Tomball ISD Students Shine at 2026 District UIL Academic Competition

TOMBALL - Tomball ISD students in grades 2–8 showcased their academic talents and critical-thinking skills during the District’s Annual UIL Academic Competition, an event designed to challenge learners across a wide range of disciplines.

The 2026 competition featured four divisions: Elementary (grades 2–4), Intermediate 5th Grade, Intermediate 6th Grade, and Junior High (grades 7–8). Students competed in grade-appropriate events that emphasized both foundational knowledge and higher-level problem solving.

Elementary Division students participated in events such as creative writing, storytelling, spelling, oral reading, number sense, chess puzzles, and ready writing. At the Intermediate level, students expanded their skills through events including math, maps and charts, social studies, spelling, oral reading, number sense, ready writing, and chess puzzles. Junior High students demonstrated advanced academic proficiency in events such as math, calculator, science, social studies, maps, graphs and charts, spelling, oral reading, number sense, and ready writing.

In each event, students placing among the top finishers earned points for their campus. Points were accumulated across all competitions within each division, with the highest-scoring schools recognized through Sweepstakes Awards for first, second, and third place in each division.

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DISTRICT CHAMPIONS

ELEMENTARY
1st - Creekside Forest Elementary 
2nd - Willow Creek Elementary
3rd - Wildwood Elementary

INTERMEDIATE - 5TH GRADE
1st - Oakcrest Intermediate
2nd - Northpointe Intermediate
T3rd - Creekside Forest Elementary
T3rd - Creekview Elementary

INTERMEDIATE - 6TH GRADE
1st - Oakcrest Intermediate
2nd - Northpointe Intermediate 
3rd - Creekside Park Junior High

JUNIOR HIGH
1st - Willow Wood Junior High
2nd - Creekside Park Junior High
3rd - Grand Lakes Junior High

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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 

ELEMENTARY
2nd Grade - Chess Puzzles

• 1st - Holden Patterson (TCES)
• 2nd - Vedansh Chimbili (DPES)
• 3rd - Alexander Cortez Friedrich (CFES)
• 4th - Owen Ngo (WCES)
• 5th - Rachel Taylor (WEST)
• 6th - Noah Smith (TCES)

2nd Grade - Creative Writing

• 1st - Deniz Kirmizibayrak (WCES)
• T2nd - Brielle Christensen (WES)
• T2nd - MacKenzie McCoslin (TES)
• T4th - 
• T4th - Tessa Burnette (WCES)
• T6th - Anabelle Rogers (TCES)
• T6th - 
• T6th - Lainey Tubbleville (WES)

2nd Grade - Storytelling

• 1st - Yiqing Qu (CFES)
• 2nd - Brooklyn Quarls (CFES)
• 3rd - Charlotte Parham (CFES)
• 4th - Leighton Russo (CES)
• 5th - Thomas Busby (TES)
• 6th - Vedansh Chimbili (DPES)
• 7th - Scarlett Eidsmoe (CES)
• 8th - Bethel Egwim (RES)

3rd Grade - Chess Puzzles

• 1st - Vihaan Udgiri (WCES)
• 2nd - Vivaan Panchal (WES)
• 3rd - Jaxson Jack (CPES)
• 4th - Arya Rathi (CFES)
• 5th - Bernardo Mier Renpening (CFES)
• 6th - Armaan Godbole (WES)

3rd Grade - Ready Writing

• 1st - Arya Rathi (CFES)
• 2nd - Akshara Bhat (CFES)
• 3rd - Max Ford (CFES)
• 4th - Rayna Patin (WCES)
• 5th - Juliza Bukenya (WEST)
• 6th - Aubrey Wischnewsky (RES)

3rd Grade - Spelling

• T1st - Armaan Godbole (WES)
• T1st - Dhruv Limaye (TCES)
• T3rd - Jiya Chandila (WES)
• T3rd -  Meera Jori (WES)
• 5th - Prisha Patil (WEST)
• 6th - Arham Mumtaz (CFES)

3rd Grade - Storytelling

• 1st - Arya Rathi (CFES)
• 2nd - Harper Reilly (CFES)
• 3rd - Ginika Emehelu (TCES)
• 4th -  Violet Metz (CES)
• 5th - Thea Nichols (TES)
• 6th - Grace Simon (WCES)
• 7th - 
• 8th - 

4th Grade - Chess Puzzles

• 1st - Zachary Su (WES)
• 2nd - Bryce Chen (CFES)
• 3rd - Mateo Descomps (CES)
• T4th - Krrish Shewale (WCES)
• T4th - Hayden Patterson (TCES)
• T4th - Avi Kumar (WCES)

4th Grade - Number Sense

• 1st - Bryce Chen (CFES)
• 2nd - Avi Kumar (WCES)
• 3rd - Hudson Nguyen (WCES)
• 4th - Krrish Shewale (WCES)
• 5th - Parker White (CPES)
• 6th - 

4th Grade - Oral Reading

• 1st - Eden Morse (WEST)
• 2nd - Vasilisa Sharnina (CFES)
• 3rd - Isabella Pepitone (CES)
• 4th - Sarah Toyens Ojeda (RES)
• 5th - Christopher Hayes (CES)
• 6th - Kahlan Wicker (DPES)
• 7th - Melinda Gonzalez (RES)
• 8th - Minaal Cheema (WCES)
   

4th Grade - Ready Writing

• 1st - Charlotte Bridges (TCES)
• 2nd - Ava Nordenstam (CFES)
• 3rd - Zoe Brinkman (RES)
• T4th - CLara Qiu (CFES)
• T4th - Evelyn Chen (CFES)
• T4th - Teagan Gibson (DPES)

4th Grade - Spelling

• T1st - Ellis Unser (TCES)
• T1st - Baaba Mensah-Onumah (GOES)
• T1st - Nironti Hasib (CFES)
• 4th - Peter Rivera (CES)
• 5th - Avi Kumar (WCES)
• T6th - Minaal Cheema (WCES)
• T6th - Lincoln Hopkins (CFES)

INTERMEDIATE - 5TH GRADE
5th Grade - Chess Puzzles

• 1st - Andrew Walker (CES)
• T2nd - Sujith Sakthivel (OIS)
• T2nd - Shourya Dodlety (OIS)
• T4th - Niranjan Patil (NIS)
• T4th - Krishay Tapar (OIS)
• 6th - 

5th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts

• 1st - Krishay Tapar (OIS)
• 2nd - 
• 3rd - Shourya Dodlety (OIS)
• 4th - Leo Wang (CFES)
• 5th - Batool Hussain (OIS)
• 6th - 

5th Grade - Number Sense

• 1st - Nathan Q. Tran (OIS)
• 2nd - Phu Luu (NIS)
• 3rd - Shreyan Sanyal (CFES)
• 4th - Andrew Walker (CES)
• 5th - Sebastian Wilks (CFES)
• 6th - Vihaan Kancharla (NIS)

5th Grade - Oral Reading

• 1st - Violet Hucadi (OIS)
• 2nd - Bella Mannina (TIS)
• 3rd - Audrey Justice (TIS)
• T4th - Cassidy Jones (OIS)
• T4th - Haadia Atif (NIS)
• 5th - Emma Farris (CFES)
• 6th - Junhee Park (CFES)
• 7th - Macy Luedke (TIS)

5th Grade - Ready Writing

• 1st - Avery Jahn (OIS)
• 2nd - Oceane Minamoto (NIS)
• 3rd - Sophie Szalai (OIS)
• 4th - Kaitlyn Miles (CFES)
• 5th - Olivia Yang (CFES)
• 6th - Isabella Montavani (NIS)

5th Grade - Social Studies

• 1st - Savannah Hill (CES)
• 2nd - Brooklyn Browning (TIS)
• 3rd - Elliott Tran (NIS)
• 4th - Yunling Xue (TCES)
• T5th - Valeria Amozurrutia Castillo Tapia (TCES)
• T5th - Krishay Tapar (OIS)

5th Grade - Spelling

• 1st - Shourya Dodlety (OIS)
• 2nd - Vihaan Kancharla (NIS)
• 3rd - Lexi East (TCES)
• 4th - Akshara Sarawana (OIS)
• 5th - Krishay Tapar (OIS)
• 6th - Mihika Arora (CES)

INTERMEDIATE - 6TH GRADE
6th Grade - Calculator

• 1st - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
• 2nd - Ajishi Chouhan (OIS)
• 3rd - Ibrahim Ahmed (OIS)
• 4th - Prisha Gupta (NIS)
• 5th - 
• 6th - Jimmy Ma (NIS)

6th Grade - Chess Puzzles

• T1st - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
• T1st - Nathan Purba (OIS)
• 3rd - Jimmy Ma (NIS)
• 4th - Kavya Balamurugesh (OIS)
• 5th - Henry Heidrich (CPJHS)
• T6th - Aadhrit Rathi (CPJHS)
• T6th - Prisha Gupta (NIS)

6th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts

• 1st - Pia Vaidya (OIS)
• 2nd - Oliver Danberry (CPJHS)
• 3rd - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
• 4th - Kavya Balamurugesh (OIS)
• 5th - Arda Demartin (CPJHS)
• 6th - 

6th Grade - Math

• 1st - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
• 2nd - Daniel Ding (CPJHS)
• 3rd - Jimmy Ma (NIS)
• 4th - Oliver Danberry (CPJHS)
• 5th - Kai Hong (OIS)
• 6th - Prisha Gupta (NIS)

6th Grade - Number Sense

• 1st - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
• 2nd - Dhruv Kumar (CPJHS)
• 3rd - Daniel Ding (CPJHS)
• 4th - Jimmy Na (NIS)
• 5th - Aadharit Rathi (CPJHS)
• 6th - 

6th Grade - Oral Reading

• 1st - Veeranjani Singh (NIS)
• 2nd - Blaire Siepmann (TIS)
• 3rd - Evelyn Ames (CPES)
• 4th - Pia Vaidya (OIS)
• T5th - Elijah Guerrero (WIS)
• T5th - 
• 7th - Dani Colon (WIS)
• 8th - Geetika Bajaj (OIS)

6th Grade - Ready Writing

• 1st - Geetika Bajaj (OIS)
• 2nd - Pia Vaidya (OIS)
• 3rd - Hyeyool (Stellar) Kim (OIS)
• 4th - Clara Mann (WIS)
• T5th - Aadhrit Rathi (CPJHS)
• T5th - Jackson Bowling (NIS)

6th Grade - Social Studies

• 1st - Amelia Scherzer (TIS)
• 2nd - Kyle Gonzles (TIS)
• T3rd - Kavya Balamurugesh (TIS)
• T3rd - Colton Miller (TIS)
• 5th - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
• 6th - Mitchell Pauley (NIS)

6th Grade - Spelling

• T1st - Idhika Sadasivuni (OIS)
• T1st - Pia Vaidya (OIS)
• 3rd - Daniel Ding (CPJHS)
• 4th - 
• 5th - Prabhav Anand (NIS)
• 6th - Reeva Nevaskar (CPJHS)

JUNIOR HIGH - 7TH & 8TH
7th Grade - Calculator

• 1st - Prathit Vora (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Luke Siduguen (GLJHS)
• 3rd - Dhuyan Ashok (WWJHS)
• 4th - Bhargava Jai Mallesh (WWJHS)
• 5th - Zackery Ferrell (TJHS)
• 6th - Emma Pina (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts

• 1st - Arhan Jain (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Karim Kanash (WWJHS)
• T3rd - Sreenivas Bhamidipati (CPJHS)
• T3rd - Quince Thambanchacheep (GLJHS)
• 5th - Rowan Unser (CPJHS)
• 6th - Veronica Chaney (WWJHS)

7th Grade - Math

• 1st - Gavin Hall (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Reeva Nevaskar (CPHS)
• 3rd - Prathit Vora (WWJHS)
• 4th - Karim Kanash (WWJHS)
• 5th - Diego Velazquez (CPJHS)
• 6th - Zackery Ferrell (TJHS)

7th Grade - Number Sense

• 1st - Prathit Vora (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Aisha Mohammed (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Gavin Hall (WWJHS)
• 4th - Peyton Taylor (GLJHS)
• 5th - Eva Alcoser (GLJHS)
• 6th - Shriyanraj Mattepally (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Oral Reading

• T1st - Michael Flores (CPJHS)
• T1st - Veronica Chaney (WWJHS)
• T1st - Sanhan Patil (WWJHS)
• 4th - Isabella Earhart (WWJHS)
• 5th - David Mas Rodriguez (TJHS)
• 6th - Madeline Flick (CPJHS)
• 7th - Alexandra Gubanova (CPJHS)

7th Grade - Ready Writing

• T1st - Clarice Chua (CPJHS)
• T1st - Christopher Parr (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Josephine Williams (WWJHS)
• 4th - Anika Bhat (CPJHS)
• 5th - Kylie Chua (CPJHS)
• 6th - Quince Thambanchacheep (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Science

• 1st - Aisha Mohammed (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Zackery Ferrell (TJHS)
• 3rd - Jayden Vesey (WWJHS)
• 4th - Guinevere Borth (CPJHS)
• 5th - Clarice Chua (CPJHS)
• 6th - Michael Flores (CPJHS)

7th Grade - Social Studies

• 1st - Rowan Unser (CPJHS)
• 2nd - Sreenivas Bhamidipati (CPJHS)
• 3rd - Dean Lotter Homan (WWJHS)
• 4th - Ike Bagoly (TJHS)
• 5th - Christopher Parr (WWJHS)
• 6th - Karim Kanash (WWJHS)

7th Grade - Spelling

• 1st - Micah Ogbunuju (TJHS)
• 2nd - Aisha Mohammed (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Grant Wicker (GLJHS)
• 4th - Quince Thambanchacheep (GLJHS)
• 5th - Sahasra Katamaneni (WWJHS)
• 6th - Sanhani Patil (WWJHS)

8th Grade - Calculator

• 1st - Calyx Milano (GLJHS)
• 2nd - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Rishik Sharma (CPJHS)
• 4th - Anay Srinath (WWJHS)
• 5th - Kyle Tongco (WWJHS)
• 6th - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts

• 1st - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)
• 2nd - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
• 3rd - Kiara Chandila (GLJHS)
• 4th - Anay Srinath (WWJHS)
• 5th - Yashaswi Tyagi (WWJHS)
• 6th - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)

8th Grade - Math

• 1st - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
• 2nd - Reyansh Gupta (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Calyx Milano (GLJHS)
• 4th - Amy Nguyen (WWJHS)
• 5th - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)
• 6th - Rishik Sharma (CPJHS)

8th Grade - Number Sense

• 1st - Calyx Milano (GLJHS)
• 2nd - Rishik Sharma (CPJHS)
• 3rd - Reyansh Gupta (WWJHS)
• 4th - Amy Nguyen (WWJHS)
• 5th - Yashaswi Tyagi (WWJHS)
• 6th - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)

8th Grade - Oral Reading

• 1st - Hibah Atif (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Aaishi Saggar (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Ishanvi Gawade (WWJHS)
• 4th - Maelynn Nguyen (TJHS)
• 5th - Julia De Faria (CPJHS)
• 6th - Maryam Hussain (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Ready Writing

• 1st - Aaishi Saggar (WWJHS)
• T2nd - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
• T2nd - Ishanvi Gawade (WWJHS)
• 4th - Kiara Chandila (GLJHS)
• 5th - Johanna Gomez (TJHS)
• 6th - Emma Alleweireldt (TJHS)

8th Grade - Science

• 1st - Reyansh Gupta (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Mark Bui (CPJHS)
• T4th - Audrey Bui (CPJHS)
• T4th - Sanjith Sakthivel (GLJHS)
• 6th - Calyx Milano (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Social Studies

• 1st - Kyle Tongco (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Charles Wang (WWJHS)
• 3rd - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
• 4th - David Lopez-Trujillo (CPJHS)
• 5th - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)
• 6th - Tara Aravinthkumar (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Spelling

• 1st - Ishanvi Gawade (WWJHS)
• 2nd - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
• 3rd - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
• 4th - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)
• T5th - Abhay Srinath (WWJHS)
• T5th - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)

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ABOUT TOMBALL ISD
Tomball ISD empowers students to become impactful, contributing citizens by providing innovative, individually rigorous and personally valuable educational experiences while partnering with the community. 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 over 23,000 students across 25 campuses.