UIL Academics Takes First at Denton Ryan Meet

The UIL academics team took first place sweepstakes at their meet at Denton Ryan High School on Feb. 10, 2018 in Denton, TX. (Stacy Short / The Talon News)

Miranda Downe, Managing Editor

Taking first place sweepstakes again, the UIL Academics Team competed in the Denton Ryan High School Invitational on Feb. 10. Trophies were awarded to the top six students in each event. The Speech and Debate teams also received awards at their meet at Grandview High School.

AHS Individual Medalists

Accounting- 1st place team

  • Gracie Williams 1st (meet high score)
  • Parker Weitzer 3rd
  • Jaylen Reed 4th

Calculator- 1st place team

  • Jack Young 1st
  • T Davis 2nd
  • Nicholas Mohar 5th

Computer Applications

  • Shivani Gandhi 3rd

Computer Science- 1st place team

  • Kunal Gahlawat 1st
  • Stefan Rider 2nd
  • Shivani Gandhi 5th

Current Issues and Events- 2nd place team

  • Jacob Morgan 1st
  • Gavin Johnston 5th

Journalism- 1st place team

  • Miranda Downe 1st in Feature and News
  • Ashlynn Roberts 2nd in News, 6th in Feature and Editorial
  • Sarah Berney 2nd in Headline
  • Jaclyn Harris 3rd in Feature and 6th in News
  • Trinity Flaten 4th in News
  • Lizzie Dagg 6th in Headline

Literary Criticism- 2nd place team

  • Ella Cate 4th

Math- 1st place team

  • Andrew Hennes 1st
  • Nicholas Mohar 2nd
  • Matthew Darnell 3rd
  • T Davis 4th
  • Kunal Gahlawat 5th

Number Sense- 1st place team

  • Nicholas Mohar 1st (meet high score)
  • Kunal Gahlawat 4th
  • Ryan Ross 5th

Science- 1st place team

  • Andrew Hennes 1st (meet high overall and biology scores, perfect chemistry section)
  • Nicholas Mohar 2nd
  • Matthew Darnell 4th
  • John Robertson 5th

Social Studies

  • Michael Filoso 2nd

Spelling- 2nd place team

  • Grace Laws 4th

Speaking Events at Grandview HS

  • Savanna Lessley 1st Informative Extemp
  • Morgan Stone 4th Persuasive Extemp
  • LeNora Schindler 5th Persuasive Extemp