On Saturday, Jan. 11, the UIL academics teams competed at Tarrant County College. Azle placed first as a team, and the coaches are very excited about the students’ progress. With two of Azle’s biggest competitors there, Saginaw and Chisholm Trail, Azle has started to rise to the top, slowly but surely. The competitions that students competed in were journalism, math and science, debate, and English ready writing. 

“I have wanted to join UIL, but I was too scared to. I decided to just join this year and I’m very happy I did,” junior Tori Patton said. Patton placed second in feature writing and fourth in news writing.

There ended up being 32 individual awards and four team awards. Journalism and Calculator both placed first as a team. The number sense and Mathematics team placed second overall. 

Students had fun at the competition but were also drained from all of the hard work. They arrived at TCC around 7 A.M and didn’t leave until around 6 P.M. 

“One of the only downsides is that we have to wake up early and wait for so long for results,” sophomore Cynthia Garcia.

On the Math and Science team, seniors Annie Cole and Jenna Conner have been on the team since they started high school. Both scored well for our UIL team. Cole got second place in calculator while Conner placed first, allowing them to clinch the 1st place calculator team award.

“My favorite thing about math team is we get to get to meet new people and just learn math together,” Cole said.

9^th/10^th Grade

Number Sense
2^nd place – Alyssa Quick
4^th place – Corey Hevel
5^th place – Nathan Quick

Calculator Applications
3^rd place – Alyssa Quick
5^th place – Nathan Quick

Mathematics
3^rd place – Alyssa Quick

Accounting
2^nd place – Corey Hevel

News Writing
5^th place – Kenny Caswell

Feature Writing
1^st place – Arianna Pardue

Headline Writing
1^st place – Erika Clayton
6^th place – Kenny Caswell

Editorial Writing
1^st place – Erika Clayton
3^rd place – Arianna Pardue

11/12^th Grade

Number Sense
2^nd place – Nikolas Birkeland

Calculator Applications
1^st place – Jenna Conner
2^nd place – Annie Cole
4^th place – Nikolas Birkeland

Mathematics
4^th place – Annie Cole

Ready Writing
2^nd place – Savannah Bonner
3^rd place – Harrison Coviello

Speech: Persuasive Extemporaneous
4^th place – Robbie Freeman

News Writing
1^st place – Cameron Mauerhan
3^rd place – Mariah Hanna
4^th place – Tori Patton
6^th place – Zoe Barber

Feature Writing
2^nd place – Hailey Burkett
3^rd place – Tori Patton

Headline Writing
3^rd place – Hailey Burkett

Editorial Writing
3^rd place – Cecilia Clark
5^th place – Mariah Hanna

Copy Editing
2^nd place – Mariah Hanna
5^th place – Cameron Mauerhan

Team Results
1^st place Journalism Team (coached by Neil Corbett)
1^st place Calculator Applications Team (Conner, Cole, A. Quick)
2^nd place Number Sense Team (A. Quick, Birkeland, C. Hevel)
2^nd place Mathematics Team (Conner, Cole, D. Hevel)