Hallsville HS Wins 17th Straight UIL District Title

Hallsville High School's UIL Academic teams scored a massive victory at the District 10 UIL meet on March 27-29, with the Bobcats securing an astounding 17th straight Sweeptstakes title in academic competition.

Hallsville finished with five first-place teams and two second-place teams in the event, with the Literary Criticism team earning wild card recognition. The Bobcats accounted for nine individual district championships as well. Hallsville's Brennen Ashley posted a perfect score of 350 on the Calculator Applications test.

Hallsville posted a total of 503 points in the competition, nearly double that of second place, which was at 281 points.

"Neither myself nor any of my coach buddies has ever seen a 350 scored on a UIL Calculator test," said Hallsville UIL Academic Coordinator Mike Clay.

Qualifiers will now move on to Regional competition on April 25-26.

District Results for Hallsville included (RQ - Region Qualifier; RT - Region Team; RA - Region Alternate; DC - District Champion)

CALCULATOR (Team - 1st Place)

  • 1st Place - Brennen Ashley (RQ, DC)
  • 3rd Place - Evan Dunin (RQ)
  • 7th Place - Garrett Simmons (RT)
  • 8th Place - Morgan Roberts (RT)
  • 9th Place - Zach Owens
  • 13th Place - Hunter Hines

MATH (Team - 1st Place

  • 1st Place - Brennen Ashley (RQ/DC)
  • 3rd Place - Yemo Liu (RQ)
  • 5th Place - Maverick Kelley (RT)
  • 9th Place - Evan Dunin (RT)
  • 11th Place - Chandler Emerine
  • 13th Place - Emma Davis

NUMBER SENSE (Team - 1st Place)

  • 1st Place - Brennen Ashley (RQ, DC)
  • 2nd Place - Chandler Emerine (RQ)
  • 3rd Place - Hunter Hines (RQ)
  • 4th Place - Maverick Kelley (RT)
  • 6th Place - Morgan Roberts
  • 7th Place - Emma Davis

SOCIAL STUDIES (Team - 1st Place)

  • 1st Place - Hudson Daub (RQ, DC)
  • 4th Place - Harrison Daub (RT)
  • 9th Place - Chloe Hendrix (RT)
  • 11th Place - Gage Carter (RT)
  • 22nd Place - Nolan Scrimpsher

SPEECH/DEBATE (Team - 1st Place)

  • Informative Extemp
    • 4th Place - Kaylyn Orlikowski (RA)
    • 6th Place - Alura Smith
  • Persuasive Extemp
    • 3rd Place - Emily Miller (RQ)
  • Poetry Interpretation
    • 1st Place - Charlie McIntosh (RQ, DC)
    • 2nd Place - Oscar Hernandez (RQ)
    • 3rd Place - Austin Womack (RQ)
  • Prose Interpretation
    • 2nd Place - Sariyah Greenwood (RQ)
    • 3rd Place - Anna Phoenix-Scherrer (RQ)
    • 4th Place - Charlie Patten (RA)
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate
    • 1st Place - Zoey Davis (RQ, DC)
    • 4th Place - David Ovide (RA)
    • 5th Place - Christian Gitogo

JOURNALISM

  • Feature Writing
    • 2nd Place - Victor Trejo (RQ)
  • Headline Writing
    • 5th Place - Victor Trejo
  • News Writing
    • 1st Place - Victor Trejo (RQ, DC)

 

  • Ready Writing
    • 1st Place - Isaiah Browning (RQ, DC)
  • Literary Criticism (Team - 2nd Place WC)
    • 1st Place - Reid Bryant (RQ, DC)
    • 4th Place - Zoey Davis (RT)
    • 12th Place - Louisa Schirmer (RT)
    • 18th Place - Hudson Daub (RT)
    • 22nd Place - Madden Mason
  • Science (Team - 2nd Place)
    • 2nd Place - Elyi Koyle (RQ)
    • 5th Place - Grant Hood
    • 6th Place - Garrett Simmons
    • 7th Place - Collin Harp
    • 9th Place - Jacob Whitehurst
    • 14th Place - Landon Burbick
  • Top Physics
    • Grant Hood (RQ, DC)
  • Computer Science
    • 3rd Place - Lex Cox (RQ)
    • 6th Place - Mason Bailey
  • Accounting
    • 4th Place - Nathan Courtney (RA)
    • 5th Place - Jacob Platner
  • Current Issues & Events
    • 6th Place - Jose Juarez