LFHS, LFU Win UIL Academics District Championships

by Ronnie Zamora/LFCISD

The Los Fresnos High School UIL Academics Team reclaimed the District 32-6A Championship March 24 at Hanna High School at the UIL 32-6A Academics District Meet.

The Los Fresnos United UIL Freshman Academics Team also repeated as 32-6A District Champions for the Freshmen Category.

Twenty-one varsity students who placed in the top three of their respective divisions will advance to the Region IV UIL Academics Spring Meet to be held April 13-14 at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Members of first place teams also advance.

Student results include:

• Norma Perales, Calculator Applications, 2nd
• Zoe Arriaga, Computer Applications, 3rd
• Antonio Weaver, Computer Applications, 8th
• Eduardo Enriquez, Computer Science, 3rd
• Fernando Leon, Computer Science, 5th
• Sebastian Montalvo, Computer Science, 6th
• Fernando Gonzalez, Computer Science, 9th
• Jose Carlos, Current Issues & Events, 1st;  Social Studies, 1st; Number Sense, 3rd
• Karen Lamas, Editorial Writing, 2nd
• Caroline De La Garza, Headline Writing, 3rd; News Writing, 2nd
• Khrista Trovela, Headline Writing, 5th
• Elijah Canning, Informative Speaking, 3rd
• Siegfried Gawenda, Literary Criticism, 2nd
• Annalisa Solis, Literary Criticism, 3rd
• Isela Escobedo, Literarcy Criticism, 4th
• Ismar Pineda, Literacy Cricicism, 5th
• Noe Leon, Mathematics, 3rd
• Joriam Martinez, Mathematics, 4th; Science – Top Physics; Science, 9th
• Juan Pablo Sandoval, Mathematics, 7th
• Connor Sponsor, Number Sense, 4th
• Alexandra Montes, Number Sense, 6th
• Victoria Chaparro, Persuasive Speaking, 3rd
• Tony Espinoza, Persuasive Speaking, 4th
• Amanda Garcia, Poetry Interpretation, 3rd
• Denise Sanchez, Poetry Interpretation, 5th
• George Zepeda, Prose Interpretation, 1st
• Clarisse Tudon, Ready Writing, 4th
• Debbie Ruiz, Ready Writing, 7th
• James Trujillo, Ready Writing, 10th
• Jonathan Sandlin, Science, 2nd
• Henry Reynolds, Social Studies, 7th
• Alexis Salazar, Spelling, 1st
• Aly Guerra, Spelling, 4th
• Athena Moore, Spelling, 5th
• Dennise Gracia, Spelling, 6th

Varsity Team Awards

• Computer Science, 2nd Team
• Literary Criticism, 1st Team
• Mathematics, 2nd Team
• Number Sense, 2nd Team
• Science, 2nd Team
• Social Studies, 2nd Team
• Spelling and Vocabulary, 1st Team

Freshman student results include include:

• Mallory Buendia, Calculators, 1st; Mathematics, 6th; Number Sense, 6th; Science, 5th.
• Gualberto Castro, Calculators, 5th; Mathematics, 5th; Number Sense, 4th.
• Cody Cravy, Computer Applications, 1st; Spelling, 2nd; Social Studies, 6th
• Rebekah Joseph, Computer Applications, 2nd; Spelling, 4th.
• Christian Gomez, Computer Applications, 3rd
• Kiara Garcia, Literary Criticism, 1st
• Patricia Dominguez, Literary Criticism, 2nd
• Isabella Gonzalez, Literary Criticism, 3rd
• William Flores, Mathematics, 4th
• Naomi Evans, Number Sense, 3rd; Science, 6th
• Madeline Camaro, Persuasive Speaking, 1st; Poetry, 2nd
• Madison Alaniz, Persuasive Speaking, 2nd; Poetry, 4th
• Adathamy Villareal, Poetry, 1st
• Kaitlyn Capistran, Prose, 2nd
• Devean Garcia, Prose, 4th
• Michael Galvan, Social Studies, 2nd; Spelling, 3rd
• Luz Torres, Spelling, 1st; Social Studies, 5th

Freshmen Team Awards

• Calculators, 2nd
• Computer Applications, 1st
• Current Issues and Events, 2nd
• Mathematics, 2nd
• Number Sense, 2nd
• Science, 2nd
• Social Studies,1st
• Spelling, 1st