Amanda Hare
Displayed on a desk in the journalism news room, the UIL journalism district champion trophy sits with other UIL medals from this year. UIL academic teams competed on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27. As of right now, Prosper will win the district championship.
Prosper academic teams competed in the 6-A Region 1 District 5 UIL competition on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27. As results stand, Prosper will win the district championship with 520 points. Allen High School is currently second place with 466 points. The regional competition is set to occur April 16-17.
“Journalism won the district championship in every event and all students who entered an event medaled,” student activities coordinator Rachell Grant said. “Speech and debate won the district championship in all but one event.”
The speech and debate team came in first place and brought in 194 points. The journalism team won first place and brought in 171 points. Overall, Prosper had 26 regional qualifiers.
Rock Hill High School also competed on Friday and Saturday in the 5-A division. So far, they have 23 regional qualifiers and will be district champion runner-up.
Students who earned points for the school follow:
Accounting
2nd – Riley Smith (Regionals)
3rd – Hudson Simon (Regionals)
Coached by Francisco Salas
Calculator Apps
1st – Austin Garner (Regionals)
6th – Toby Foster
2nd place team – Austin Garner, Toby Foster, Chase Bias, Stephen Phillips
Coached by Thomas Gomez
Computer Science
4th – Shrideep Gaddad
2nd place team – Shrideep Gaddad, Ian Gappinger, Carson Diamond, Brittany DeWald
Coached by Elise Calhoun
Copy Editing
1st – Grace Williamson (Regionals)
2nd – Emma Hutchinson (Regionals)
4th – Annika Karri
Coached by Lisa Roskens
Editorial Writing
1st – Amanda Hare (Regionals)
2nd – Grace Williamson (Regionals)
5th – Alyssa Clark
Coached by Lisa Roskens
Feature Writing
1st – Gabby Winans (Regionals)
3rd – Emma Hutchinson (Regionals)
4th – Liily Oxley
Coached by Lisa Roskens
Headline Writing
1st – Amanda Hare (Regionals)
2nd – Gabby Winans (Regionals)
6th – Grace Williamson
Coached by Lisa Roskens
Informative Speaking
1st – Drew Wessels (Regionals)
2nd – Ana Ortega (Regionals)
Coached by Michael Crookston
Lincoln Douglas Debate
4th – Carrisca Baker
Coached by Michael Crookston
Literary Criticism
3rd – Drew Wessels (Regionals)
Coached by Michelle Furr
Mathematics
3rd – Toby Foster (Regionals)
4th – Austin Garner
2nd place team – Toby Foster, Austin Garner, Jackson Steed
Coached by Thomas Gomez
News Writing
1st – Grace Williamson (Regionals)
4th – Morgan Reese
5th – Kalyani Rao
Coached by Lisa Roskens
Number Sense
5th – Hudson Simon
6th – Jackson Steed
2nd place team – Hudson Simon, Jackson Steed, Stephen Phillips, Alexander Phillips
Coached by Thomas Gomez
Persuasive Speaking
1st – Elizabeth Myers (Regionals)
2nd – Zoe Bergman (Regionals)
Coached by Michael Crookston
Poetry
1st – Charlize Fedele (Regionals)
2nd – Lauren Grammer (Regionals)
3rd – Alex Oshunkentan (Regionals)
Coached by Vicki Kirkley
Prose
1st – Elizabeth Myers (Regionals)
2nd – Marlee Parrish (Regionals)
3rd – Marissa Denman (Regionals)
Coached by Vicki Kirkley
Ready Writing
2nd – Abigail Gallagher (Regionals)
4th – Dylan Buchmiller
Coached by Michelle Furr
Science
Top Biology – Yanhao Hu (Regionals)
2nd place team – Yanhao Hu, Tyler Seibert, Kavish Muthum
Coached by Monya Offill and Launa White
Spelling and Vocabulary
4th – Charlie Koster
Coached by Michelle Furr
One-Act Play
District advancing to bi-district
Directed by Vicki Kirkley and assistants