Students on the UIL Academic Team competed in the District 3-4A Academic meet at West Texas A&M University Thursday, March 20 and the One-Act cast and crew competed Tuesday, March 25 at Amarillo College. Canyon High School won first place with a total of 477 points.

Students placed in numerous events including  accounting, calculator applications, current issues and events, computer applications, computer science, editorial writing, feature writing, headline writing, informative speaking, literary criticism, spelling and vocabulary, mathematics, number sense, news writing, ready writing, persuasive speaking, prose interpretations, poetry interpretations, CX debate and social studies. Students who placed in the top three will advance to the regional meet May 2-3 in Abilene. The state meet will be held May 19-21 in Austin.

“UIL is a great program that allows you to strengthen your abilities in many different areas,” sophomore Quade Salazar said. “It has really given me an idea on how to handle myself publicly and professionally, because if a debate between you and a person is good enough, who wins comes down to how did you dress, are you a natural speaker, how confident are you? I’ve been told by many adults that those are defining factors in real life interviews.”

Junior Abby Caviness said she participates to learn more about journalism.

“For me, it’s not about competing and getting a medal,” Caviness said. “If I place, it’s about learning how to better my paper. My favorite part about contest is getting my paper back and seeing what I got points counted off for and see what I needed to do better. I always do my absolute best and try to place first, but it’s not my first thought when it comes to contest.”

Individual Event Results. Click on event to see a UIL video explaining the event. Click here to see results for entire district on UIL website.

Accounting – Coach: Michaeleen Bainum

• 1st – Chance Turner*
• 5th – Macy Wright

Calculator Applications – Coach: Marlene Taylor

• 1st – Landon Work*

Computer Applications – Coach: Lance Culbert

• 3rd – Malea McWest*

Computer Science– Coach: Lance Culbert

• 1st – Josh Fetsch*
• 4th – Calvin Rueda

Current Issues & Events – Coach: Joel Cochran

• 2nd – Pate Salazar*

Editorial Writing – Coach: Laura Smith

• 1st – Cortlyn Dees*
• 2nd – Tasha Brown*
• 6th – Kori Adair

Feature Writing – Coach: Laura Smith

• 1st – Erin Westermann*
• 2nd – Abby Caviness*
• 4th – Kori Adair

Headline Writing – Coach: Laura Smith

• 1st – Callie Boren*

Informative Speaking – Coach: Stefanie Suto

• 1st – Quade Salazar*
• 6th – Garet Wilhelm

Literary Criticism – Coach: Jamie Crosswhite

• 3rd – Georgia Hansen*
• 6th – Courtney Karr

Mathematics – Coach: Marlene Taylor

• 1st – Landon Work*

Number Sense – Coach: Marlene Taylor

• 2nd (tie) – Landon Work*
• 5th – Callie Boren

News Writing – Coach: Laura Smith

• 1st – Allison Koontz*
• 2nd – Cortlyn Dees*
• 3rd – Tasha Brown*

Persuasive Speaking – Coach: Stefanie Suto

• 5th – Bella Barnett

Poetry Interpretation – Coach: Stefanie Suto

• 3rd – Lucy Frish*

Prose Interpretation – Coach: Stefanie Suto

• 1st – Amy Clayton*
• 2nd – Bella Barnett*
• 5th – Kendall Tipton

Ready Writing – Coach: Laura Smith

• 2nd – Josh Collins*
• 4th – Ashley Vanderford

Social Studies – Coach: Andrew Neighbors

• 5th – Andrew Walsh

Spelling & Vocabulary – Coach: Jamie Crosswhite

• 5th – Trevor Macklin 

* = Regional Qualifier 

Ranking Team Events

• Accounting – 1st Place*
• Calculator Applications – 2nd Place
• Currents Issues & Events – 1st Place*
• Computer Science – 2nd Place
• CX Debate – CHS Team 1, 1st Place; CHS Team 2, 2nd Place
• Journalism – 1st Place
• Literary Criticism – 2nd Place
• Mathematics – 2nd Place
• Number Sense – 2nd Place
• Speech – 2nd Place