March 28, 2023

The Granbury High School UIL Academics team traveled to Saginaw High School for the District meet on Saturday, March 25, 2023, where the team was declared District 5-5A Academic Champions.

Next, the team will send 18 students who earned a spot in the regional competition to be held April 21-22 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.  To qualify for the regional meet, students must have won first place in a team event or be placed in the top three of an individual event.

Computer Applications

• 3^rd Matthew Shute
• 4^th Braden Seaborn
• 6^th Nicolas Hughes

Current Issues & Events 

• 4^th Place Team Jack Barefoot, Ayden Davila, Aiden Jordan

Science 

• 2^nd Place Team Gene Williams, Connor Pearson, Cameron Kokot, Konner Babiash
• 3^rd Gene Williams
• 6^th Connor Pearson
• Top Score Chemistry Gene Williams

Spelling 

• 1^st Place Team Mann Vaghashia, Ava Williamson, Alejandra Landa, Grant Rogers
• 1^st Mann Vaghashia
•  2^nd Ava Williamson
•  4^th Alejandra Landa
• 6^th Grant Rogers

Ready Writing 

• 2^nd Jillian Tremble
• 3^rd Anya Peters

Copy Editing - Journalism 

• 6^th Quinn King

News Writing - Journalism 

• 6^th Quinn King

Accounting 

• First Place Team Griselda Landa, Taylor Dawley, Amy Hernandez, Katie Funk
• 1^st Griselda Landa
• 3^rd Taylor Dawley
• 4^th Amy Hernandez
• 6^th Katie Funk

Social Studies 

• First Place Team Spencer Burnfield, Annabel Dikes, Cameron Ward, Skyler Mitchell
• 1^st Spencer Burnfield
• 2^nd Annabel Dikes
• 4^th Cameron Ward
• 5^th Skyler Mitchell

Literary Criticism

• 4^th Jack Barefoot

Prose Interpretation

• 4^th Brylea Hyde

Informative Speaking 

• 1^st Kenneth Flowers
• 4^th Jamie Ledesma

Persuasive Speaking 

• 4th Lexi Scarpello

Lincoln Douglas Debate 

• 3^rd Lauren Lee

The UIL coaches are Margarite Anderson, Michelle Hunsinger, Cindy Jackson, Melissa Knight, Misty Boaz, Kendra Thornton, Jacqueline Bradshaw, Tammy Bodine, Shyller Byrom, and Cindy Leatherman.

Best of luck to our Academic Champions.