TMHS Wins, THS Takes Third at UIL District Academic Contest

TOMBALL –  Tomball Memorial High School and Tomball High School created a buzz at the UIL 6A District 15 Academic Contest, coming away with multiple individual and team honors, while TMHS was the big winner of the day, capturing the Overall Team Sweepstakes Award.

TMHS totaled 488 team points to win the sweepstakes award for the third straight year, while THS finished in third place with 208 points. 

Overall Team Awards

1: Tomball Memorial - 488
2: Waller - 391
T3: Tomball - 208
T3: Klein Cain - 208
5: Klein - 176
6: Klein Oak - 156
7: Klein Collins - 54
8: Klein Forest - 16

Individual and Team Awards (1st-3rd Place) by Event
* individuals or teams advancing to Regionals

Calculator:

• 2nd Place: Roland Wang (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 2nd Place Team

Computer Science:

• Tie for 1st Place: Devin Opfer (THS)* and Alek Alverez (THS)*
• Tie for 3rd Place: Annam Nguyyen (TMHS)*, Mason Wade (TMHS)* and Gene Chang (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 1st Place Team*
• THS Overall 2nd Place Team

Persuasive Speaking:

• 1st Place: Lishore Kumar (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Cole Martin (TMHS)*

Poetry Interpretation:

• 2nd Place: Alyssa Bowsher (TMHS)*

Prose Interpretation:

• 2nd Place: Abigail Omelan (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Mwaita Chipinda (THS)*

Ready Writing: ;

• 3rd Place: Hannah Trahan (THS)*

Math:

• 1st Place: Kai Muller (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Gene Chang (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 1st Place Team*

News Writing:

• 2nd Place: Sydney Thomas Arnold (THS)*
• 3rd Place: Emma Parada (THS)*

Number Sense:

• 1st Place: Andrew Nguyen (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Kai Miller (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 1st Place Team*

Feature Writing:

• 2nd Place: Emma Parada (TMHS)*

Informative Speaking:

• 2nd Place: Madison McArthur (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Bill Sun (TMHS)*

Lincoln/Douglas Debate:

• 1st Place: Siddharth Mannepalli (THS)*
• 2nd Place: Sadhvi Reddy (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Jayden Amos (TMHS)*

Copy Editing:

• 2nd Place: Jimena Morin (THS)*

Current Issues and Events:

• 1st Place: Fabian Infante (TMHS)*
• 2nd Place: Kaylee Caudle (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Alexander Lawless (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 2nd Place Team

Editorial:

• 1st Place: Meibeth Cannon (TMHS)*

Science:

• TMHS Overall 3rd Place Team  

Social Studies:

• 1st Place: Blane Aubelle (TMHS)*
• 2nd Place: Aaron Tharp (TMHS)*
• 3rd Place: Alan Brosnan (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 1st Place Team*

Spelling:

• 2nd Place: Katarina Bellon (THS)*
• 3rd Place: Jessica Ho (TMHS)*
• TMHS Overall 2nd Place Team

Individuals and teams advancing to Regionals will compete, April 21-22.

ABOUT TOMBALL ISD
Tomball ISD educates students to become responsible, productive citizens by providing innovative, individually rigorous, and personally valuable educational experiences. Founded in 1908, Tomball ISD now encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. The district currently educates nearly 22,000 students at 22 campuses.