The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Academic UIL Team finished second at the District UIL Competition held in Mount Pleasant over the weekend. SSHS earned 347 points to Hallsville’s 561. Mt Pleasant, Pine Tree, Longview, Texas High and Marshall rounded out the field. In One-Act Play competition, one student was named to the All Star Cast, three others received honorable mention and one was named an Outstanding Crew member.
The cast and crew of You on the Moors Now also concluded their season at the Bi-District competition in Texarkana last week. Hannah Shultz was named to the All-Star Cast. AllieGrace Woodard, Rorie Young, and Danielle Verlander were named to the Honorable Mention All-Star Cast. Ricardo Chavarria was named to Outstanding Crew.
AllieGrace Woodard is advancing to state in UIL Theatrical Costume Design and for the third consecutive year in UIL Theatrical Hair and Makeup Design, according to SSHS Wildcat Theatre Department.
Ten SSHS students scored high enough in the district to advanced to the regional academic UIL competition on April 16 – 17 at Whitehouse High School in 11 events. Three teams were also recognized for their achievements as first and second place finishes at the meet.
SSHS Wildcat Academic UIL Coordinator Gerald Grafton offers congratulations and thanks to all students and sponsors who participated at the district UIL events and to the One Act Play cast and crew for a great season.
Below are results from the weekend’s district academic UIL competition:
Contest Category Student Competitor Ranking News Writing Lexi McCoy* 1st Crystal Flores 4th Ready Writing Zoe Westlund* 2nd Lexi McCoy 5th Matthew Harper 6th Feature Writing Lexi McCoy* 1st Crystal Flores* 3rd Zoe Westlund 4th Editorial Joel Villarino* 1st Dawson Carpenter* 2nd Matthew Harper 5th Headline Shelby Ray* 1st Matthew Harper* 3rd Copy Editing Matthew Harper* 2nd Dawson Carpenter 6th Journalism Team Computer Science Joel Villarino* 2nd Harrison Allen 5th Kaden Kirkland (Team) Luis Ruiz (Team) Team 2nd Literary Criticism Matthew Harper* 1st Kendall Little* 2nd Dawson Carpenter* 3rd Shelby Ray* 4th Team* 1st Poetry Interpretation AllieGrace Woodard* 3rd Caitlyn Monaghan 6th Social Studies Alfredo Renteria* 2nd Spelling and Vocabulary Dawson Carpenter* 1st Joel Villarino 4th Cameron Beard (Team) Kaden Kirkland (Team) Team 2nd
