Big Spring High School claims 4-4A academic title Big Spring High School seniors Maurice Africh, left, and Roger Kauss look over results from Friday’s District 4-4A UIL Spring Academic Meet at Howard College. Big Spring students scored a total of 654 points to win the meet. Several BSHS students qualified for the Class 4A Regional Academic Meet, scheduled for April 11 in San Angelo. (HERALD photo/Steve Reagan)
Staff Writer
Big Spring High School was a very ungracious host during Friday’s District 4-4A Academic meet.
BSHS ran away with the overall and several individual titles at the University Interscholastic League spring academic meet, held Friday at Howard College.
Big Spring collected 654 points to take the top team spot, easily outpacing Wolfforth Frenship, which finished second with 424 points. San Angelo Lake View was a distant third place, tallying 205 points. Big Spring has become a force in district academic competition in the past few years and Friday was no exception. “We did about how we expected to do,” Jennifer Adams, academic coordination for Big Spring, said matter-of-factly. Adams credited the combination of students, teachers and administrators with helping to establish a winning academic tradition at BSHS “(Longtime principal) Mike Ritchey is the best cheerleader we’ve ever had,” Adams said. “He’s great at encouraging the kids.” Not to be left out of the equation, she quickly added, was the students themselves. “The biggest thing for our kids is to live up the accomplishments of those who have come before them,” Adams said. “I’m extremely proud of them, especially when you look back to where we started seven or eight years ago. Back then, we couldn’t get our kids into the events finals and our day was usually over early.” Next up for qualifying members of the BSHS academic squad is the UIL regional meet, scheduled for April 11 at Angelo State University in San Angelo. Expectations at the next level will remain high, Adams said. “We’ve won the regional title twice,” she said. “We’d love to win another.”
Following is a list of BSHS results from Friday’s Spring Academic Meet:
Individual Competition
• Accounting — Brandon Skaggs, first; Samantha Boehringer, third.
• Calculator Applications — Kade Parker, fourth; John Benavides, sixth.
• Current Issues — Rachel Overby, first; Pete Covarrubias, second; Marshall VanPelt and Andrew Lewis, tied for fifth.
• Computer Applications — Malle Carrasco, third; Ainhan Nghiem, fourth.
• Computer Science — Jacson Watkins and Minday Ralston, tied for third; Josh Kelly, fifth; Ben Klassen, sixth.
• Editorial Writing — James Bowen, first; Michelle McMurtrey, third; Lauren Sage, fourth.
• Feature Writing — James Bowen, first; Lauren Sage, second; Michelle McMurtrey, third.
• Headline Writing — James Bowen, first; Sergio Gatica, second; Jordan Herrod, third.
• Informative Speaking — Roger Kauss, first; Rachel Overby, second; Pete Covarrubias, sixth.
• Lincoln-Douglas Debate — Roger Kauss, first; Katie Cooper, second; Lloyd Morgan, third.
• Literary Criticism — Mary Kincade, second; Geoffrey Treece, third.
• Mathematics — Kade Parker, second.
• Number Sense — Kade Parker, first.
• News Writing — Michelle McMurtrey, first; James Bowen, second; Jordan Herrod, third.
• Persuasive Speaking — Maurice Africh, first; Thad Loftis, third; Erica Batten, fifth.
• Poetry Interpretation — Meredith Morgan, fourth; Thad Loftis, sixth.
• Prose Interpretation — Maurice Africh, first; Erika Batten, second; Samantha Diaz, sixth.
• Ready Writing — Angela Lozano, sixth.
• Social Studies — Jessica Stone, first; Meghan Harp, third; Brian Kirk, fourth.
• Spelling and Vocabulary — Mindy Ralston, fifth; Jessica Rubio, sixth.
Team Competition
• Accounting — Big Spring, first.
• Calculator Applications — Big Spring, second.
• Current Issues — Big Spring, first.
• Computer Science — Big Spring, second.
• Cross-Examination Debate — Big Spring, first through third.
• Journalism — Big Spring, first.
• Literary Criticism — Big Spring, second.
• Mathematics — Big Spring, second.
• Number Sense — Big Spring, first.
• One Act Play — Big Spring and Plainview, tied for first.
• Social Studies — Big Spring, first.
• Speech — Big Spring, first.
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