The Carrizo
Springs High School Wildcat UIL team traveled to the first two tournaments of
the season. The young team faired very
well for its first two outings. “We have
many new freshman and sophomores that show much promise and, of course, we
expect our seasoned veterans to continue their hard work and improve on last
year’s performance,” said UIL coordinator, Daniel Valerio, Jr. On both outings, the team brought home
trophies and medallions.
The academic
team traveled to San Antonio to James Madison High School where they competed
against several bigger schools which included:
Churchill, Roosevelt, O’Connor and others. The team did very well and the following
competitors won awards. In News Writing freshman Maria G. Selgado
won second place while sister Maria I. Selgado, also a freshman, won sixth
place. In Number Sense, freshman Gift Owolabi won fouth place. In Computer
Applications freshman Christopher Orosco won fourth place. In Ready
Writing, freshman Briana Decker-Diaz won ninth place. In Calculator
Applications, Gift Owolabi won second place. In Headline
Writing the veteran Nadia Riojas won ninth place. In Current
Events, the veteran Gabriella Medrano won tenth place.
The
following tournament the Wildcat Speech team made the trek to Karnes City to
participate in “The Gift of Speech Tournament.”
The Wildcat interpers and debaters did well against speech giants such
as Bandera, Alexander, and Poth. After a
long day and several rounds of competition, the Wildcat speech members brought
home some medallions from this competition.
In Prose Interpretation
Valerie Mata won fourth place while teammate Nathalie Martinez won fifth place
in the same category. In Poetry Interpretation Christina Janca
won sixth place.
Congratulations to these fine competitors and
their coaches for a job well done. The
next outing for the team will be at Laredo United South on January 15 and
16. We would like to invite everyone to
come out and support our Wildcat UIL team.
Awesome Wildcat Brain Power!
