MPHS UIL competes in Sulphur Springs

• Members of the MPHS UIL academic team. COURTESY PHOTO

The Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic team completed its final push toward district at the Judy Tipping Memorial UIL Invitational Meet at Sulphur Springs High School on February 16-17. This was the last meet for the full academic team before spring break with the district meet scheduled April 6 in Hallsville. Full results include: Calculator Applications (2nd place team)

9th grade: Karen Sandate 4th

10th grade: Julian Chancellor 2nd

11th grade: Luke Thurman 1st, Yahaira Piña 3rd, Tanner Marshall 3rd, Gopi Amin 6th

12th grade: Clinton DeBord 1st Overall: Clinton DeBord 2nd, Luke Thurman 5th Mathematics (2nd place team)

10th grade: Julian Chancellor 6th

11th grade: Yahaira Piña 1st, Luke Thurman 2nd, Gopi Amin 3rd, Tanner Marshall 5th, Samuel Chappell 5th

12th grade: Clinton DeBord 2nd Overall: Clinton DeBord 4th, Yahaira Piña

5th Spelling (2nd place team) Sophie Greco 1st, Brissia Alvarez 4th

11th grade: Luke Thurman 3rd, Tanner Marshall 5th, Gopi Amin 6th, Samuel Chappell 6th

12th grade: Andrew Guerette 5th, Ethan Sanchez 6th Science 10th grade: Vanessa Sampson 6th

11th grade: Luke Thurman 5th Current Events Angelina Hernandez 1st Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking Lesly Flores 1st Informative Extemporaneous Speaking Angelina Hernandez 1st, Sabrina Otero 3rd, Raquel Garza 4th Lincoln Douglas Debate Angelina Hernandez 1st, Natalia Aspeitia

4th, Raquel Garza 6th Journalism Copy Editing: Brissia Alvarez 3rd, Evelyn Hernandez

5th News Writing: Idania Castanon

6th Feature Writing: Idania Castanon 5th, Noemy Dorantes

6th Headline Writing: Celeste Landin

5th Ready Writing Sophie Greco 2nd The teams are coached by Gina Crouch (UIL Coordinator, Spelling, and Current Events), Osias Hernandez (Math, Calculator, and Computer Science), Gabrielle Robbins (Literary Criticism and Ready Writing), David Clark (Accounting and Social Studies), Lara Martin (Debate), John Whitten (Journalism), Kim Cox (Journalism), Larry Russell (Science), Randy Ballard (Number Sense), and Misty McCrumby (Extemp, Prose, and Poetry).