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Two weeks ago Kennedale sent over thirty student scholars to compete in the annual UIL district academic meet. The Wildcat not only won a pile of medals but returned with the district title. {{more: continue …}}
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Kennedale has won 4 of the last 5 district academic meets and now two in a row.? The high school also won district championships in 2014 and 2015.??Kennedale finished in first place with 579 points followed by Mineral Wells (416) in second, Springtown (212) in third, Benbrook (139) in 4th and Lake Worth (130) in 5th with Castleberry and Diamond Hill following.
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In all, Kennedale earned a total of 13 team awards ? 7 firsts, 3 seconds, 2 thirds and 1 fourth. There were a total of 42 individual awards for 1st through 5th places with 10 for first, 8 for second, 10 for third and 14 fourth and fifth place finishes.
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UIL Events (those in red advance to regional competition) ??
- Accounting: Kennedale Team 1st – Brandon Isensee 2nd, John Corder 2nd, Bailey Torcoletti 2nd,?Mayfield Hayes 6th ?(4 of top 6 places).
- Calculator Applications: Kennedale Team 4th ? Aaron Ly 5th, Tommy Crisp 13th, Madison Mills 17th and Megan Hale 19th.?
- Computer Applications: Kennedale Team 1st ?- Aaron Ly 1st, Jay Acosta 2nd, Joseph Little 3rd ?(Sweep top three places)
- Computer Science: Kennedale Team 1st ?? Jay Acosta 1st, Chris Chen 2nd, Long Nguyen 3rd, Olivia Ham 4th. (Sweep top 4 places)
- Current Events: Kennedale Team 2nd? ? Joseph Little 5th, David Fielder 7th, Ramon Marquez 10th, Jacob Saulsby 20th.
- Editorial Writing: James Crisp 3rd, Luci Williams 4th (alternate), William Badger 6th.
- Feature Writing: Noah Wyckoff 3rd, Claudia Vilchez 4th (alternate), Dan Nguyen 7th.
- Headline Writing: Dan Nguyen 3rd, Seric Warner 4th, Oscar Mariscal 5th.
- Informative Speaking: Joseph Little 3rd, Tommy Crisp 5th, Dan Nguyen 6th.
- Journalism: Kennedale Team 1st?
- Literary Criticism: Kennedale Team 1st, Abi Hurst 2nd, Courtney Reed 4th, Alexandra Wester 5th, Leland Murphy 6th. (4 of the top 6 positions).
- Mathematics: Kennedale Team 2nd (alternate), Brandon Isensee 5th, Janlloyd Carangan 8th, Olivia Ham 9th, Jay Acosta 24th?
- News Writing: Chris Chen 1st, Haley Smith 7th, Oscar Marisal 7th
- Number Sense: Kennedale Team 3rd, Alex Saenz 5th, Chris Chen 7th, Uniikye Washington 13th, Tommy Crisp 15th
- One Act Play: Kennedale 1st – Noah Wyckoff (Best Actor), Maddie Fail (All-Star), John Corder (HM All-Star), Alia Boubel (HM All-Star), Ashlyn Greenfield (HM All-Star), Olivia Ham (HM All-Star), Bailey Torcoletti, Kristen Wirkler, Marissa Roza, Leland Murphy and Zanah Eggen. The One-Act finished runner-up in Area competition.
- Persuasive Speaking: Devon Stapleton 5th
- Poetry Interpretation: Karrington Davis 3rd
- Prose Interpretation: Alia Boubel 1st, Dakota Chapaman 3rd
- Ready Writing: Haley Smith 1st, Bri Hull 2nd, Madeline Vargas 3rd (Swept top three)
- Science: Kennedale Team 1st – Jay Acosta 1st, Janlloyd Carangan 2nd, Olivia Ham 3rd, Ramon Marquez 6th? (Swept top three and 4 of top 6).
- Biology: William Badger 1st
- Chemistry: Jay Acosta 1st
- Physics: Jay Acosta 1st
- Social Studies: William Badger 3rd, Joseph Little 6th?
- Speech: Kennedale Team 3rd
- Spelling and Vocabulary: Kennedale Team 2nd – Jacob Saulsby 1st, McKendry Walsh 9th, Allie Murphy 12th, Dan Nguyen 12th?
Some of the most honored students, winning awards in multiple events and who will be going to region competition in Lubbock were Jay Acosta (6), Joseph Little (4), Olivia Ham (4) and Chris Chen (3).
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Teachers working with the students included Brittany Batzlaff, Alison Boubel, Genevieve Croft, Clint Funderburk, Tracey Hadaway, Wendy Thacker and Marilyn Cadenhead who also serves as UIL Academic Campus Coordinator.
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