On Friday, April 19 forty-seven students and their coaches traveled to Texas A&M Commerce for the Region UIL competitions. All students attending had previously qualifyed by placing first, second or third in the District. After two days of events, over half of the students will move on to compete in the State competitions at the Univeristy of Texas at Austin May 20-22.
Below is a list of those who placed at Region. Students in first, second or third place, and first place teams qualify for State.
Accounting:
First Place Team
3) Connor Kane
4) Brian Kansaki
5) Brian Mooney
6) Morgan Gumbert
Calculator Applications:
First Place Team
1) Ross Coker
2) Davis Coghlan
3) Rhiannon Mohar
Computer Applications:
Second Place Team
1) Marshall Stiles
2) Hayden Little
3) Emily King
Computer Science:
6) Matthew Goodpaster
Feature Writing:
1) Kylie Holt
Headline Writing:
3) Kelsey Peiser
Literary Criticism:
First Place Team
1) Audra Webbe
5) Erika Abernathy
Mathematics:
First Place Team
1) Ross Coker
2) Davis Coghlan
3) Matthew Hayden
Number Sense:
First Place Team
1) Ross Coker
3) Colton Katzen
5) Matthew Hayden
6) Jared Cole
News Writing:
1) Buckley Wallace
6) Trevor Jones
Science:
First Place Team
1) Carson Wells (1st in Biology)
2) Ross Coker (1st in Chemistry and Physics)
3) Allison Gant
4) Victor Graf
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Second Place Team (Qualifies as a Wildcard Team)
2) Melissa Haltom