Clarendon High School took twenty-one students to UIL Academic competition last Thursday, March 25, with eight students advancing to regionals on April 16th at WTAMU.
The Lincoln Douglas Debate started the day off with Catherine Word (3rd ), Josiah Howard (2nd ), and Darcy Grahn (5th) placing. Toby Leeper took first place in Current Issues while Avery Halsey, Shylee Morrow, and Levi Gates grabbed second place team in Calculator.
Halsey (2nd ) and Word (4th) placed in Copy Editing. Morrow (1st ), Howard, and Jaxan McAnear(5th ) nabbed first place team, beating the second place team by one point.
Word (3rd) advances in Informative Speaking while Adriana Araujo (6th ) added points in Persuasive Speaking. Makenna Shadle (2nd ), Davin Mays(4th ), and Laney Gates(5th ) assisted Clarendon in Feature Writing while Laney Gates(6th) placed in Editorials.
Journalism acquired second place team. Leeper (6th ) aided points in Mathematics.
Rounding out the day in Headlines were Word (2nd ) and Shadle (3rd). Speech took second place overall as a team.
Clarendon placed third overall all out of six schools. The top three finishers in each contest will advance to regionals.
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