SSHS UIL takes honors
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The SSHS Wildcat UIL Academic Team competed at the Region 2 UIL academic championships this past Friday and Saturday, April 22 – 23. Wildcat competitors finished 2nd place overall with 190 points. Highland Park took first with 245 points. Hallsville finished 3rd with 128 points. 10 SSHS students qualified for State UIL in 7 events. The State meet will be held at UT Austin on May 5 – May 7.
First place teams advancing to state include Spelling & Vocabulary and Literary Criticism. Social Studies is advancing as a wildcard team (best second place score in the state). The SSHS Journalism team also finished in first place at regionals.
SSHS One Act Play finished their stellar season on Thursday with an outstanding effort at Regional competition. They contributed to the overall team result with an All-Star Cast award, two Honorable Mention All-Star Cast awards, and a Tech Award.
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| Ready Writing | Lexi McCoy | 5th Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Alexis Villarino | 6th Place |
| Copy Editing | Lexi McCoy | 1st Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Dawson Carpenter | 2nd Place |
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | ||
| News Writing | Alexis McCoy | 3rd Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | ||
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | ||
| Editorial Writing | Dawson Carpenter | 1st Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | ||
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | ||
| Headline Writing | Lausen Ost | 4th Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | ||
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | ||
| Journalism Team | 1st Place | |
| Spelling & Vocabulary | Dawson Carpenter | 3rd Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Team (Carpenter, Kami White, Lani Horn
Alyssa Isonhood) |
1st Place Team |
| Social Studies | Alfredo Renteria | 3rd Place |
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | Lexi McCoy | 4th Place |
| Team (Renteria, McCoy, Crawford Johnson, Artesia Cheak) | 1st Place Team | |
| Literary Criticism | Shelby Ray | 1st Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Dawson Carpenter | 2nd Place |
| Alexis Villarino | 3rd Place | |
| Team (Ray, Villarino, Carpenter, Kami White) | 1st Place Team | |
| One Act Play | Lucy Braddy | All Star Cast |
| (Lesha Woodard – Director) | AllieGrace Woodard | Honorable Mention |
| Austin Crum | Honorable Mention | |
| Markida Hood | Tech Award |
BOLD FACED results have qualified for state competition.
Contributed by Gerald Grafton
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