation: Coach Sarah Jurk Carey 5th place - Hayden Splawn

Prose Interpretation: Coach Sarah Jurk Carey 5th place - Madelyn Kates 6th place - Genesis Parada

Science: Coach Kevin Obkirchner 6th place - Owen Westall

Social Studies Coach Sarah Jurk Carey

1st place team - Eleanor Carey, Caleb Stokes, Campbell Youens, Kylee Kelley (Regional Qualifiers) 1st place - Eleanor Carey (Regional Qualifier) 2nd place - Caleb Stokes (Regional Qualifier)

The LD Debate Meet was held in Smithville on March 28.

LD Debate: Coach Chris Westall

5th place - Jade Ackerman

Overall 2nd Place Team Speech - La Grange Overall 2nd Place Team Journalism - La Grange