Three students to compete at State UIL Academic Meet
Freshman Claire Meyer, seniors Sarah Nease and Callie Boren, and sophomores Erin Sheffield and Katelyn Spivey competed at the UIL regional journalism meet, April 7-8.
Three students from the UIL journalism team will advance to the UIL State Academic Meet April 20-21 in Austin after qualifying at the regional meet April 7-8.
In the regional journalism contest, seniors Callie Boren won first in headline writing and Sarah Nease placed first in feature writing, while sophomore Erin Sheffield placed third in news writing. The three are now among the top 12 writers in the state in their individual contests. In addition to the state qualifiers, sophomore Aryauna Thompson placed sixth in ready writing and senior Adriana Jones placed seventh in computer applications.
At district, Canyon High placed second for the overall meet and first in Calculator Applications, Journalism, Mathematics and spelling and vocabulary. Speech and debate coach Stefanie Rodarte-Suto is the UIL academic coordinator.
If students are confident, that will boost their performance tremendously. Teaching students how to be confident and how to believe in themselves helps a whole lot.
— Stefanie Rodarte-Suto
“The level of competition always gets harder for all all of the different academic events at region,” Rodarte-Suto said. “We are talking about the best of the best, and we also compete against very large 5-A schools.”
Freshman regional spelling and vocabulary contestant Aleah Appel said the she has enjoyed participating in UIL events.
“I have never done UIL events before, so it has been fun,” Appel said. “Plus, it’s nice to get to know people from other schools that enjoy the same things I do like spelling and academics. It’s just been great to get to know people.”
Rodarte-Suto said she tells her students confidence is key when competing.
“It doesn’t matter at what level of performance they are,” Rodarte-Suto said. “If students are confident, that will boost their performance tremendously. Teaching students how to be confident and how to believe in themselves helps a whole lot.”
DISTRICT RESULTS:
Accounting:
5th place- Arian Howard
6th place- Adam Kendrick
Canyon, 2nd place overall
Calculator Applications:
3rd place tie- Madison Hill
3rd place tie- Samantha Fernandez
5th place- Arian Howard
9th- Morgan Howard
Canyon, 1st place overall
Computer Applications:
1st place- Adrianna Jones
5th place- Keaton Goss
7th place- Toby Macklin
Computer Science:
6th place- Quinton Smith
7th place- Chance Rae
8th place- Levi Mauk
9th place- Nicholas Davis
Canyon, 2nd overall
Cross Examination Debate:
1st- Obie Dominguez, Bailey McClure
Current Issues:
5th place- Elias Maki
10th place- Hayden Neeley
13th place- Marshall Blakeman
22nd place- Sarah Tomlinson
Canyon, 3rd overall
Editorial Writing:
5th place- Callie Boren
Feature Writing:
2nd place- Sarah Nease
3rd place- Katelyn Spivey
Headline Writing:
2nd place- Callie Boren
4th place- Claire Meyer
Informative Speaking:
4th place- Kaleigh Rodarte-Suto
5th place- Obie Dominguez
Journalism:
1st place- Canyon High
Literary Criticism:
8th place- Lauren Allen
11th place- Victoria Bell
12th place- Jamie Abbott
19th place- O’Brien
Canyon, 3rd place overall
Mathematics:
1st place- Adam Kendrick
3rd place- Katelyn Donais
8th place- Corrie Allen
15th place- Julia Miller
Canyon, 1st overall
News Writing:
1st place- Erin Sheffield
Number Sense:
15th place- Arian Howard
16th place- Julian Sewell
17th place- Morgan Howard
24th place- Kelsey Taylor
Canyon, 6th overall
Ready Writing:
2nd place- Aryauna Thompson
Science:
15th place tie- Logan Flynn
15th place tie- Julian Sewell
17th place- Caden Zotter
18th place- Andrew Eason
23rd place- Cody Moore
29th place- Jonah Ramirez
Canyon, 4th place overall
Social Studies:
6th place- Aaron Neeley
7th place- Caleb Tomlinson
9th place- Andrew Eason
17th place- Julian Sewell
Canyon, 3rd overall
Speech:
5th place- Canyon high
Spelling and Vocabulary:
1st place- Aleah Appel
2nd place- Bret Ramirez
13th place- Samantha Fernandez
19th place- Vanessa Payen
Canyon, 1st overall
REGION RESULTS:
Accounting:
11th place- Arian Howard
15th place- Kendrick Brown
33rd place- Adam Kendrick
Canyon, 4th overall
Calculator Applications:
22nd place- Morgan Howard
27th place- Arian Howard
32nd place tie- Madison Hill
32nd place tie- Samantha Fernandez
Computer Applications:
7th place- Adrianna Jones
Feature Writing:
1st place- Sarah Nease
Headline Writing:
1st place- Callie Boren
Journalism:
3rd place- Canyon High
Mathematics:
12th place- Adam Kendrick
25th place- Katelyn Donais
30th place- Corrie Allen
36th place- Morgan Howard
Canyon, 6th place overall
News Writing:
3rd place- Erin Sheffield
Ready Writing:
6th place- Aryauna Thompson
Spelling and Vocabulary:
17th place- Bret Ramirez
22nd place- Aleah Appel
39th place- Vanessa Payen
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