The UIL academic team took sweepstakes at Texas Tech’s Fearless Champions meet on Feb. 14 with 223 points.
In calculator applications, senior Eva Thiessen took first overall as well as first in the senior division. Junior Victoria Baros was fourth in the 11th grade division.
In literary criticism, the team was second place overall with senior Serena Wiebe taking second place overall.
In mathematics, the team of Thiessen, junior Avery Wood and sophomore Jacob Gonzales took first overall. Individually Thiessen took first overall with junior Avery Wood in third. Thiessen was first in the senior division, while Wood took first in the junior division. Gonzales was third in the sophomore division.
In number sense, the team of Thiessen, senior Tristan Stixrud and junior Jaxon Hand took first overall. Individually, Thiessen was first, Stixrud took third. In the senior division, Thiessen was first. In the junior division, Hand was second. In the sophomore division, Gonzales was third and Carolina Harms was fourth.
In ready writing, junior Camila Jimenez took second, and senior Fedra Ortiz was fifth.
The journalism team of senior Melissa Gutierrez Tarango, senior Mia Cowan and junior Mattie Hice took first overall.
In news writing, Gutierrez Tarango took fourth, while Cowan was sixth.
In editorial writing, Hice was third, Cowan was fifth, and Gutierrez Tarango was sixth.
In headline writing, Hice took first, Cowan was second, and Gutierrez Tarango was fourth.
In copyediting, Cowan was second, Gutierrez Tarango took third, and Hice was sixth.
