Nineteen Llano High School students and four teachers left before sunrise on Saturday, November 5, to experience their first full UIL Academic Meet of the school year at Pflugerville High School. Greeted by 23 other mostly larger high schools, the day provided much competition of an outstanding caliber, yet the young team brought home five trophies. December 3 will be the next UIL Academic tournament at Lago Vista High School, with registration starting this week and closing on Monday, November 21.
A freshman at LHS, Cole Polley, should be proud of the first place trophy earned in Ready Writing, a two hour expository essay contest. His coach noted that Cole only had one point deducted, which is rare. Two more trophies were won by the CX Varsity Debate Team of junior Drew Buttery and senior Tim Hansen placing third. Placing fifth and receiving a trophy in Spelling and Vocabulary was sophomore Necille Nunez. The Spelling Team placed third. It included Necille and freshmen Sterling Owen and Kasey Hairston, sophomore Yamilex Espinoza, and junior Alex Elliot. Other students competing at this first tournament were: Current Issues: Kasey Hairston; CX Debate: Jacob Thomsen and Tori Vestal; Calculator: Lance Cox; Feature Writing: Shelby Harris; Literary Criticism: Laura Ortiz; Math: Lance Cox and Shelby Martin; Number Sense: Lance Cox and Shelby Martin; Science: Levi Bailey, Shelby Martin, Noah Patton ; LD Debate: Savannah Arteaga (who missed advancing by ONE point), and Social Studies: Laura Ortiz and Jacob Beasley.
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