Wortham High School sent twenty-one students to Axtel on Monday, March 22, 2021, to compete in the District 2A UIL Contest.
Out of those participants, nine are advancing to Region UIL with several advancing in more than one event!
The top three medalists in each event advance to Regionals. These include Ben Havens, Michelle Misini, Dalen Coker, Ashilyn Cartwright, TJ Grela, Daniel Rosencrans,Veronica Gutierrez, Cody Jones, and JJ Rojas.
Regionals will be held in Carthage at Panola College on April 16-17.
Congratulations to the UIL Academic participants that brought home the following medals:
–Lincoln-Douglas Debate:1st Place and Top Speaker Ben Havens, 3rd Michelle Misini
–Mathematics: 2nd Place Ben Havens, 5th Place Brenna Lewis, 6th Place Charlie Braun
–Mathematics Team: 2nd Place overall including Tanner Bean and JJ Rojas
–Social Studies: 1st Place Michelle Misini, 2nd Place Veronica Gutierrez, 3rd Place Cody Jones, 4th Place JJ Rojas; !st Place Team
–Number Sense: 3rd Place Team including Tanner Bean, Veronica Gutierrez, and JJ Rojas
–Calculator Apps: 5th Place Mika-Lyn Gargis, 6th Place Charlie Braun
–Calculator Apps Team: 2nd Place including Tanner Bean and Madison Newhouse
–Persuasive Speaking: 3rd Place Dalen Coker
–Ready Writing: 4th Mika-Lyn Gargis, 6th Reagan Stuver, 8th Summer Settlemyer
–Science: Top Score in Physics Ashilyn Cartwright
–Science Team:3rd Place including JJ Rojas, Travis Laminack, and Kendon Busby
–News Writing: 3rd Place TJ Grela, 4th Place Moises Cortes
–Feature Writing: 2nd Place TJ Grela, 3rd Place Donald Rosencrans, 4th Place Jessica Saldana
–Editorial Writing: 5th Madison Newhouse, 6th Grecia Juarez
–Spelling and Vocabulary: 5th Brenna Lewis
–Headline Writing: 4th Madison Newhouse
–Literary Criticism: 4th Jessica Saldana, 5th Mika-Lyn Gargis
–Journalism Team: 2nd Place including Madison Newhouse, TJ Grela, Donald Rosencrans, Jessica Saldana, Grecia Juarez, Mika-Lyn Gargis, and Moises Cortez
Pictured at Top: Representing Wortham High School at UIL competition include (left-right): Donald Rosencrans, TJ Grela, Jessica Saldana, JJ Rojas, Mika-Lyn Gargis, Brenna Lewis, Ashilyn Cartwright, Michelle Misini, Ben Havens, Dalen Coker, Travis Laminack, Veronica Gutierrez, and Cody Jones.