OHS Wins at District UIL Competition
Olney High School won the district UIL meet that was held on Tuesday, March 24, at Archer City with 768 points. A total of 39 students competed at district and 23 students advanced and will compete at the regional contest at Grayson College on April 24.
“The district meet went as I had hoped; we were able to win district again for the seventh consecutive year from 2019 to now,” Sherry Livingston, UIL Coordinator, said.
The results are as follows: Accounting: First place Team; Kaitlyn Ward - first place and regional qualifier, Darla Castillo - second place and regional qualifier, Allison Alvarado third place and regional qualifier, Braelyn Casteel - fourth place Barbara Jordan Essay Writing: Mackenzie Berngen, Sawyer Edgington, AJ Solano, Will Caffey, Joseth Acuna and Caden Lane - participants.
Calculator Applications: First place team; Jeffry Flores- first place and regional qualifier, Sophie Roach - second place and regional qualifier, Braelyn Casteel - third place and regional qualifier, Darla Castillo - fourth place, Adrian Gonzalez - fifth place, Mackenzie Berngen - seventh place Computer Science: First place team; Nathaniel Elmore - first place and regional qualifier, Colby Johnson - second place and regional qualifier, Jeffry Flores - ninth place, Crayton Nash 14th place, Jaxxon Laurent - 15th place, Abram Dinwiddie - 20th place Copy Editing: Blaize DeVries - sixth place, Braelyn Casteel and Jordynn Petty - participants Current Events: Foster Sullivan second place and regional qualifier, Emily Morcom - 11th place, Ricco Sandoval - 14th place, Pedro Carrion - 16th place Editorial Writing: Darla Castillo - second place and regional qualifier, Braelyn Casteel - fourth place, Kailyn Altmiller - sixth place Feature Writing: Lauren Pham fourth place, Blaize DeVries - sixth place, Jaylee Stout - participant Headline Writing: Lauren Pham second place and regional qualifier, Ana Vasquez and Eric German - participants Informative Speaking: Morgan Simmons - First place and regional qualifier, Ava Stewart - second place and regional qualifier, Aubree Englishbee - third place and regional qualifier Lincoln Douglas Debate: Aubree Englishbee - First place and regional qualifier, Sawyer Edgington - second place and regional qualifier, Briana Lombardo - fourth place Literary Criticism: First place team; Sophie Roach - first place and regional qualifier, Lauren Pham - second place and regional qualifier, Fernanda Cardenas - third place and regional qualifier, Joseth Acuna - fourth place, Victoria Pint - sixth place Mathematics: First place team; Jeffry Flores - First place and regional qualifier, Adrian Gonzalez and Darla Castillo second place (tie) and regional qualifiers, Sophie Roach - fourth place, Braelyn Casteel - fifth place, Shaine Grard - sixth place News Writing: Lauren Pham - second place and regional qualifier, Jaylee Stout - fifth place, Angel Turner - participant Number Sense: First place team; Sophie Roach - first place and regional qualifier, Adrian Gonzalez - third place and regional qualifier, Mackenzie Berngen - fourth place, Jeffry Flores - fifth place, Pedro Gonzalez - 13th place, Shaine Grard - 19th place Persuasive Speaking: Will Caffey First place and regional qualifier, Sawyer Edgington - second place and regional qualifier, Maddox Johnson - third place and regional qualifier Prose Interpretation: Ava Stewart First place and regional qualifier, Grace Jeske - fifth place, Will Caffey - participant Poetry Interpretation: Maddox Johnson - First place and regional qualifier, Jackson Spurlock-Fenner - fourth place, Brylee Englishbee - fifth place Ready Writing: Lauren Pham - First place and regional qualifier, Morgan Simmons - second place and regional qualifier, JoJo Acuna - sixth place Science: Colby Johnson - seventh place, Adrian Gonzalez - ninth place, Jeffry Flores - 11th place, Ben Baran 15th place, Fernanda Cardenas - 20th place, Odin Savard - 23rd place Social Studies: First place team; Foster Sullivan - First place and regional qualifier, Ben Baran - third place and regional qualifier, Wesley Symank - sixth place, Joseth Acuna - seventh place, Fernanda Cardenas - 13th place Spelling: Second place team; Natashia Eversole - fourth place, Victoria Pint - eighth place, Jasmine Bryan - 10th place Theatrical Design: Cheyanne Burger - state qualifier, and Maddox Johnson and Sophie Roach, participants One Act Play: Advancing to Area; Honorable Mention All-Star Cast Sawyer Edgington and Foster Sullivan; All-Star Cast- Ava Stewart; Best Technician- MacKenzie Berngen This year, the regional contest will be held in one day only.
“Instead of it being a 2 day event like usual, they’ve combined it into a one day event so it’s going to be a really long day for everyone because it’s not split up,” Livingston said. “I’m most excited for the opportunity to go to state; we want to take more to state this year than we did last year.”
Livingston also gave her advice to students who will be competing at regionals.
“We just need students to focus on the fact that they’re representing their school and they should take it seriously,” Livingston said. “It’s an honor to go to regionals but we need to make sure we do our job there so we can go on to state!”