The UIL Braingers academics team competed at district Saturday at Steele High School and won district sweepstakes award for the sixth year in a row with One Act Play and CX Debate and academic sweepstakes for the fifth year in a row. The journalism team also got sweepstakes.

Students who placed first, second and third advance to Regionals at the University of Texas at San Antonio on April 14.

Awards included:

Accounting—2nd Place Team

3rd Place: Skylar Hoover

6th Place: Brandon Ling

Copy Editing—1st Place Team

1st Place: Emma Sipple

2nd Place: Audrey Pauletti

3rd Place: Rebecca Covington

6th Place: Jack Padgett

Current Events—2nd Place Team

2nd Place: Luke Estes

4th Place: Ben Hanscom

Editorial Writing–Part of Journalism Sweepstakes

2nd Place: Rebecca Covington

3rd Place: Emma Sipple

Feature Writing–Part of Journalism Sweepstakes

2nd Place: Emma Sipple

6th Place: Laney Rendon

Headline Writing–Part of Journalism Sweepstakes

3rd Place: Rebecca Covington

4th Place: Emma Sipple

LD Debate

4th Place: Calli Pesina

Math—1st Place Team

2nd Place: Luke Estes

News Writing–Part of Journalism Sweepstakes

2nd Place: Rebecca Covington

4th Place: Emma Sipple

Number Sense—1st Place Team

2nd Place: Luke Estes

3rd Place: Ross Stoutamyer

6th Place: Brandon Ling

Persuasive Speaking

2nd Place: Maddie Aguilar

Poetry

1st Place: Koby Suggs

6th Place: Caitlyn McIntyre

Prose

6th Place: Amelia Aguilar

Ready Writing

6th Place: Andy Doyle

Science—1st Place Team

1st Place: Luke Estes (won top chemistry and top physics)

3rd Place: Jerry Fang

Social Studies—2nd Place Team

5th Place: Andy Doyle

Spelling and Vocabulary—2nd Place Team

3rd Place: Josh Nelson

6th Place: Onyi Uduji