Several Dripping Springs High students will advance to the UIL Academic State Meet in five events based on their regional finishes April 13. The state meet will be held May 2-4 at the University of Texas at Austin.

Gabrielle Avena is the 5A Region Champion in Ready Writing and will move on to the state event. She also placed third in Literary Criticism and will advance in that event as well. The Literary Criticism team of Avena, Ella Johnson and Caitlin Rinehart earned a Bronze Medal and will ad...