Thursday's Internet Edition, September 09, 2010. RHS UIL Academic team earns District Championship - By Judy Lynn Drazan On Saturday, March 27th, the RHS UIL Academic Team and sponsors, Mrs. Irene Varga, Mrs. Lisa Scroggins, Mrs. Annie Haynes and Mr. Larry Langley, headed to Center Point for the district meet. The team proved that practice, dedication, and hard work go along way. Eighteen of the twenty-one members placed and fifteen members earned the privilege of advancing to regional. Those placing were Lorri Ann Drazan, 4th place Informative Speaking; Dallas Ann Drazan, 1st place Feature Writing, 1st place Current Events & Issues, 2nd place Persuasive Speaking, and 1st place Current Events & Issues Team; Maegon Smith, 6th place Literary Criticism and 1st place Literary Criticism Team; Michael Gutierrez, 1st place Literary Criticism Team; Emma Barnebey, 1st place Literary Criticism Team; Justin Dalton, 1st place Persuasive Speaking, 5th place Current Events & Issues, and 1st place Current Events & Issues Team; Tara Varga, 3rd place Informative Speaking, 5th place Prose, and 1st place Current Events & Issues Team; Tyler Varga, 6th place Spelling and 1st place Spelling Team; Fabian Franco, 6th place Calculator Apps. And 2nd place Calculator Apps. Team; Sondee Splawn, 3rd place Computer Apps. and 2nd place Calculator Apps. Team; Diego Patiņo, 2nd place Calculator Apps. Team; Phil Gearing, 1st place Accounting, 6th place Computer Apps. and 2nd place Calculator Apps. Team; Charles Carson, 2nd place Accounting and 4th place Computer Apps.; Nikki Rendon, 5th place Spelling and 1st place Spelling Team; Nancy Vasquez, 3rd place Spelling and 1st place Spelling Team; Andrew Gutierrez, 4th place Spelling and 1st place Spelling Team; Josh Cook, 2nd place Social Studies, 6th place Science, 2nd place Current Events & Issues, and 1st place Current Events & Issues Team; and Judy Lynn Drazan, 1st place Literary Criticism, 4th place Editorial Writing and 1st place Literary Criticism Team. Other members attending were Bess Dunbar, Manuel Zapata and David Gonzales. The RHS UIL Academic Team also earned the prestigious title of District Champions. The team placed first overall out of fifteen schools.

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