Mission, Texas- The Veterans Memorial High School academic UIL team is advancing quite a few students to the regional competitions, based upon their results from the 5A District 31 meet.
The current event team placed first at the district meet, and are advancing to regionals. Team members are: Jaime Bazaldua, Rene Olivarez, Ted Rodriguez, Lee Sanchez.
The number sense team placed first at the district meet and qualifies for advancement to the regional meet. Team members are: Darius Davis, Feliciano Escobedo, Hector Iglesias, Kellen Shults.
The spelling team placed second at the district meet and are awaiting final wildcard decisions for possible advancement to the regional competition. Team members are: Alexandra Galvez, Cassandra Galvez, Kimberly Garza, Mirna Rodriguez.
Students who are advancing to the regional competition as individuals are: Darius Davis, second place, calculator applications; Hector Iglesias, first place, computer science; Michelle Mata, first place, headline writing; Darius Davis (second place) and Hector Iglesias (fifth place), mathematics; Jacqueline Martinez, fourth place, poetry interpretation; Savannah Claeys, first place, prose interpretation; Kimberly Garza, first place, spelling.
Other top VMHS results from the district UIL meet include: calculator applications team, second place (Darius Davis, Henry Davis, Kimberly Garza, Hector Iglesias); Jaime Bazaldua, first place current issues; Ted Rodriguez, second place, current issues; Rene Olivarez, third place current issues; Lee Sanchez, fourth place, current issues; computer science team, third place (Darius Davis, Feliciano Escobedo, Hector Iglesias, Kellen Shults); Christian Esquivel, fifth place, informative speaking; mathematics team, second place (Darius Davis, Henry Davis, Feliciano Escobedo, Hector Iglesias; Darius Davis, first place, number sense; Feliciano Escobedo, third place, number sense; Hector Iglesias, fifth place, number sense; Savannah Claeys, first place, prose interpretation; Darius Davis, fourth place, science; Kimberly Garza, first place, spelling; Alexandra Galvez, fourth place spelling; Cassandra Galvez, sixth place, spelling.
Pictured are the academic UIL students from VMHS who are advancing to the regional academic UIL meet. Not pictured are Kellen Shults and Feliciano Escobedo.
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