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Argyle High School UIL ACADEMICS

Argyle High School found historic success this year in the University Interscholastic League Academic competitions. First, the Eagles won the UIL District 7-4A Academic meet championship in historic fashion. They produced a school-record 1,024 points, distancing from second-place Bridgeport, which finished with 184 points.

AHS then advanced to the UIL Regionals, and 46 students competed for the chance to advance to the UIL State meet in April. The Eagles soared again in the regionals and produced 27 state qualifiers, which represented seven first-place teams and individual events. The state competition was held after this magazine issue’s deadline. State results were posted on the Arygle ISD website and social media accounts. Argyle was also the first-place finisher at the region meet with 546 points.The following are the results from the UIL Class 4A Region I meet:

ACCOUNTING 1ST PLACE TEAM* 2nd Nate Atwood* 2nd Paige Nicholson* 4th Jorge Terrazas* 5th Rylan Wilson*

CALCULATOR APPS 1ST PLACE TEAM* 2nd James Ragan* 3rd Jasmine Ball* 4th Caroline Deffenbaugh* 5th Vidit Tripathi*

COMPUTER APPS 2nd Holden Holmes* 3rd Amanda Cheatham* 4th Jayda Stroik+

COMPUTER SCIENCE 1ST PLACE TEAM* 1st Jasmine Ball* 2nd Vidit Tripathi* 5th Trent Goodpaster* 6th Mark Castle*

COPY EDITING 1st Sarah Crowder*

CURRENT ISSUES &EVENTS 4th Tristan Ball+

EDITORIAL WRITING 4th Ashlynn Roberts+ 6th Sarah Crowder FEATURE WRITING 3rd Sarah Crowder*

INFORMATIVE SPEAKING 2nd Billy Mykel* 4th Tristan Ball+ 6th Karter Hennigan

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE 3rd Joe Thompson* 5th Nick Loveday

LITERARY CRITICISM 1ST PLACE TEAM* 1st Gracie Hurst* 4th Abby Adams* 5th Katherine Atkins* Avery Clayton*

MATHEMATICS 1ST PLACE TEAM* 1st Vidit Tripathi* 2nd Jasmine Ball* 4th Eli Valentino* 6th James Ragan*

NUMBER SENSE 1ST PLACE TEAM* 1st Vidit Tripathi* 4th Evan Harbach* 5th Eli Valentino* 5th Mark Castle*

PERSUASIVE SPEAKING 3rd Nick Loveday* 4th Joe Thompson+ POETRY INTERPRETATION 1st Jackson Barnes*

PROSE INTERPRETATION 5th Katy Atkins

SCIENCE – 1ST PLACE TEAM* 1st Lauren Allen* (1st – bio, chem, phys) 2nd Isaac Fisher* 3rd Danny Roberts* 5th Isabelle Gilbert*

SOCIAL STUDIES 2ND PLACE TEAM+ 5th Alex Gomez

SPELLING 2ND PLACE TEAM+ 4th Lily Fillhart+

SPEECH OVERALL 1ST PLACE TEAM

OAP – 4TH PLACE TEAM Best Performer – Jackson Barnes Honorable Mention – Carlin Clark

Argyle HS earned 546 points in the 2021 regional meet (AHS had 510 points in the 2019 regional championship) (state qualifier*, state alternate+)