Monday, March 26, 2018

CSHS Wildcat UIL Regular Season Comes to a Close


Cats Get Ready for District Competition­­­

Wildcat UIL Academics has traveled to many invitational meets in order to sharpen their skills to prepare for district competition.  Since October, when the Cats traveled to the UIL Student Activities Conference in Austin to the last regular season March tournament in Somerset, the Wildcat UIL’ers have pawed their way through many a tournament and several competitive schools in order to polish their claws and hone their skill to prepare for the district competition.

­­­­­­At the Laredo Nixon UIL Tournament on December 8 & 9, the Cats had a great showing and brought home individual and team awards.  In Number Sense Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place while teammate Jazmine Velasquez won 5th place.  In Calculator Applications, Gift Owolabi and Jasmine Velasquez did an awesome job of winning 1st place in their respective divisions of 11th and 10th grade and newcomer Shawn Perez showed his promise winning 7th place in the 9th grade division.  The team of Gift, Jasmine, and Shawn won 1st place Calculator Applications team.  In Headline Writing Maria Isabel Selgado won tournament champion by winning 1st place while teammate Lydia Rios won 6th place.  In Mathematics Gift Owolabi won 3rd place in the 11th grade division, Jasmine Velasquez won 3rd place in 10th grade division and Audrey Arroniz won 7th place in the 8th grade division.  The team of Gift, Jasmine, and Audrey won second place team.  In Informative Speaking Sarah Esquivel won 5th place in her first tournament.

At the Laredo United South UIL Tournament, the Wildcats had a strong showing in the Math and Social Studies events.  In the Mathematics (11th) Gift Owolabi won 2nd place.  In Calculator Applications, Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place while teammate Jazmine Velasquez won the 3rd place medallion.  In Number Sense, Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place.  The team of Gift Owolabi, Jazmine Velasquez, and Shawn Perez won overall second place team.  In Social Studies, Audrey Arroniz won the 2nd place medallion and with the help of teammates Robert May and Diego Reyes, they won second place Social Studies team.

The Wildcat UIL team’s next stop was the Eagle Pass HS UIL Tournament.  Even though this group of UIL’ers was a small one, the Wildcats faced off with 6-A schools in fine style and were in 6th place going into the last event but managed to pull a pressure comeback from the journalism team to secure a fourth place spot and bring home the 4th place overall Sweepstakes trophy.  In Calculator Applications, Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place in the 11th grade divison, Gift also won tournament champion in Number Sense by winning the 1st place medallion and rounded out her medal placements by winning 3rd place in Mathematics.  Jazmine Velasquez won the 2nd place medallion in Number Sense, 3rd place medallion in Mathematics and 5th place in Calculator Applications. Ryan Garcia won 4th place in Poetry Interpretation.  Sarah Esquivel won 4th place in Informative Speaking. Christian Perez won 5th place in Science.  Guadalupe Selgado won the 3rd place medallion in News Writing and 3rd place medallion in Editorial Writing.  Lydia Rios won 5th place in Headline Writing.

During the MacArthur UIL Tournament the Wildcats did an awesome job keeping up with the large San Antonio schools such as Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Brandeis and others.  In News Writing Maria Guadalupe Selgado won 4th place while sister Maria Isabel won 10th place.  In Feature Writing, Lydia Rios won the 3rd place medallion.  In Editorial Writing, Lydia Rios won tournament champion by winning 1st place.  In Headline Writing, Maria Guadalupe Selgado won 8th place.  The Journalism team of Lydia Maria Guadalupe, and Maria Isabel won 2nd place overall.  In Number Sense, Gift Owolabi won 7th place (11th & 12th grade division).  In Calculator Applications Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning the 1st place medallion while teammate Jazmine Velasquez won 7th place.  In Mathematics, Gift Owolabi won 4th place while Jazmine Velasquez won 10th place.

After the MacArthur UIL Tournament, the Wildcats would not be denied a top finish and brought home the 1st place overall Sweepstakes trophy from the South San Antonio UIL Tournament.  The Wildcats held their own against 6-A schools and fought to the end when tied for first with South Side with one event to go.  However, the Wildcats edged out the win in fine style and came home tournament champions. In Computer Applications, Jazlyn Solis won the champion medallion when she won 1st place while sister,Tianna Solis, won 3rd place--this was the second consecutive 1st and 3rd for Jazlyn and Tianna.  In Number Sense, Gift Owolabi won 3rd place. In Social Studies, Michael Uriegas, Jozlin Perez, and Audrey Arroniz won 2nd place team.  In Calculator Applications, Gift Owolabi and Jazmin Velasquez delivered a one-two punch to the competition by winning 1st and 2nd place.In Computer Science, Will May put his computer programming skills to work and won 4th place.  In News Writing, Maria G. Selgado won the championship medallion by winning 1st place. In Feature Writing, Lydia Rios won second place while teammate Maria G. Selgado won fifth place. In Editorial Writing, Maria G. Selgado won 3rd place and Nadia Riojas won 4th place. In Mathematics, Gift Owolabi won 2nd place.  This made it a gold, silver, and bronze medal day for Gift. In Headline Writing, Lydia Rios won second place while Maria G. Selgado won third place.  The Wildcat Journalism team of Maria G. Selgado, Lydia Rios, Nadia Riojas, and Isabel Selgado won the gold as first place journalism team.

The final stop for the Wildcats of the regular season was the Somerset UIL Tournament. The Wildcats wrapped up the regular season with another small group of competitors who held their own against big schools such as Southwest, Reagan, Port Lavaca Calhoun, and others by winning many individual top awards.  In Accounting, William May won the 2nd place medallion—no one had one a medal in this event in at least 5 years. In Social Studies, the team of Audrey Arroniz, Michael Uriegas, and Jozlin Perez won tournament champions by winning1st place.  In the newest event, Copy Editing, Nadia Riojas won tournament champion by winning 1st place.  In Mathematics, Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place.  In Number Sense ( 9th & 10th grade division), Audrey Arroniz won the 2nd place medal while Jazmine Velasquez won 4th place.  In Number Sense (11th & 12th grade division), Gift Owolabi won 4th place. In Calculator Applications (9th and 10th grade division), Jazmine Velasquez won tournament champion by winning 1st place. In Calculator Applications (11th and 12th grade division), Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place. The team of Gift Owolabi, Jazmine Velasquez and Abel Ayala won tournament champions by winning 1st place Calculator Applications team.

Congratulations to all the fine UIL Wildcat competitors and their coaches on an awesome job throughout the regular season.  The Cats will now compete in district competition in Devine on March 22, 23, and 28 where they hope to advance to the regional competition in Corpus. Good luck Wildcats! How ‘Bout That Awesome Wildcat Brain Power!

Monday, March 5, 2018

Wildcat UIL Brings Home Many Awards From Somerset UIL Meet


Congratulations to the Wildcat UIL team that traveled to Somerset’s annual UIL Tournament.  The team came together and put on a fantastic showing to bring home several individual awards as they prepare for district competition coming up the last week in March.


In Accounting
William May – 2nd place meda
Social Studies
The team of Audrey Arroniz, Michael Uriegas, and Jozlin Perez won 1st place
In Copy Editing
Nadia Riojas won tournament champion by winning 1st place
Mathematics
Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place
Number Sense- 9th and 10th grade
Audrey Arroniz – 2nd place medal
Jazmine Velasquez- 4th place
Number Sense 11th and 12th grade
Gift Owolabi won 4th place
In Calculator Applications 9th and 10th grade
Jasmine Velasquez won tournament champion by winning 1st place
Calculator Applications 11th and 12th grade
Gift Owolabi won tournament champion by winning 1st place
The team of Gift Owolabi, Jasmine Velasquez and Abel Ayala won 1st place Calculator team.

Congratulations Wildcats on an awesome job! 

You Just Can’t Stop That Awesome Wildcat Brain Power!