Fairfield ISD takes the title of District Champs at UIL Competition for the 20th Consecutive Year.

With a total of 629 points, FISD beats Athens, Palestine, Mexia, and Madisonville high schools.

Participating in this year’s competition are the following:

–Accounting: Coach Davin Davis, 3rd – Payton Carter, 4th – Zac Pew, and 5th – Victoria Donohoo.

–Calculator Applications: Coach Michelle Welch, 5th – Nihar Patel

–Current Issues: Coach Julie Cannon, 3rd – Noah Van, and 5th – Kyler Bonner

–Computer Applications: Coach Davin Davis, 1st – Victoria Donohoo, 2nd – Nathan Davis, and 3rd – Olivia Wilson

–Computer Science: Coach Davin Davis, 2nd – Drew Williams, 4th – Klay Bonner, and 5th – Modesto Cortez

–Editorial Writing: Coach Kathy Maciel, 1st – Vanessa Hidalgo, 2nd – Brittani Oglesbee, and 3rd – Gracie Awalt

–Feature Writing: Coach Kathy Maciel, 1st – Gracie Awalt, 2nd – Kaytlyn Brewer, and 3rd Brittani Oglesbee

–Headline Writing: Coach Kathy Maciel, 1st – Abby Knight, 2nd – Anna Kaye Williams, 4th – Gracie Awalt

–Informative Speaking: Coach Nanceen Hoskins, 4th – Anna Ham

–Lincoln Douglas Debate: Coach Nanceen Hoskins, 6th – Brooklyn Benson

–Literary Criticism: Coach Kathy Maciel, 1st – Molly Allred, 2nd – Abbie Cunningham, 3rd – Broderick Rose, and 4th – Katelynn Mensch

–Mathematics: Coach Katie Johnson, 6th – Will Cook

–Number Sense: Coach Chris Owen, 4th – Nihar Patel

–News Writing: Coach Kathy Maciel, 1st – Vanessa Hidalgo, 2nd – Brittani Oglesbee, and 3rd – Abby Knight

–Persuasive Speaking: Coach Nanceen Hoskins, 4th – Emi Bonner, and 6th – Rebecca Dunlap

–Poetry Interpretation: 6th – Ashlyn Partain

–Prose Interpretation: 1st – Morgan Coleman, 2nd – Britain Bossier, 3rd – Meeyah Davis

–Ready Writing: 4th – Pamela Henderson

–Chemistry: 1st – Will Cook

–Science: 1st – Will Cook, 3rd – Nihar Patel, 4th – Jacob Allred, and 6th – Aaron Pfleeger

–Social Studies: 3rd – Jacob Allred

–Spelling & Vocabulary: 1st – Bethany Pruitt, 2nd – Emma Copeland, and 3rd – JoAnna Zamora

Team Awards include:

–Accounting: 2nd Place

–Calculator Applications: 2nd Place

–Current Issues: 2nd Place

–Computer Science: 2nd Place

–Cross Examination Debate: 5th Place – Team 2 and 6th Place – Team 3

–Journalism: 1st Place

–Literary Criticism: 1st Place

–Number Sense: 2nd Place

–One Act Play: 1st Place

–Science: 1st Place

–Speech: 2nd Place

–Spelling & Vocabulary: 1st Place

Congratulations to all of these students and to FHS for a job well done!’

(Photo by Nicole Schaefer)