CHS wins District UIL Championship, sets records

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CHS wins District UIL Championship, sets records

Tue, 03/28/2023 - 09:46
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A Report by Xander Gasparlin & Karla Blanco
first published in the CHS Cat's Tale

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Last week, Canadian High School competed in the 3A District meet for Academic and Speech UIL, dominating the competition with 802 points and earning the championship trophy. Competitors included Bushland, Spearman, River Road, Dalhart, and Tulia. The top 3 in each event advance to Regionals, along with the first place teams. Numerous participants earned a spot at the Regional UIL Meet April 21-22.

At district, Junior Laney Hood broke the school record in UIL Calculator, surpassing past high scores ranging from 190-220. As a sophomore, she had the highest Regional score (252). In years past (2010-2016), Canadian has had many state qualifiers for UIL Calculator, but last year, Laney had a State score of 231. She is also the first student in school history to advance in 2 subjects (Science and Calculator) as a sophomore to the State UIL Meet.

Other top winners were:

Accounting:
1st: Will Fry
2nd: Anderson Perkins
3rd: Carlos Sanchez
1st place team advancing to regionals: Will Fry, Anderson Perkins, Carlos Sanchez, Miranda Nunez

Calculator Applications:
1st: Laney Hood
2nd: Kelsey Dockray
4th: Jaxtyn Valenzuela
1st place team advancing to regionals: Laney Hood, Kelsey Dockray, Jaxtyn Valenzuela, Kenzie Flowers

Computer Applications:
2nd: Lilly Bradford
3rd: Morgan Orrell

Computer Science:
1st: Tate Wilhelm
2nd: Laney Hood
3rd: Cole Walser
4th: Diego Lugo
1st place team, advancing to regionals: Tate Wilhelm, Laney Hood, Cole Walser, Diego Lugo

Current Issues and Events:
1st: Ben Bryant
4th: Pacer Gambrell
5: Will Fry
6th: Leon Tu
1st place team advancing to regionals: Ben Bryant, Pacer Gambrell, Will Fry, Leon Tu

News Writing
1st: Ben Bryant
2nd: Karla Blanco
3rd: Kathy Aragon

Editorial Writing:
1st: Karla Blanco
2nd: Ashely Perry
3rd: Payton Wilkinson

Copy Editing:
1st: Will Fry
3rd: Kenzie English
4th: Presley Harper

Feature Writing:
1st: Kenzie English
2nd: Presley Harper
5th: Xander Gaslparlin

Headline Writing:
1st: Clara Pulliam
2nd: Xander Gasparlin
3rd: Ashely Perry
1st place team

Journalism: 1st place team

Literary Criticism:
1st: Presley Harper
4th: Ella Walser
7th: Kenzie English
1st place team advancing to regionals: Presley Harper, Ella Walser, Kenzie English

Mathematics:
1st: Laney Hood
2nd: Sam Kendall
3rd: Jaxtyn Valenzuela
1st place team advancing to regionals: Laney Hood, Same Kendall, Jaxtyn Valenzuela, Brianna Antillon

Number sense:
1st: Sam Kendall
2nd: Laney Hood
4th: Tate Wilhelm
1st place team advancing to regionals: Sam Kendall, Laney Hood, Tate Wilhelm, Brenner Hawkins

Ready Writing:
2nd: Ethan Gerhardt
3rd: Presley Harper

Science:
1st: Laney Hood (1st in Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
2nd: Everett Cook
4th: Lucas Moreno
5th: Tate Wilhelm
1st place team advancing to regionals: Laney Hood, Everett Cook (2nd in Physics), Lucas Moreno, Tate Wilhelm

Social Studies:
1st: Ben Bryant
6th: Max Dumbauld
2nd place team advancing to regionals: Ben Bryant, Max Dumbauld, Anderson Perkins, Lucas Moreno

Spelling:
3rd: Carlie Renfro
4th: Leah Moreno
6th: Ashley Perry
2nd place team

Informative Speaking:
4th: Connor Cipollone
5th: Lino Lugo
7th: Connor Miller

Persuasive Speaking:
3rd: Ethan Gerhardt
6th: Ben Bryant
8th: Ella Walser

Poetry:
1st: Tatum Oatman
3rd: Ainsley Cook
4th: Brianna Antillon

Prose:
2nd: Chloe Westbrook
7th: Carlie Renfro

Lincoln Douglas Debate
2nd: Connor Cipollone


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