The high school TAPPS Academics team swept the TAPPS 2A State Academic Competition last week defeating 12 2A teams to win the TAPPS 2A State Academic Championship for the second consecutive year.

All Saints earned 233 points, which is 123 more points than the second place team and the highest score throughout all the divisions 1A – 6A. Shiner’s St. Paul Catholic School finished in second place with 110.5 points followed by Fort Worth Bethesda Christian School with 95 points.

All Saints had 25 students compete in various competitions in English, math, science, social studies, debate and speech, theatre, yearbook, and art. Faculty member Matt Ryan oversaw the academic contests throughout the year. Other faculty coaches included Pam Ryan, JT Seymore, Janet Martin, Melissa Durham, Kelly Beasley, Shane Strawbridge, Victor Munoz, Irma Sizer, and Shelly Smith. Retired teachers Sharon Kingston (All Saints, Coronado) and Linda Gober (Coronado) also worked with the students.

All Saints earned 12 state championships: Yearbook, Speech and Debate, Art, Math, and Science contests. All first place finishes are a state championship.

Results:

Yearbook – First Place Team (Campbell Carper, Portia Clary, Emma Condra, Brynlee Dalley, Haley Dickerson, Reagan Hunter, Jayden Johnson, Preslie Tarver, and Reghan Rose.

Speech and Debate Team – First Place Team

Lincoln Douglas Debate – Calvin Carpenter, First Place; Sydney Smith, Second Place; Jacque Hunter, Third Place

Original Oratory – Mattie Matthews, First Place; Campbell Howe, Second Place; Abigail Barritt, Third Place

Persuasive Speaking – Mattie Matthews, First Place; Campbell Howe, Second Place; Ashby Whitaker, Third Place

Duet Acting – Hannah Harvey and Olivia Needham, Second Place

Prose Interpretation – Olivia Needham, Third Place; Jeye Johnson, Eighth Place

Poetry Interpretation – Abigail Barritt, Seventh Place

Solo Acting – Olivia Needham, Third Place

Black & White Drawing – Sara Carothers, First Place

Computer Art – Calista Conklin, Second Place

Printmaking – Jilayne Headrick, Second Place

Communication Design – Matthew Zhang, Fourth Place

Communication Design – Portia Clary, Fifth Place and Sixth Place

Computer Art – Mia Garza, Sixth Place

Number Sense – Rohan Felton, First Place

Calculator – Campbell Howe, Second Place

Math – Rohan Felton, Second Place; Matthew Zhang, Fourth Place

Advanced Math – Logan Caffey, First Place; Campbell Howe, Second Place;

Science – Logan Caffey, First Place; Diego Cervera, Third Place; Campbell Howe, Sixth Place

Top Chemistry Score – Logan Caffey

Top Physics Score – Logan Caffey

Spelling – Matthew Zhang, Second Place; Jameson seal, Third Place; Portia Clary, Fourth Place

Social Studies – Luke D’Alise, Third Place; Curtis Yates, Fourth Place

Literary Criticism – Portia Clary, First Place; Abigail Barritt, Fourth Place; Ashby Whitaker, Eighth Place

Ready Writing – Leah Vinson, Eighth Place

Current Events – Ashby Whitaker, Fifth Place; Matthew Zhang, Eighth Place

Spanish – Diego Cervera, Second Place; Sofia Dominguez, Fifth Place; Matthew Zhang, Seventh Place

Students participating in the state contests include:

Freshmen – Hannah Harvey, Sydney Smith

Sophomores – Luke D’Alise, Calvin Carpenter, Sofia Dominguez, Rohan Felton, Jacque Hunter, Jeye Johnson, Olivia Needham, Ella Scolaro, Jameson Seal, Matthew Zhang

Juniors – Abigail Barritt, Natalie Caswell, Diego Cervera, Portia Clary, Grant Durbin, Campbell Howe, Mattie Matthews, Joseph Paone, Curtis Yates

Seniors – Logan Caffey, Mia Garza, Alex Mercer, Ashby Whitaker