The Harlingen High School South UIL team brought home the 32-6A UIL Academic District Championship last weekend after competing at San Benito High School. The team won with over 500 points – a new record for South. With 32 students qualifying, they move on to the next round of competition, the UIL Academic Regional Meet on April 22-23 at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Winning points for South include the following:
Calculator : Ryan Mowers – 1st and 2nd place team
Current Issues : Miguel Dominguez – 4th Justin Serna – 3rd Jaime Ramirez – 1st and they also took 1st place team
Computer Applications : Miguel Dominguez – 4th Brenden Martinez – 3rd
Computer Science : Brenden Martinez – 4th Amanda Alvarez – 2nd and they took 2nd place team
Editorial Writing : Jacob Fraga – 6th Ashley Pannell – 3rd
Headline Writing : Jacob Fraga – 6th
Informative Speaking : Abby De Leon – 5th Matthew Canon – 3rd Chris Smith – 2nd
Lincoln Douglas Debate : Abby De Leon – 3rd Miriam Perez – 2nd Lizzy Everett – 1st
Literary Criticism : Ashley Esquivel – 6th Micaela Keyes – 5th and they won 2nd place team
Mathematics : Michael Cantu – 5th Carlos Torres 3rd Ryan Mowers 1st and they won 1st place team
Number Sense : Carlos Torres – 5th Chen Yen-Ting 2nd Ryan Mowers 1st and they won 1st place team
Persuasive Speaking : John Duncan- 6th Lizzie Everett – 3rd Miriam Perez – 1st
Poetry Interpretation : Sawyer Warrenburg – 3rd Savannah Smith – 2nd Jessica Durant – 1st
Prose Interpretation : John Duncan – 4th James Gracia – 3rd Matthew Canon – 1st
Ready Writing : McKayla Davis – 5th Erika Hernandez – 1st
Science : Chen Yen-Ting 5th Ryan Mowers 1st place as well as 1st place in Chemistry and Physics and they won 1st place team
Social Studies : Miguel Dominguez 3rd Jaime Ramirez 2nd Justin Serna 1st and they also took 1st place team
Spelling and Vocabulary : Karla Khine 5th place and they also took 2nd place team
