LHS Scores Dominant UIL Academic District Title Win
The La Grange High School academics team placed 1st at the District 20-4A UIL Academics Spring Meet.
Regional qualifiers will compete at the Region 3 Academic Meet on Saturday, April 17, at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches.
Overall Point Standing: La Grange = 694
La Grange = 694
Giddings = 492.50
Smithville = 457.50
Manor New Tech = 43
The CX Debate Meet was held in La Grange on February 2
CX Debate - Coach Tara Bennett
2nd Place: Bianca Veitch, Kayla Cantwell
3rd Place: Isis Debrock, Stephany Ramirez
The Computer Science Meet was held in La Grange on March 22.
Computer Science - Coach Tara Bennett
4th place - Hugo Olalde
5th place - Sean Green
2nd place team - Hugo Olalde, Sean Green, Kaylee Shoemaker, Jayden Pearson
The Main Academic Meet was held in La Grange on March 25
Accounting - Coach Susie Morgan
5th place - Kendall Baker
6th place - Trey Cunningham
2nd place team - Kendall Baker, Trey Cunningham, Julia Aymond, Lizbeth Martinez
Calculator - Coach Nicole Rerich
1st place - Jayden Pearson
2nd place (tie) - Kylee Kelley & Campbell Youens
4th place - Alessandra Solorzano
1st place team - Jaden Pearson, Kylee Kelley, Campbell Youens, Alessandra Solorzano, Avery Koehl, Jill Newton
Computer Applications - Coach Tara Bennett
4th place - Molly Bennett
5th place - Landon von Minden
6th place - MaKenzie Givan
2nd place team - Molly Bennett, Landon von Minden, MaKenzie Givan
Current Events - Coach Melanie Bertsch
1st place - Landon von Minden
2nd place - Amanda Urban
4th place - Emma Allbritton
1st place team - Landon von Minden, Amanda Urban, Emma Allbritton, Ella Pineda, Heath Henson
Extemporaneous Informative Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork
3rd place - Jaden Williams
4th place - Riley Youens
5th place - Anna Follin
Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking - Coach Laurie Stork
1st place - Abbey Nedbalek
3rd place - Isis Debrock
4th place - Alivia Eindorf
Literary Criticism - Coach Laurie Stork
2nd place - Kylee Kelley
5th place - Abigail Eindorf
2nd place team - Kylee Kelley, Abigail Eindorf, Landon von Minden, Kylie Zbranek, Phoebe Tucker
Mathematics - Coach Heather Muesse
1st place - Gus Herbrich
2nd place - Grant Adamcik
3rd place - Jayden Pearson
4th place - Katie Gray
1st place team - Gus Herbrich, Grant Adamcik, Jayden Pearson, Katie Gray, Cole Stork, Abigail Eindorf, Westin Smith
Number Sense - Coach David Cooper
1st place (tie) - Gus Herbrich & Philip Matocha
3rd place - Jayden Pearson
1st place team - Gus Herbrich, Philip Matocha, Jayden Pearson, Joseph Mueller, Jaxon Cooper
Poetry Interpretation - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
3rd place - Bryssa Rios
Prose Interpretation - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
3rd place - Conner Underwood
5th place - Kylie Zbranek
Science - Coach Kevin Obkirchner
2nd place - Amelia Rohan
4th place - Gus Herbrich
6th place - Grant Adamcik
Top Scorer Chemistry - Amelia Rohan
Top Scorer Physics - Amelia Rohan
Top Scorer Physics Alternate - Gus Herbrich
1st place team - Amelia Rohan, Gus Herbrich, Grant Adamcik, Landon von Minden, Westin Smith, Cole Stork, John
“JR” Pineiro, Shawn Blackwood
Social Studies - Coach Sarah Jurk Carey
1st place - John “JR” Pineiro
6th place - Landon von Minden
1st place team - John “JR” Pineiro, Landon von Minden, Mia Solorzano, Drew Harbers, Heath Henson,
Travis Stokes
Spelling and Vocabulary - Coach Kristine Naiser
5th place - MaKenzie Givan
6th place - Garrett Harris
2nd place team - MaKenzie Givan, Garrett Harris, Stephany Ramirez, Casey Marshall
The Ready Writing & Journalism Meet was held in Giddings on March 26
Ready Writing - Coach Laurie Stork
3rd place - Kylee Kelley
5th place - Landon von Minden
Copy Editing - Coach Lucy Carr
1st place - Katie Gray
2nd place - Gus Herbrich
5th place - Kennedy Walla
Editorial Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
1st place - Anna Follin
6th place - Dulce Merlos
Feature Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
3rd place - Emma Coltrain
4th place - Emma Allbritton
6th place - MaKenzie Givan
Headline Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
3rd place - Kennedy Walla
6th place - Emma Coltrain
News Writing - Coach Lucy Carr
2nd place - Anna Eichler
4th place - Katie Gray
The LD Debate Meet was held in Smithville on April 1
LD Debate - Coach Chris Westall
1st place - Landon von Minden
3rd place - Amelia Rohan
Overall 2nd Place Team Speech - La Grange
Overall 2nd Place Team Journalism - La Grange