Academic University Interscholastic League (UIL) season has begun for Sulphur Springs High School. One student competed in the State UIL Congress Competition and a number of academic competitors participated in the Lindale UIL Invitational last weekend.
State – UIL Congress Competition
Noah Hammons and Coach Kayla Weir traveled to Austin, TX for UIL State Congress Competition. Noah made some excellent speeches and was noticed by several judges but was unable to advance to finals.
Lindale UIL Invitational Meet
The SSHS Wildcat UIL Academic Team finished 2nd place overall this past Friday and Saturday, January 12 – 13, at the Lindale Winter UIL Invitational meet. The following students or teams brought home awards in their events.
| Number Sense | Bracken Sant | 1st Place |
| (Gerald Grafton – Coach) | Kendall Little | 4th Place |
| Number Sense Team Bracken Sant Kendall Little Andrew Westlund | 1st Place Team | |
| Mathematics | Kendall Little | 3rd Place |
| (Gerald Grafton – Coach) | ||
| Current Events | Brandon Hodges | 4th Place |
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | Current Events Team Brandon Hodges Vanessa Diosdado Chase Charlton | 2nd Place Team |
| Ready Writing | Annemarie Gunn | 3rd Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Brianna Wooten | 4th Place |
| Lainey Whittle | 6th Place | |
| Spelling | Chase Charlton | 1st Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Sarah Harper | 2nd Place |
| Gisselle Garcia | 3rd Place | |
| Spelling Team Chase Charlton Sarah Harper Gisselle Garcia | 1st Place Team | |
| Accounting (Paula Hass – Coach) | Caleb Yanez
| 5th Place |
| Computer Science | Brayden Fisher | 1st Place |
| (Matt Wilder – Coach) | Joshua Rissman | 4th Place |
| Nathan Tiegiser | 5th Place | |
| Computer Science Team Brayden Fisher Joshua Rissman Nathan Tiegiser | 1st Place Team | |
| Social Studies | Brandon Hodges | 1st Place |
| (Madison Millsap – Coach) | Leif Thomas | 3rd Place |
| Social Studies Team Brandon Hodges Leif Thomas Vanessa Diosdado Alex Plumley | 1st Place Team | |
| Literary Criticism | Chase Charlton | 1st Place |
| (Gail Herman – Coach) | Lainey Whittle | 3rd Place |
| Sarah Harper | 5th Place | |
| Literary Criticism Team Sarah Harper Chase Charlton Lainey Whittle | 1st Place Team | |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debate | Corban Philo | 3rd Place |
| (Kayla Weir – Coach) | ||
| Poetry | Jaci Reed | 3rd Place |
| (Lesha Woodard – Coach) | ||
| Prose | Sarah Harper | 3rd Place |
| (Lesha Woodard – Coach) | Rachel Bramlett | 4th Place |
| Other Notable Result – Corban Philo advanced to semifinal rounds in Informative Speaking. | ||
