North Lamar’s UIL Academic Team Wins District for 4th Straight Year

Posted on Apr 19, 2012 in North Lamar by eParisExtra

North Lamar High School’s UIL academic teams finished strong and earned the District Championship for the 4^th straight year.  The District Runner-up was Atlanta with 427 points, followed by Mt. Vernon with 287 points, Pleasant Grove with 167 points, Paris with 87 points and Liberty-Eylau with 40 points.

Speech and Debate wrapped up their district meet on March 21, One Act Play on March 22 then the academic teams on March 23.  The UIL Regional Academic Meet is April 19 and 20.

One Act Play
Cast of “The Marriage of Bette & Boo”
Alternate Play to Area

Front row, Bailey Eilrich – selected Honorable Mention All Star Cast and Shelby Gilliam – selected All Star Cast; seated on couch, Madeline Herbermann – selected All Star Cast, Bobbie Jorgensen, Jordan Bell, Haley Hines and Rachel Stephens; back row, Kaleb Ward, Sarah Brown – top technician award, Lucas Robertson, Spencer Samson, Jessica Duren – selected Honorable Mention All Star Cast, Morgan Garnett, Reilly Preston, Brady Pierce and Dalton Smith.  Not pictured is Keaton Raney. Directors are Mark Russell, Laura Hutchings and Cody Head.

Speech & Debate
District Speech Champion

Seated, Maddy Jolley – 2^nd in Poetry, Kathleen Dawson – 5^th in Poetry, Kaitlyn Bull – 1^st in Informative Speaking, Aerial Wesberry – 3^rd in Informative Speaking and Sydney Winkler – 1^st in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and 2^nd in Persuasive Speaking; back row, Coach Kristi Hodgkiss, Shelby Gilliam, Seth Gurley – 2^nd in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Ryan Connor – 2^nd in Informative Speaking, Carver Hodgkiss – 1^st in Persuasive Speaking, Cody Eilrich – 1^st in Prose and  3^rd in Persuasive Speaking and Gabby Vargas.  Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd are advancing to Region Competition.

Number Sense, Calculator, Math, and Science Teams
Science Team District Champion

Seated, Jessica Clayton, Alison Chao – Top Chemistry Score, Jamie Ellis – 6^th in Number Sense, Jessica Roberts and Maddie Drake – 4^th in Science and 1^st place Science Team; back row, Number Sense Coach Carrie Campbell, Science Coach Teresa Bussell, Zach Wilkerson, Matthew Gonzalez – 1^st place Science Team, Caleb Baker – 5^th in Math, Seth Loftin- 6^th in Math, Carson Rast – Top Biology Score, 2^nd in Science and 1^st place Science Team and Calculator & Math Coach Kathy Stewart.  Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3rd, Top Scores in Biology and Chemistry and the 1^st place team are advancing to Region Competition.

News, Feature, Editorial, and Headline Writing Teams

Seated, McKayla Herman – 3^rd in Feature Writing and 4^th in News Writing, Shane Hundley – 6^th in Editorial Writing, Coach Cheryl LaRue, Mary O’Conner and Cheyanne Woods; standing, Amber Miller and Gabby Vargas.  Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd are advancing to Region Competition.

Literary Criticism Team
2^nd at District, Region Wild Card Team

From left, Ethan Carter – 2^nd place, Nhi Son – 6^th place, Coach Dr. Linda Winfrey, Lindy Norris and Will Batson – 3^rd Place. Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd are advancing to Region and the Literary Criticism Team will compete at Region as the Wild Card Team.

Ready Writing

From left, Shane Hundley – 2^nd in Ready Writing, Coach Cheryl LaRue and Mary O’Connor – 1^st in Ready Writing.  Not pictured is Ryan Pescaia – 5^th in Ready Writing.  Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd are advancing to Region Competition.

Accounting Team
Second Place Team at District

From left, J.D. McNeal and Rahul Patel – 4^th in Accounting.  Not pictured are Jocelyn Guidel – 2^nd in Accounting and Coach Yvonne Parson.  Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd are advancing to Region Competition.

Social Studies Team
District Champion

From left, Nhi Son – 1^st place team, Will Batson – 4^th in Social Studies and 1^st place team and Dakota Kilcrease – 1^st in Social Studies and 1^st place team.  Not pictured is Ethan Carter.  Dakota Kilcrease has won 1^st in Social Studies in district four years straight.  Students placing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd and the 1^st place team are advancing to Region Competition.