The District 26AA UIL Academic meet took place over two days last week on Wednesday, March 26, and Saturday, March 29th. The Panthers competed in 23 events across multiple disciplines, and served as the culmination of weeks, if not months, of study and practice. The Burton Panthers emerged victorious with a team total of 736 points, their highest-ever point total and only their second-ever district championship in Academics. The Panthers qualified a total of 31 students for the Regional Academic Meet, again their highest number of advancing students. The Panthers were led in scoring by Devlin Douglas (Jr.) with 50 points across four events, Samantha Angell (Sr.) with 49 points across six events, and Vivian Layman (Sr.) with 42 points across four events. Burton will travel to Corpus Christi on Friday, April 25th and 26th, to compete in the Regional Academic Meet hosted by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Overall Standings
Burton 736
Iola 408
Bremond 166
Snook 81
Mumford 80
Hearne 24
Somerville 19
*** Regional Qualifier as an Individual
* Regional Qualifier as a Team Member
Accounting - 1st Place Team
1st - Ethan Schubert ***
2nd - Michael Smith ***
3rd - Lena Ruemke ***
4th - Mark Odom *
Computer Science - 1st Place Team
1st - Cadeyn Manley ***
3rd - Dane Cleboski ***
5th - Zach Purvis *
7th - Ethan Schubert *
Copy Editing
1st - Samantha Angell ***
4th - Bailey Johnson
6th - Avery Applewhite
Cross Examination Debate
1st - Devlin Douglas & Vivian Layman
2nd - Rubi Rios & Amelia Brown
3rd - Autumn Applewhite & Zach Purvis
4th - Cadeyn Manley & Wyatt Meech
Current Events - 1st Place Team
2nd - Austen Bostain ***
3rd - Devlin Douglas ***
7th - Trent Unger *
8th - Isabelle Means *
Editorial Writing
2nd - Isabelle Means ***
6th - Samantha Angell
Feature Writing
2nd - Avery Applewhite ***
6th - Samantha Angell
Headline Writing
2nd - Samantha Angell ***
5th - Isabelle Means
Informative Writing
3rd - Devlin Douglas ***
5th - Rubi Rios
Lincoln Douglas Debate
1st - Mason Helton ***
2nd - Dylan Dallmeyer ***
3rd - Houston Hodde ***
4th - Jacob Brode
Literary Criticism - 1st Place Team
2nd - Vivian Layman ***
3rd - Zoe Jaeger ***
7th - Paige Fritsch *
11th - Isabelle Means *
Mathematics - 2nd Place Team
2nd - Paige Fritsch ***
10th - Vivian Layman
12th - Cadeyn Manley
15th - Greyson Mathis
News Writing
4th - Avery Applewhite
5th - Samantha Angell
6th - Melanie Woods
Number Sense - 1st Place Team
1st - Ethan Schubert ***
4th - Greyson Mathis *
6th - Tyler Witt *
9th - Kara Kaye *
One Act Play - 2nd Place Overall
Persuasive Speaking
2nd - Austen Bostain ***
4th - Autumn Applewhite
5th - James Alvarado
Poetry Interpretation
1st - Autumn Applewhite ***
2nd - Avery Applewhite ***
3rd - Amelia Brown ***
Prose Interpretation
1st - Rosa Perez ***
2nd - Rubi Rios ***
3rd - Bailey Johnson ***
Ready Writing
2nd - Melanie Woods ***
5th - Samantha Angell
Science - 2nd Place Team
1st - Vivian Layman ***
7th - Greyson Mathis (1st Place Physics) ***
7th - Avianna Triplett
10th - Kara Kaye (1st Place Physics) ***
Social Studies - 1st Place Team
1st - Devlin Douglas ***
3rd - Hunter Duffy ***
4th - Kolton Lunbeck *
5th - Austen Bostain *
Spelling - 2nd Place Team
2nd - Emily Griffith ***
6th - Kelsie Holt
7th - Reagan Roemer
10th - Amaya Williams
Top Individual Scores
1st - 50 points - Devlin Douglas (4 Events)
2nd - 49 points - Samantha Angell (6 Events)
3rd - 42 points - Vivian Layman (4 Events)
4th - 38 points - Avery Applewhite (4 Events)
4th - 38 points - Austen Bostain (3 Events)
6th - 35 points - Ethan Schubert (2 Events)
Speech Team - 1st Place Overall
Journalism Team - 2nd Place Overall