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Wildcats Are UIL District Runners UP

CSHS Wildcat UIL Team Wins Runner Up Plaque and Qualifies Twenty Competitors to Regionals

     Congratulations to the Wildcat UIL Academic for winning the 29-4A UIL District Runner Up plaque.  Carrizo Springs hosted the UIL 29-4A District Meet on March 22 and 23 where the Wildcats won enough points to capture the 2^nd place plaque, bested only by Devine.  During the process, the Wildcats qualified twenty competitors to the UIL Regional Meet which will take place in Corpus Christi on April 7 and 8.

The team started the accumulation of points when the UIL CX Debate team won points on February 1 in Devine. Then the One-Act Play company advanced to B-District on March 10.  After that, the rest of the academic team took its turn.  On March 22, the LD Debaters, the Computer Science Team, the Ready Writers, and the Journalism team competed and racked up more points for the team.  On March 23 the rest of the events were held at Carrizo Springs High School and the Wildcats did not disappoint.

The team captured five individual district event championships, two team championships, and numerous top six placements. With their outstanding showing, the Wildcats advanced twenty competitors to the UIL Regional Meet.  Congratulations to these fine competitors and their coaches on an outstanding performance.  The following include the individual results of the exceptional competitors of Wildcat UIL.

In Calculator Applications Gift Owolabi won Calculator Apps. Champion followed by teammate Victor Doria who won second place and Jazmine Velasquez won third place and Josh Velasquez sixth place.  The team of Victor, Gift and Josh won Calculator Apps. Team Champions.  In Computer Science Brianna Cardenas won third plalce, Adamari Sanchez fifth place, Josh Velasquez sixth place and Regina Hernandez.  The team of Brianna, Adamari, Josh, and Regina won second place team in Computer Science. In Computer Applications Tianna Solis won third place, Jazlynn Solis won fourth place and Elizabeth Alejandro won eighth place.  In Editorial Writing Maria Guadalupe Selgado won third place, Maria Isabel Selgado fourth place, and Lydia Rios won fifth place.  In Feature Writing Maria Guadalupe Selgado won fifth place.  In Headline Writing Maria Guadalupe Selgado won third place.  In News Writing Lydia Rios won second place while Maria Guadalupe Selgado won sixth place.  Lydia Rios, Maria Guadalupe Selgado, Maria Isabel Selgado, and Nadia Riojas won second place Journalism Team.  In Ready Writing Julianna Vargas won second place and Juan Oyervides won fourth place. In Literary Criticism Christina Janca won fourth, Taylor McNeal sixth place and Brianna Decker-Diaz 9^th place.  The team of Christina, Taylor and Brianna won second place Literary Criticism Team.  In Mathematics Gift Owolabi won Mathematics Champion, while teammate Victor Doria won second place, Jazmine Velasquez won tenth place and Josh Velasquez won fifteenth place.  Gift, Victor, Jazmine and Josh won Mathematics Team Champions.  In Number Sense Gift Owolabi won Number Sense Champion while teammates Victor Doria won fourth place, Jazmine Velasquez won seventh place and Josh Velasquez won ninth place.  Gift, Victor, Jazmine, and Josh won second place Number Sense Team and won the wildcard team to Regionals.  In Science Victor Doria won fourth place, Josh Velasquez won ninth place and Bernice Gonzalez won eighteenth place.  Victor, Josh, and Bernice won third place Science Team. In Social Studies Micaela Uriegas won fourth place, Annika Uriegas ninth place, Michael Uriegas eleventh place and A.J. Rodriguez won fourteenth place. Micaela, Annika, Michael and A.J. won third place Social Studies Team.  In Current Issues and Events Annika Uriegas won fourth place, Micahel Uriegas won sixth place, Brianna Decker-Diaz won seventh place, and David Gomez won eighth place. In Spelling and Vocabulary Miguel Valdez won seventh place, Galilea Barrera ninth place, and A.J. Rodriguez eighteenth place.    In Lincoln-Douglas Debate Isabella Talamantez won third place, Micaela Uriegas fourth place and Ginger Sifuentez won fifth place. In Informative Speaking Elysandra Solis won fourth place and Micaela Uriegas won fourth place.  In Persuasive Speaking Lois Owolabi won second place while Isabela Talamantez won third place and Jordan Guerrero fourth place.  In Poetry Interpretation Lois Owolabi won Poetry Interpretation Champion, Ryan Garcia won second place and Christina Janca won third place.  In Prose Interpretation Juan Oyervides won Prose Interpretation Champion, Jozlin Perez fifth place and Meagan Garcia sixth place.  The teams of CX Debate, LD Debate, Informative and Persuasive Speaking, Prose and Poetry Interpretation won the overall second place Speech Team.

Congratulations to the UIL academic coaches and OAP directors:  Daniel Valerio, Jr., and Ines Valerio, Brian Byars, Cristina Criel, Ruben Z. Escamilla, Rachel Garza, Victoria Linnard, Olga Mireles, Reynaldo Rodriguez, Marisa Tobias, Lucinda Paulino.  In addition, thank you once again to our UIL coaches and feeder programs at C.S. Elementary, C.S. Intermediate, and C.S. Junior High who at one time or another coached or helped these young people excel in UIL.  Thank you especially to Mrs. Villarreal who has totally supported Ms. Mireles and all our UIL coaches with her assistance and cooperation. In addition, thanks to Principals Talamantez and Martinez.

     The Wildcat UIL team members would like to thank and share outstanding performance with their UIL support team who work hard behind the scenes to help them with their success:  Michelle Gonzalez, CSHS Principal; Alejandro Chapa and Maribel Guevara, Asst. Principals; Gene Gutierrez Transportation Director and his staff; Michael Uriegas, HR Director and his staff; Anna-Rocha Diaz, Executive Director and business office staff; Dr. Jesse Salazar, Superintendent and staff.  In addition, thank you to all those well-wishers who follow and support the UIL team, the staff of The Carrizo Springs Javelin for total support, the staff of Botello’s Custom Screen Printing for all their help and Sisters Gifts and More, and those in the community who have offered or contributed their help, or have attended the meets or OAP performances--a very special thanks to all.

     Mr. Ruben Z. Escamilla, UIL Academic Director, would like to give special thanks to the parents of these exceptional young people for allowing them to share their talents in UIL academics. In addition, Mr. Escamilla would like to thank all who contributed to a smooth and successful hosting of the UIL Academic District Meet. Special thanks to Mr. Jeff Janca and the staff of the First Baptist Church, Sandra Little, Ashton Escamilla-Ponce, and Sgt. Rodriguez and ROTC cadets, who were available to help and contribute from the first day of planning the meet—your help to a successful meet was invaluable. Last but not least thank you to all the CSHS faculty and staff who contributed their time to help. 

     Good luck to the Regional qualiliers: Gift Owolabi, Lois, Owolabi, Josh Velasquez, Victor Doria, Christina Janca, Juan Oyervides, Maria Guadalupe Selgado, Maria Isabel Selgado, Lydia Rios, Brianna Cardenas, Jazmine Velaquez, Ryan Garcia, Elysandra Solis, Tianna Solis, Isabella Talamantez, Jualianna Vargas, Jazlynn Solis, Micaela Uriegas, Annika Uriegas, and Jordan Guerrero. These youngters will compete in Corpus Christi on April 7 and 8. If you would like to learn more about Wildcat UIL Academics, please visit wildcatuil.blogspot.com. AWESOME WILDCAT BRAIN POWER!