Staff Report

Hays High’s Academic UIL program had a great showing at its District Meet recently, hosted by Westlake High School. The Rebs came away with an array of wins, topped by a group who either qualified to roll on to region or claimed alternate status. 

Topping the 2016 Hays UIL showing were sophomore Madalyn Raymond and senior Lois Bronaugh, both of whom earned the right to compete at UIL Region at Baylor University later this month. Madalyn, competing in multiple Journalism events, qualified for region in both News Writing (1st Place) and Editorial Writing (3rd Place), additionally earning alternate status for her 4th in Headline Writing. Lois claimed a 2nd and region qualification for her effort in Literary Criticism.  Briana White earned 4th Place in Computer Science and a spot as an alternate, and Chance Walker earned a 4th Place in Social Studies and a spot as an alternate. Speech and Debate competition at Akins High School followed the Westlake-hosted competition and senior Aalaina Vi Maderal scored a 4th (lternate) in Oral Interpretation.

Other HHS placers include: Melanie Chida and Aaron Leal, 5th and 6th, respectively, in Computer Apps; Mark Ramirez and Dylan Ramage, 5th and 6th, respectively, in Computer Science; Clint McKee, 6th, Feature Writing; Carlie Dodd, 6th, Headline Writing; Jude McLaren and Emma Morgan, 7th and 8th, respectively, in Persuasive Extemporaneous Speaking; Chance Walker, 5th, Informative Extemporaneous Speaking; Erin Swearingen, 5th, Interpretation of Prose. Additionally, the Rebs earned team recognition in a Literary Criticism (2nd), Computer Science (3rd), and Spelling (4th).