UIL Academic Team Participants

Junior high students wrapped up their Academic UIL season with an amazing showing in Jourdanton on Jan. 16. Lytle Pirates placed in almost every category in which they took part. They did an amazing job!

A big thank you to all of the coaches who made it possible for these students to expand their knowledge and show off their skills!

The following are the categories in which our students placed:

Art Smart

Sixth Grade
- Gerard Perales-1st Place
- Michael Garcia-6th Place

Seventh Grade
- Brisa Olvera-1st Place
- Blythe Kuykendall-2nd Place

Eighth Grade

- Anastasia Stone-3rd Place

Chess Puzzles

Sixth Grade
- Jacob Ramos-2nd Place

Dictionary Skills

Seventh Grade

- Regina Castaneda-3rd Place

Editorial Writing

Sixth Grade
- Parker Leverton-1st Place
- Summer Rangel-4th Place
- Raelyn Moreno-6th Place

Seventh Grade

- Max Cortinas-1st Place
- Macy Krisch-3rd Place

Eighth Grade

- Himari Morgan-4th Place
- Natalie Hieckman-5th Place

Impromptu Speaking

Eighth Grade
- Emyliana Cantu-3rd Place

Listening

Seventh Grade
- Nolan Ruiz-4th Place

Maps, Graphs, & Charts

Sixth Grade
- Vyolet Castro-5th Place

Seventh Grade

- Madelyn Sanchez-1st Place
- Jolyse Chaparro-2nd Place

Eighth Grade
- Anna Scotello-5th Place

Modern Oratory

Sixth Grade
- Xavier Cisneros-1st Place

Music Memory

Sixth Grade
- Gerard Perales-1st Place

- Michael Garcia-4th Place
- Tate Dunnam-6th Place

Seventh Grade
- Nolan Ruiz-3rd Place

Eighth Grade

- Bryson Dean-3rd Place
- Alina Gonzalez-4th Place
- Addison Lara-6th Place

Number Sense

Sixth Grade (Competing against Seventh Graders)
- Shinnosuke Morgan-2nd Place
- Israel Rodriguez-6th Place

Eighth Grade

- Bryson Dean-6th Place

Oral Reading

Sixth Grade
- Kallen Dubose-2nd 
- Parker Leverton-3rd Place

Seventh Grade
- Macy Krisch-1st Place

Eighth Grade

- Natalie Heickman-5th Place

Ready Writing

Sixth Grade
- Parker Leverton-5th Place
- Summer Rangel-6th Place

Science

Sixth Grade
- Grady Bates-3rd Place

Seventh Grade

- Nolan Ruiz-3rd Place

Eighth Grade

- Manuel Rocha-4th Place

Social Studies

Sixth Grade

- Parker Leverton-3rd Place

Spelling

Seventh Grade

- Max Cortinas-5th Place

Eighth Grade

- Madden Hernandez-2nd Place

- Anastasia Stone-5th Place

- Courtney Leverton, UIL Academics Coordinator