Twenty-One LFHS, LFU Students Qualify for UIL Academics Regionals

Twenty-one Los Fresnos High School and Los Fresnos United students qualified for the UIL Regional Academics meet with strong showings at the District 32-5A UIL Academics meet March 23.
Los Fresnos finished a narrow 24 points behind Harlingen South for the district championship.

Qualifying for regionals were:

John Aguilar, Current Events Varsity and Headline Writing Varsity
Brandon Barajas, Computer Science Varsity
Steven Bautista, Mathematics Varsity
Rosemary Cantu, Accounting Varsity
Victoria Cavazos, Literary Criticism Varsity
Alexis Garcia, Science Varsity
Brianna Garcia, Literary Criticism Varsity
Sammy Martinez, Current Events Varsity
Monica Mireles, Editorial Writing Varsity and Feature Writing Varsity
Jaime Saldivar, Mathematics Varsity
Team of Victoria Cavazos, Brianna Garcia, Maria Parlatto and Samantha Rodriguez, Literary Criticism Varsity
Team of Steven Bautista, Dalton House, Jaime Saldivar and Quoc Trong, Mathematics Varsity
Team of Abel Aguilar, Steven Bautista, Clarissa Camarillo, Alexis Garcia, Jaime Saldivar and Alonzo Sanchez, Science Varsity
Team of John Aguilar, Samantha Barrera, Lucero Chavez, and Benjamin Simpson, Social Studies Varsity
Participating in the district tournament were:
(RF = Regional Finalist)

Speaking Events
Informative Speaking – Varsity
Coach: Jan Lester
4th: Sade Abramson
5th: Brian Leal

Persuasive Speaking – Varsity
Coach: Jan Lester
4th: Diana Cabrera
5th: Audrey Urbis
6th: Isac Ramirez

Poetry – Varsity
Coach: Maritza Lievanos
5th: Kaitlyn Torres
Prose – Freshman
Coach: Maritza Lievanos
2nd: Kathleen Clark

Prose – Varsity
Coach: Maritza Lievanos
4th: Kayla Hernandez
5th: Beatrice Lozano

Non-Speaking Events
Accounting – Varsity
Coach: Veronica Macias
3rd: Rosemary Cantu RF
5th: Roque Villafranca

Calculator Applications – Freshman
Coach: Luis Muñoz
1st Place Team
1st: Lucero Dorantes
3rd: Natalie Macias
4th: Jocelyn Sosa
5th: Esteban Ramirez

Calculator Applications – Varsity
Coach: Anna Valdez
5th: Jaime Saldivar
6th: Quoc Truong

Computer Applications – Varsity
Coach: Albert Tudon
4th: Lucero Chavez
6th: Gloria Torres
Computer Science – Varsity
Coach: Albert Tudon
2nd Place Team
3rd: Brandon Barajas RF
Team includes Brandon Barajas, Orlando Chavez, Miguel Cortez, James Maestro

Current Events – Freshman
Coach: Edith Garza
1st Place Team
1st: Valeria Tellez
2nd: Alyssa Cosme
3rd: Roque Villafranca
5th: Alejandra Rodriguez

Current Events – Varsity
Coach: Willie Gomez
2nd Place Team
2nd: John Aguilar RF
3rd: Sammy Martinez RF

Editorial Writing – Varsity
Coach: Kathy Raines
1st: Monica Mireles RF

Feature Writing – Freshman
Coach: Marie Pechacek
1st: Jocelyn Sosa
2nd: Natalie Macias
5th: Emilia Fillipone

Feature Writing – Varsity
Coach: Kathy Raines
2nd: Monica Mireles RF

Headline Writing – Varsity
Coach: Kathy Raines
2nd: John Aguilar RF
5th: Monica Mireles

Literary Criticism – Varsity
Coach: Jane Gonzalez
1st Place Team RF
1st: Brianna Garcia RF
3rd: Victoria Cavazos RF
Team includes Brianna Garcia, Victoria Cavazos, Samantha Rodriguez, Maria Parlatto

Mathematics – Freshman
Coach: Luis Muñoz
1st Place Team
1st: Benjamin Simpson
2nd: Lucero Dorantes
3rd: Natalie Macias
4th: Esteban Ramirez

Mathematics – Varsity
Coach: Anna Valdez
1st Place Team RF
2nd: Jaime Saldivar RF
3rd: Steven Bautista RF
4th: Dalton House
Team includes Jaime Saldivar, Steven Bautista, Dalton House, Quoc Truong

News Writing – Freshman
Coach: Marie Pechacek
3rd: Eric Sanchez
4th: Benjamin Simpson
6th: Kiryat Castillo

News Writing – Varsity
Coach: Kathy Raines
6th: Angelica Gutierrez

Number Sense – Freshman
Coach: Luis Muñoz
1st Place Team
1st: Natalie Macias
3rd: Lucero Dorantes
5th: Jocelyn Sosa
6th: Esteban Ramirez

Number Sense – Varsity
Coach: Veronica Macias
5th: Steven Bautista
6th: Jaime Saldivar

Ready Writing – Varsity
Coach: Vicki Nixon
5th: Victoria Cavazos

Science – Varsity
Coach: Misty Heredia
1st Place Team RF
2nd: Alexis Garcia RF
4th: Alonzo Sanchez
5th: Steven Bautista
8th: Abel Aguilar
Team includes Alexis Garcia, Alonzo Sanchez, Steven Bautista,
Abel Aguilar, Clarissa Camarillo, Jaime Saldivar
Top Biology: Alexis Garcia
Top Chemistry: Alonzo Sanchez
Top Physics: Steven Bautista

Social Studies – Freshman
Coach: Edith Garza
1st Place Team
1st: Valeria Tellez
3rd: Mirce Vargas
5th: Roque Villafranca
Team includes Valeria Tellez, Mirce Vargas, Roque Villafranca, Alejandra Rodriguez
Social Studies – Varsity
Coach: Willie Gomez
1st Place Team Regional Finalist
4th: Lucero Chavez
6th: Benjamin Simpson
7th: Samantha Becerra
Team includes John Aguilar, Samantha Becerra, Lucero Chavez and Benjamin Simpson

Spelling – Freshman
Coach: Edith Garza
1st Place Team
1st: Alyssa Cosme
2nd: Alejandra Rodriguez
3rd: Esteban Ramirez

Spelling – Varsity
Coach: Vicki Nixon
4th: Claudia Gonzalez
6th: Brianna Du