Clarendon High School took 25 students to Shamrock for UIL Academics District competition last week, and .they came back with a second-place finish overall, scoring 317.83 points with many advancing to the next level.
The Number Sense team got the day started off on the right foot earning a first, fifth, and two sixth place finishes acquiring first-place team. The team consisted of Britton Cottrell Easton Frausto, Jace Cottrell, and Cutter Seay. Josiah Howard added more points by placing first in Lincoln Douglas Debate while Catherine Word placed first in Ready Writing.
Accounting had a first, fourth, fifth, and sixth place finish earning first-place team. Members include Laney Gates, B. Cottrell, Cayden D’Costa, and J. Cottrell. Copy and Editing perfected their skills with a first (Avery Halsey), second (Word), and fourth place (Maloree Wann).
Science continued to add more points to the tabulation earning a first, third, fourth, and fifth place finish capturing first-place team. Members were Toby Leeper, Halsey, Ben Estlack, and Mason Allred. Leeper had the Biology top score.
Davin Mays garnered a first-place in Feature Writing while Jentrye Bellar obtained a second-place in Editorial. Journalism continued to add points to the total by earning second-place team.
Mathematics accumulated points on the board with a fifth (Estlack) and a tie for sixth place (Bryce Williams). This was enough points for the team to capture second-place. The day ended with Extemporaneous Speaking. Adriana Araujo placed sixth in Persuasive Speaking while Word and Seay secured a first and second place respectively. Speech took second-place team overall.
Clarendon will have fourteen students competing in eleven events at Regionals April 22 on the campus of West Texas A&M University, hoping to earn a trip to state competition.
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