CSHS UIL Wins Second Place at Laredo Alexander

On Saturday, January 13 the Carrizo Springs H.S. UIL team traveled to Laredo Alexander High School to participate in the 13^th annual Alexander Academic Tournament.  Schools ranging from 2A-5A attended the popular contest including: United South, Cotulla, Cigarroa, Eagle Pass, Martin, Nixon, United, Zapata, and others.  Once again the Wildcat team showed its academic prowess by capturing a top three sweepstakes spot, three 1^st place team awards and numerous individual honors.

The results of the meet are as follows:  In Spelling and Vocabulary Bianca Ortiz won the 6^th place trophy.  In Literary Criticism Candice Masar won 5^th place.  In Ready Writing Victoria Garcia won 2^nd place.  In Prose Interpretation Arkie Tassew won 1^st place, Fernando Esquivel 5^th place, and Markose Butler 6^th place.  In Poetry Interpretation Rosie Mendiola ended up in 3^rd place after having tied for 1^st place, which was then settled by a blind draw.  Magalieh Acosta won the 6^th place trophy.  The Journalism competitors really crushed the competition as they brought home not only 8 individual trophies, but a first place team award.  In Feature Writing Maryella Medina won 3^rd place, Lizette Rocha won 4^th place and Natasha Riojas won 5^th place.  In Editorial Writing Maryella Medina won 2^nd place, Lizette Rocha 3^rd place and Natasha Riojas 5^th place.  In News Writing Maryella Medina captured the top spot, and Natasha Riojas won 4^th place.  The team of Maryella Medina, Natasha Riojas, and Lizette Rocha won the 1^st place team Journalism award.  In the Math events the Wildcats continue their domination.  In Mathematics Nicolas Costilla and Ramon Medina tied for 6^th place.  In Number Sense Steven Martinez won 1^st place, R.J. Saldivar won 2^nd place, and Nicolas Costilla won 4^th place.  The team of Steven Martinez, R.J. Saldivar, and Nicolas Costilla won 1^st place Number Sense.  In Calculator Applications Kristi Blake won 1^st place, Stephanie Estrada won 2^nd place, Carol Howard 3^rd place, and R. J. Saldivar won 4^th place.  The team of Kristi Blake, Stephanie Estrada, and Carol Howard won the 1^st place Calculator Applications trophy.

Other students who made the trip to Laredo include:  Hannah Romo, Jose Mendez, Nicolas Sunderland, David Ledesma, Kimberly Mendoza, Alysia Robledo, Anna Mendoza, Merce Doria, Heather Bullard, Demi Cruz, Omar Salazar, Anthony Martinez, Melissa Yebra, Brianna Waggoner, Clarissa Molina, Kayla Benavides, Valerie Jaime, Theresa Benavidez, Christopher John, Ray De La Fuente, Adrian Jaramillo, Ramon Medina, Rogelio Diaz, Cristy Cardona, Valerie Salgado, Juan Nieto, Caitlyn Autry, and Roxanna Guzman.

Congratulations to all these fine competitors and their coaches for a great showing.  Also, thank you to all the parents of these fine young people who encourage them to excel in academic competition.  The next outing for the team will be at the Pleasanton H.S. Tournament in Plesanton on January 27.  We encourage everyone to come out and support academic competition.  “Experience the Power of Knowledge”