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