Twenty-One LFHS, LFU Students Qualify for UIL Academics
Regionals April 5, 2013 | Filed under: Los Fresnos ISD | Posted by: admin
Twenty-one Los Fresnos High School and Los
Fresnos United students qualified for the UIL Regional Academics meet with strong showings at the District 32-5A UIL Academics meet March 23. Los Fresnos finished a narrow 24 points behind Harlingen South for the district championship. Qualifying for regionals were: John Aguilar, Current Events Varsity and Headline Writing Varsity Brandon Barajas, Computer Science Varsity Steven Bautista, Mathematics Varsity Rosemary Cantu, Accounting Varsity Victoria Cavazos, Literary Criticism Varsity Alexis Garcia, Science Varsity Brianna Garcia, Literary Criticism Varsity Sammy Martinez, Current Events Varsity Monica Mireles, Editorial Writing Varsity and Feature Writing Varsity Jaime Saldivar, Mathematics Varsity Team of Victoria Cavazos, Brianna Garcia, Maria Parlatto and Samantha Rodriguez, Literary Criticism Varsity Team of Steven Bautista, Dalton House, Jaime Saldivar and Quoc Trong, Mathematics Varsity Team of Abel Aguilar, Steven Bautista, Clarissa Camarillo, Alexis Garcia, Jaime Saldivar and Alonzo Sanchez, Science Varsity Team of John Aguilar, Samantha Barrera, Lucero Chavez, and Benjamin Simpson, Social Studies Varsity Participating in the district tournament were: (RF = Regional Finalist) Speaking Events Informative Speaking Varsity Coach: Jan Lester
3rd: Brandon Barajas RF Team includes Brandon Barajas, Orlando Chavez, Miguel Cortez, James Maestro Current Events Freshman Coach: Edith Garza 1st Place Team 1st: Valeria Tellez 2nd: Alyssa Cosme 3rd: Roque Villafranca 5th: Alejandra Rodriguez Current Events Varsity Coach: Willie Gomez 2nd Place Team 2nd: John Aguilar RF 3rd: Sammy Martinez RF Editorial Writing Varsity Coach: Kathy Raines 1st: Monica Mireles RF Feature Writing Freshman Coach: Marie Pechacek 1st: Jocelyn Sosa 2nd: Natalie Macias 5th: Emilia Fillipone Feature Writing Varsity Coach: Kathy Raines 2nd: Monica Mireles RF Headline Writing Varsity Coach: Kathy Raines 2nd: John Aguilar RF 5th: Monica Mireles Literary Criticism Varsity Coach: Jane Gonzalez 1st Place Team RF 1st: Brianna Garcia RF 3rd: Victoria Cavazos RF Team includes Brianna Garcia, Victoria Cavazos, Samantha Rodriguez, Maria Parlatto Mathematics Freshman Coach: Luis Muoz
1st Place Team
1st: Benjamin Simpson 2nd: Lucero Dorantes 3rd: Natalie Macias 4th: Esteban Ramirez Mathematics Varsity Coach: Anna Valdez 1st Place Team RF 2nd: Jaime Saldivar RF 3rd: Steven Bautista RF 4th: Dalton House Team includes Jaime Saldivar, Steven Bautista, Dalton House, Quoc Truong News Writing Freshman Coach: Marie Pechacek 3rd: Eric Sanchez 4th: Benjamin Simpson 6th: Kiryat Castillo News Writing Varsity Coach: Kathy Raines 6th: Angelica Gutierrez Number Sense Freshman Coach: Luis Muoz 1st Place Team 1st: Natalie Macias 3rd: Lucero Dorantes 5th: Jocelyn Sosa 6th: Esteban Ramirez Number Sense Varsity Coach: Veronica Macias 5th: Steven Bautista 6th: Jaime Saldivar Ready Writing Varsity Coach: Vicki Nixon 5th: Victoria Cavazos Science Varsity Coach: Misty Heredia 1st Place Team RF 2nd: Alexis Garcia RF 4th: Alonzo Sanchez
5th: Steven Bautista
8th: Abel Aguilar Team includes Alexis Garcia, Alonzo Sanchez, Steven Bautista, Abel Aguilar, Clarissa Camarillo, Jaime Saldivar Top Biology: Alexis Garcia Top Chemistry: Alonzo Sanchez Top Physics: Steven Bautista Social Studies Freshman Coach: Edith Garza 1st Place Team 1st: Valeria Tellez 3rd: Mirce Vargas 5th: Roque Villafranca Team includes Valeria Tellez, Mirce Vargas, Roque Villafranca, Alejandra Rodriguez Social Studies Varsity Coach: Willie Gomez 1st Place Team Regional Finalist 4th: Lucero Chavez 6th: Benjamin Simpson 7th: Samantha Becerra Team includes John Aguilar, Samantha Becerra, Lucero Chavez and Benjamin Simpson Spelling Freshman Coach: Edith Garza 1st Place Team 1st: Alyssa Cosme 2nd: Alejandra Rodriguez 3rd: Esteban Ramirez Spelling Varsity Coach: Vicki Nixon 4th: Claudia Gonzalez 6th: Brianna Du