Clarendon High School won the UIL 2-2A District Championship during academic competitions last Wednesday, March 22, at Clarendon College.
CHS students earned 400 points and had 70 points above the next closest team.
Clarendon High has 17 students moving on to regionals on April 21 on the campus of West Texas A&M University to try to earn a spot in the state competition.
All three ready writers got the day started and earned spots in the top six finishers. Laney Gates received 1st place, Catherine Word received 2nd place, and Millie McAnear received 5th place. Gates and Word earned regional spots.
Britton Cottrell placed 2nd in Number Sense while Ben Estlack placed 6th. The Number Sense team placed second and later acquired a wildcard spot to advance to regionals.
The Calculator Application team did not have anyone placed in the top six positions, but they did come out as the second place team. Members included Jacob Murrillo, Ethan Warren, Gracie Ellis, and Berkley Moore.
Copy Editing got the journalism contest started. Avery Halsey got 1st place, Maloree Wann got 2nd, and C. Word got 5th place. Halsey and Wann earned regional spots. Davin Mays earned a 1st place finish in Features Writing and is regional bound while Makenna Shadle earned a 4th place finish in Headline Writing.
The Accounting team secured their way to a 1st Place finish and advances to regionals. Members received the following places respectively: Koltyn Shields 2nd place, Easton 3rd place, Aiden Word 4th, and Bryce Williams 5th place. Other members were Murillo and Cory Johnsen.
The Science team also earned their way to a 1st place finish and advances to regionals. Members of the team finished in the top six places. Toby Leeper received 1st, Estlack received 2nd, Jade Cottrell received 4th, B. Cottrell received 5th, and Mason Allred and Jaxan McAnear both received 6th. Leeper was the top student in Biology and Chemistry.
The Social Studies team had a 1st place finish and advances to regionals. C. Word earned 1st place, Cutter Seay earned 3rd place, Addison Willoughby earned 4th place, and D. Mays earned 5th place. Other members were Jasmyn Bordonaro and Warren Mays.
The Mathematics team gained a 1st place finish and advances to regionals. Estlack earned 1st place, Allred and Williams earned 4th place, and B. Cottrell earned 6th place. Other members were Halsey and Aiden Bordonaro.
Speakers finished off the day with Prose, Informative Speaking, and Persuasive Speaking. Adriana Araujo placed 3rd in Prose and 4th in Persuasive Speaking. She will advance to regionals in Prose. Seay obtained a 1st place finish in Informative Speaking and earned a spot to regionals while C. Word obtained a 4th place finish.
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