The UIL Academics teams traveled to Lubbock Jan. 7 to compete in the Red Raider Classic practice meet at Texas Tech University.

 The team took second place overall among large schools (4A and 5A), 30 points behind meet champion Lubbock High. Spelling & vocabulary and journalism each won first place team. Number sense and ready writing took second place team.

The following students, in alphabetical order, placed first through sixth in their respective events as individual contestants.

Jayden Beatty- 3^rd, editorial writing

David Bishop- 3^rd, literary criticism

Katie Brigance- 5^th, literary criticism

Cortlyn Dees- 2^nd, news writing and editorial writing

Codi Demere- 5^th, news writing and 4^th, editorial writing

Mackenzie Farmer- 2^nd, headline writing and 5^th, feature writing

Trevor Ferril- 1^st place, number sense and headline writing, 2^nd, spelling and vocabulary

Lauren Hahn- 4^th, feature writing

Kyleigh Head- 4^th, headline writing

Bryan Herrington- 6^th, ready writing

Morgan Hicks- 3^rd, news writing and feature writing

Kyler Johnston- 1^st, calculator applications and 2^nd, number sense

Conner Parker- 4^th, mathematics and 5^th, calculator applications

Chandler Shaw- 1^st, news writing and feature writing

Matthew Snell- 6^th, calculator applications

Jackie Walsh- 2^nd, ready writing

Chance Walton- 1^st, editorial writing and 3^rd, headline writing