District UIL CX Debate – SSHS Wildcat Cross-Examination Debate Teams competed at the District CX Debate meet this week at First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant, TX. While no teams advanced to the state meet, we are extremely proud of their efforts this year. The 2019 SSHS CX Debate Teams include seniors Felipe Alba and Dakota Soles, juniors James Draper and Matthew Robinson, and sophomores Mariam Tran and Kimberly Wheatcraft. CX Debate is coached by Josh Williams.
Mt. Pleasant High School Winter UIL Invitational Meet
Congratulations to the SSHS Wildcat UIL Academic Team who travelled to Mt. Pleasant this past weekend, January 25 – 26. As a team, our Wildcat UILers earned 472 points and won first place overall at the MPHS Winter Invitational. Congratulations to the following students and teams who brought home awards in their events.
| Ready Writing | Annmarie Gunn | 1st Place |
| Gail Herman Coach | Bracken Sant | 2nd Place |
| Breana Wooten | 3rd Place | |
| Computer Science | Dakota Soles | 1st Place |
| Matt Wilder, Coach | Kevin Orozco | 2nd Place |
| Blake Talmage | 3rd Place | |
| Andrew Westlund | 4th Place | |
| Alex Post | 5th Place | |
| Team (Soles, Orozco, Talmage) | 1st Place Team | |
| CX Debate | Felipe Alba | 5th Place |
| Josh Williams, Coach | ||
| LD Debate | Rhett Reid | 3rd Place |
| Josh Williams, Coach | ||
| Current Events | Brandon Hodges | 1st Place |
| Madison Millsap, Coach | Dakota Soles | 4th Place |
| James Draper | 6th Place | |
| Team (Hodges, Soles, Draper) | 2nd Place Team | |
| Prose Interpretation | Rachel Bramlett | 1st Place |
| Lesha Woodard, Coach | Hannah Shultz | 5th Place |
| Accounting | Caleb Yanez | 2nd Place |
| Paula Hass, Coach | Daniel Soto | 3rd Place |
| Number Sense | Andrew Westlund | 1st Place Overall |
| Gerald Grafton, Coach | 1st Place 11th Grade | |
| Bracken Sant | 4th Place Overall | |
| 3rd Place 11th Grade | ||
| Crystal Flores | 3rd Place 10th Grade | |
| Team (Westlund, Sant, Flores) | 2nd Place Team | |
| Calculator Applications | Carissa Carter | 6th Place Overall |
| Gerald Grafton, Coach | 4th Place (12th Grade) | |
| Kennedy Lee | 3rd Place (11th Grade) | |
| Isaac Gutierrez | 4th Place (11th Grade) | |
| Team (Carter, Lee, Gutierrez) | 3rd Place Team | |
| Mathematics | Andrew Westlund | 5th Place (11th Grade) |
| Gerald Grafton, Coach | Bracken Sant | 6th Place (11th Grade) |
| Crystal Flores | 3rd Place (10th Grade) | |
| Team (Westlund, Sant, Ivory Liu) | 3rd Place Team | |
| Science | Andrew Westlund | 3rd Place (11th Grade) |
| Steven Allemang,Coach | Jasmin Vargas | 6th Place (10th Grade) |
| Dylane Flies | 6th Place (9th Grade) | |
| Team (Westlund, Nick Porter, Kelley Bates) | 3rd Place Team | |
| Spelling and Vocabulary | Dawson Carpenter | 2nd Place |
| Gail Herman, Coach | Mariam Tran | 3rd Place |
| Gisselle Garcia | 4th Place | |
| Team – (Carpenter, Tran, Garcia) | 1st Place Team | |
| Literary Criticism | Carissa Carter | 1st Place |
| Gail Herman, Coach | Andrew Westlund | 2nd Place |
| Lainey Whittle | 3rd Place | |
| Mariana Botello | 5th Place | |
| Team – (Carter, Westlund, Whittle) | 1st Place Team | |
| Social Studies | Brandon Hodges | 2nd Place |
| Madison Millsap, Coach | ||
| Copy Editing | Angela Brown | 3rd Place |
| Brandon Nelson, Coach | Mariana Botello | 6th Place |
| News Writing | Mariana Botello | 1st Place |
| Brandon Nelson, Coach | Angela Brown | 3rd Place |
| Weston Vasquez | 5th Place | |
| Editorial Writing | Angela Brown | 1st Place |
| Brandon Nelson, Coach | Weston Vasquez | 2nd Place |
| Chris Yanez | 4th Place | |
| Feature Writing | Angela Brown | 1st Place |
| Brandon Nelson, Coach | Mariana Botello | 5th Place |
| Weston Vasquez | 6th Place | |
| Headline Writing | Angela Brown | 2nd Place |
| Brandon Nelson, Coach | Weston Vasquez | 5th Place |
| Journalism Team | Brown, Vasquez, Botello, Yanez | 1st Place Team |
