NSES, Jr. high UIL winners named
By Donnie A. Lucas
A number of students in grades two through eight competed in the District UIL Academic Meet last week, with students in sixth through traveling to Hamlin and the second through fifth graders competing in Cisco.
The elementary team racked up 270.84 points for fourth place ahead of Anson, Hamlin and Hawley. Cisco and Haskell tied for first place with 397.33 points each, while Stamford was third with 323.83 points. Anson finished in fifth place, Hamlin was sixth with 94 points and Hawley earned 93 points for seventh place.
Albany placed fifth in the middle school division for grades six through eight with 392 points. Haskell won the meet with 689 points, followed by Stamford in second with 576.Cisco was third place with 457 points, and Anson placed fourth with 416 points. Hawley took sixth place with 227 points and Hamlin was seventh with 131 points.
The writing contests were conducted locally and faxed in the week before the Thanksgiving for judges to rank. All other contests were conducted in-person last Wednesday, Dec. 7.
Elementary Results
2nd grade
Oral Reading - 5. Kate Bellah; Chess - 2. Griffin Balliew; Music Memory - 1. Wyatt Brown, 3rd place team (Brown, Benjamin Gullet, Baigh Bell, Kurt Strauss, Kate Bellah)
3rd grade
Ready Writing - 1. Reese Nitschke, 2. Maggie Spraberry, 3. Olivia Smith; Spelling - 4. Reese Nitschke
Music Memory - 3rd place team (Barrett Milligan, Ky Thompson, Mae Musselman, Lyla Early, Berkley Davis)
4th grade
Music Memory - 3. Keelan McCandless; 4. Mia Smith, 2nd place team (McCandless, Smith, Kamilla Martinez, Azrael Rosales, Rainy Nitschke); Ready Writing - 3. Luke Foy; Chess - 1. Travis Hill, 3rd place team (Hill, Jason Shack, Sutton Shoaf); Art - 5. (tie) Zamiah Dockins, 5. (tie) Maya Rosales, 2nd place team (Dockins, Rosales, Laramie Oliver, Hadley Stapp; Spelling - 6. Kamilla Martinez, 3rd place team (Martinez, Luke Foy, Keelan McCandless
5th grade
Dictionary - 3. Artie Bell, 4. Paxton Slaughter, 2nd place team (Bell, Slaughter, Luke Smith); Ready Writing - 2. Presley Rosales; Chess - 5. Kayden Smith, 2nd place team (Smith, Cooper Carrion, Paxton Slaughter); Oral Reading - 5. Corrie Ceder, 6. Willa Early; Spelling - 1. Corrie Ceder. 1st place team (Ceder, Presley Rosales, Kayden Smith); Number Sense -2. Carly Kreitler, 2nd place team (Kreitler, Artie Bell, Matthew Key);
Social Studies - 5. Luke Smith; Maps, Graphs, and Charts - 5. Willa Early, 2nd place team (Early, Carly Kreitler, Presley Rosales)
6th grade
Editorial Writing - 1. Avery Gleitz, 2. Emma Smith, 3. Kynlee Milligan. Science - 3. Landon Edwards. Modern Orataory - 3. Kynlee Milligan, 4. Hailey Gleitz. Math - 1. Trevor Bellah, 6. Landon Edwards. Ready Writing - 2. Abby McBee, 3. Trevor Bellah. Impromptu Speaking - 3. Blake Britting. Chess - 2. Adric Willis. Dictionary - 1. Trevor Bellah. Social Studies - 1. Keeley Britting, 6. Ace Townson. Number Sense - 2. Hailey Gleitz. Listening - 1. Emma Smith, 6. Harlee Mark. Calculator Apps - 3. Kynlee Milligan, 4. Trevor Bellah.
7th grade
Editorial Writing - 2. Charli Trail, 4. Kamryn Graham. Science - 2. Charli Trail, 6. Jordan Knight. Ready Writing - 1. Kamryn Graham, 2. Charli Trail. Spelling - 1. Graham Ceder, 5. Kamryn Graham. Maps Graphs & Charts - 3. Charli Trail, 6. Kamryn Graham, 3rd place team (Trail, Graham, Hunter Sutton). Chess - 2. Graham Ceder. 3. Ryder Smith, 6. Aiden Vickers. Dictionary - 4. Tara Cauble. Social Studies - 4. Graham Ceder.
8th grade
Science - 4. Logan Balliew. Ready Writing - 4. Kylee Bennett. Spelling - 5. Adrian Wren. Chess - 5. Wesley Gleitz. Social Studies - 1. Adrian Wren, 2nd place team (Wren, Jacob Knight, Judson Rogers)
