Northside students excelled at the UIL District 28 Academic Meet held at Jay High School. The top three individuals and first place team in each category advanced to Regional competition April 14 at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Accounting
Team – Holmes HS
Individuals – Duncan Kneeland, Holmes HS; Alisha Harris, Clark HS; Jaime Benavides, Holmes HS
Calculator Applications
Team – Jay HS
Individuals – Valeria Munoz-Gonzales, Jay HS; Matthew Tran, O’Connor HS, Yohahn Cho, Warren HS
Current Issues
Team – O’Connor HS
Individuals – Lauren Garanzuay, Taft HS; Jose Anguiano, Warren HS; Rodrigo Gonzales-Rojas, Health Careers HS
Computer Applications
Individuals – Justin Graham, Holmes HS; Gabriella Marie Melendez, Brandeis HS; Daniella Macias, Stevens HS
Computer Science
Team – Health Careers HS
Individuals – Ayesha Kishwar, Health Careers HS; David Kent, O’Connor HS; Chris Weeks, O’Connor HS
Cross Examination Debate
Team – Jay HS
Editorial Writing
Individuals – Sabrina Fielden, Stevens HS; Elliot Morgan, Health Careers HS; Deseree Frink-Larcart, Jay HS
Feature Writing
Individuals – Madelina Beck, Jay HS; Sabrina Fielden, Stevens HS; Isabella Garcia, Clark HS
Headline Writing
Individuals – Daniel Strang, Jay HS; Sabrina Fielden, Stevens HS; Isabella Garcia, Clark HS
Informative Speaking
Individuals –Susie Jung, Clark HS; Sofia Angeles, Brandeis HS; Jackson Monas, Brandeis HS
Journalism
Team – Stevens HS
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Individuals – Jack Si, Brandeis HS; Catherine Quinn, Taft HS; Sandy Gonzalez, Warren HS
Literary Criticism
Team – Taft HS
Individuals – Dalia Gulca, Taft HS; Jasmine Manansala, Taft HS; Kierstin Wilkins, Taft HS
Mathematics
Team – O’Connor HS
Individuals – Matthew Tran, O’Connor HS; Jorge Martinez, Jay HS; Lindsey Ran, Health Careers HS
Number Sense
Team – Jay HS
Individuals – Matthew Tran, O’Connor HS; Lindsey Ran, Health Careers HS; Thomas Petterson, Jay HS
News Writing
Individuals – Sabrina Fielden, Stevens HS; Grant Scherer, Clark HS; Rogelio Escamilla, Stevens HS
One Act Play
Team – Jay HS
Persuasive Speaking
Individuals – Victoria Henretty, Taft HS; Aaron Delgado, O’Connor HS; Catherine Quinn, Taft HS
Poetry Interpretation
Individuals – Kellie Doyle, O’Connor HS; Miranda Dean, Brandeis HS; Meghan Brown, Jay HS
Prose Interpretation
Individuals – Walker Dalton, O’Connor HS; Elizabeth Travers, O’Connor HS; Isis Cortez, Taft HS
Ready Writing
Individuals – Irish Padilla, Brennan HS; Jason Dick, Holmes HS; Mattie Drew, Health Careers HS
Biology
Individuals – Daniel Cao, Brandeis HS
Chemistry
Individuals – Matthew Su, Brandeis HS
Science
Team – Brandeis HS
Individuals – Matthew Su, Brandeis HS; Daniel Cao, Brandeis HS; Jingsi Zhou, Brandeis HS
Physics
Individuals – Daniel Cao, Brandeis HS; Matthew Tran, O’Connor HS
Social Studies
Team – Jay HS
Individuals – Jose Anguiano, Warren HS; Italy Ramos, Health Careers HS; Trevor Erwin, Jay HS
Speech
Team – Brandeis HS
Spelling and Vocabulary
Team – Health Careers HS
Individuals – Alesandra Bell, Taft HS; Gina Yu, Health Careers HS; Meghan Lim, Health Careers HS
In the sweepstakes category, the top three teams were Jay HS, O’Connor HS, and Taft HS.
Full results for District 28 can be found on the UIL website.