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The KHS UIL Academic Team, fresh off a defense of their district title, finished 2nd overall at the 2019 Class 4A Region II UIL Academic Meet last weekend. {{more: continue …}}?
Kennedale
can boast of the top science team, the top computer science team, the top science student, the top
physics student, the top chemistry student and the top ready writing student as
well as the 2nd best spelling and vocabulary team in the region.?
The Wildcats, overall, finished second behind Melissa and ahead of Spring Hill. The order of finish for the top five schools along with their score were ? #1 Melissa 175, #2 Kennedale 150.5, #3 Spring Hill 140, #4 Van 135 and, #5 North Lamar Paris 134.?
There were 11 Kennedale High School students who qualified either as direct participants (7) or as alternates (4) for the 2019 Class 4A UIL State Academic Meet that will be held on May 3-4, 2019, at the University of Texas in Austin.
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Individual top 20 placements …??
- Computer Science -?#1 Brandon Isensee, #2 Jay Acosta, #4 Olivia Ham, #8 Janlloyd Caragan;
- Computer Applications – #4?Aaron Ly, #9 Matthew Wright, #11 Andrew Liang
- Mathematics -?#6 Brandon Isensee, #11 Janlloyd Carangan, #17 Jay Acosta;?
- Ready Writing?- #1 Julia McHugh;?
- Chemistry?- #1 Janlloyd Carangan;?
- Science -?#1 Janlloyd Carangan, #4 Jay Acosta; #6 Ramon Marquez, #10 Olivia Ham;?
- Physics – #1 Jay Acosta;?
- Spelling and Vocabulary -?#3 Jacob Saulsby, #9 Sarah Asmaty, #10 Jimmy Crisp, #12 Tommy Crisp
- Current Issues?- #9 Ramon Marquez, #13 Leland Murphy;?
- Social Studies – #9 William Badger, #11 Leland Murphy
Team placements …
- Computer Science Team #1 Kennedale (Brandon Isensee, Jay Acosta, Olivia Ham and Aaron Ly);?
- One Act Play #4 Kennedale;?
- Science Team #1 Kennedale (Janlloyd Carangan, Olivia Ham, Ramon Marquez,?Jay Acosta;
- Spelling and Vocabulary Team #2 Kennedale (Jacob Saulsby, Tommy Crisp, Jimmy Crisp, Sarah Asmaty).
For Jay Acosta, Olivia Ham, Brandon Isensee and Aaron Ly, it will be a second consecutive trip to state. Lasy year, the Kennedale Computer science team finished 2 and went as Alternate Team (Christopher Chen, Olivia Ham, Long Nguyen, Jay Acosta). The accounting team finished 6th (Brandon Isensee, John Corder, Bailey Torcoletti); Aaron Ly went for a 2nd place in Computer Applications while Jay Acosta finished 7th.
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mutiple appearances at region finals …
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This is at least the 2nd time at region for Ramon Marquez, Jacob Saulsby, Janlloyd Carangan, David Fielder, Clay Hilton?and Jimmy Crisp.?
The old hands with at least 3 appearances include Brandon Issense, Olivia Ham, Jay Acosta, William Badger?and Leland Murphy.
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some past state winners from Kennedale …?
- 2017 ? Film Narrative #3 Kennedale
- 2015 ? Computer Science #1 Kennedale Blake Bunnell; Computer Science Team #2 Kennedale
- 2014 ? Computer Science #2 Kennedale Blake Bunnell; Ready Writing #2 Kennedale Grant Malone
- 2012 ? Computer Science #6 Kennedale Randall Ferree; Computer Science Team #3 Kennedale
LINK: UIL
4A Academic Region II Results
