The Blanco High School UIL Academic Team clinched the District 27AA Championship on Thursday, April 2nd in Blanco.

BHS scored a total of 469.66 sweepstakes points to outdistance second-place Randolph by 186 points.

The 27 students from Blanco who placed first, second, or third will compete at the UIL Region IV-AA Academic Meet at Texas State University in San Marcos on April 24-25. Teams who placed first in the district meet will also represent BHS. Fourth place students will serve as alternates at the meet.

“We had a very successful day with students in all four grades significantly contributing to the win,” said UIL academic coordinator Russell Kirkscey. “We had good leadership from the seniors. However, five ninth graders also had top-six finishes. I think this continuity is important to the program.”

Academic coaches are Howard Seltzer, Bill Spurgin, Russell Kirkscey, Judy Hinnant, Holly Vogt, Marie Graham, and Gina Blankenburg.

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Team First Place

1st Lauren Savage

3rd Kelley Savage

Hagan Huffaker

Taylor McCormick

Number Sense

Team First Place

3rd Austin Deshane

Lance Gottardy

2nd Brian Roche

Mason Soward

Social Studies

Team First Place

1st Jacob Troublefield

Caleb Leger

Kevin Reder

Jaeger Shoemaker

Current Issues and Events

Team Second Place

1st Jacob Troublefield

4th Kevin Reder

5th (tie)Tucker Edmondson

5th (tie)Carlos Hernandez

Computer Applications

1st Shelby Foegelle

2nd Kevin Reyes

3rd Kyle Brnicky

Editorial Writing

5th Samantha Primeaux

6th Maggie Dennis

Feature Writing

2nd Samantha Primeaux

5th Angelica Avila

Headline Writing

3rd Briar Koehl

5th Hillary Tidwell

Informative Speaking

1st Angelica Avila

2nd Braxton Guinn

6th Abbey Weaver

Lincoln Douglas Debate

1st Taylor Holden

2nd Joseph Romero

5th Tate Baker

Mathematics

6th Austin Deshane

News Writing

5th Allen Strandtman

Persuasive Speaking

1st Ecce Bradfute

2nd Wes Stults

3rd Grant Weaver

Poetry Interpretation

1st Angelica Avila

3rd Travis McClinton

Prose Interpretation

1st Kristen Mancha

2nd Sydni Kipp

4th Riki Cole

Ready Writing

6th Briar Koehl

School Sweepstakes Points

Blanco 469.66

Randolph 283

Harper 218

Cole 193

Comfort 153

Johnson City 73.33

Brooks Academy 2