LAMESA, Texas — Coahoma Junior High School academic competitors received their UIL District 3-3A individual and team medals at an assembly held on Wednesday morning.
The CJH team had a very successful day at the academic meet held on Nov. 20, 2024, in Lamesa, Texas. Combined with the school's One-Act Play competition points, the Coahoma team finished in second place.
“These students worked hard in the months leading up to the UIL contest,” said Katie Valencia, CJH academic UIL Coordinator. “They would come before school, after school, and even during the day to practice and prepare.
“We had an amazing group of coaches this year, and I am thankful for all of their hard work,” Valencia continued. “Our hard work paid off earning Coahoma Junior High as the District Runner Up. I am very proud of every participant.”
CJH finished with 1072.2total points. Denver City won the event with 1167.9points, followed by Brownfield in third place.
UIL District 3-3A • Middle School UIL Academic Competition • Nov. 20, 2024 • Lamesa, Texas
The following are individual and team results from each contest (Coahoma results only:
Sixth Grade:
Dictionary Skills — 2. Sophia Valadez; 3. Paislee Upshaw, 5. Kenzi Smith; 1. Team (Valadez, Upshaw, Smith).
Ready Writing — 2. Sophia Valadez; 5. Kenzi Smith.
Editorial Writing — 1. Kynzler Grant; 6. Kenzi Smith.
Spelling — 2. Erik Yanez, 3. Mia Gonzales; 1. Team (Yanez, Elizabeth Alexander, Gonzales).
Impromptu Speaking — 3. Anthony Aguilar, 4. Sophia Whitt, 6. Harley Hays.
Listening Skills — 6. Harley Hays.
Music Memory — 2. Paislee Upshaw.
Modern Oratory — 2. Ausiana Jackson, 4. Reid Campbell.
Oral Reading — 2. Reid Campbell, 3. Ausiana Jackson
Social Studies — 2. Ausiana Jackson, 6. Sophia Whitt; 2. Team (Jackson, Whitt, Alaina Youngbauer).
Chess Puzzles — 1. Reid Campbell, 2. Team (Campbell, Kynzler Grant, Kaiclynn Molina, Jacob Moore).
Science — 1. Bailee Rizo, 3. Reid Campbell, 6. Mateo Martinez; 1. Team (Rizo, Campbell, Martinez).
Maps, Graphs, and Charts — 5. Harley Hays, 6. Grayson Campanella); 3. Team (Hays, Campanella, Alaina Youngbauer).
Art — 1. Ausiana Jackson and Ava Puentes, 5. Bailee Rizo; 1. Team (Jackson, Puentes, Rizo, Grayson Campanella, Kaiclynn Molina, Sophia Whitt)
7th Grade:
Spelling — 2. Karrsyn Barriga, 4. Reyna Gonzales, 5. Anthony Aguilar (sixth-grader); 1 Team (Barriga, Gonzales, Aguilar).
Dictionary Skills — 3. Elyn Mulkey (sixth-grader), 6. Jaycee Carrion; 2. Team (Mulkey, Carrion, Nicole Shugart).
Ready Writing — 1. Jaycee Carrion, 4. Ava Ramirez.
Oral Reading — 5. Paige McJimsey.
Listening Skills — 1. Ava Ramirez, 3. Sophie Carroll; 1. Team (Ramirez, Carroll, Paige McJimsey).
Impromptu Speaking — 3. Obrie Buentello.
Editorial Writing — 2. Aeva Maddox, 3. Isabella Leonard, 4. Paulina Lopez.
Chess — 1. Rayce Roberts, 3. Everett Stevenson, 4. Eden Chavez; 1. Team (Roberts, Stevenson, Chavez, Maverick Paige).
Mathematics — 1. Augden Villanueva, 4. Nicole Shugart; 1. Team (Villanueva, Shugart, Allayna Burrow (sixth grader)).
Number Sense — 4. Isaac Ornelas; 3. Team (Ornelas, Allayna Burrow (sixth grader), Cade Born, (sixth grader)).
Calculator Applications — 1. Isabella Leonard, 6. Augden Villanueva; 1. Team (Leonard, Villanueva, Nicole Shugart, Karrsyn Barriga).
Science — !. Eden Chavez, 2. Isaac Ornelas, 4. Liam Ryan; 1. Team (Ornelas, Ryan, Jaycee Carrion)
Art — 3. Sophie Carroll, Rayce Roberts; 3. Team (Carroll, Roberts, Jaycee Carrion, Braelyn Peters).
Eighth Grade:
Spelling — 3. Annabelle Dowell, 4. Dallas Perry, 5. Daniela Lopez; 1. Team (Dowell, Perry, Lopez, Ximena Garrido).
Dictionary Skills — 5. Aiden Salazar, 3. Team (Salazar, Aiden Rodriguez, Zylie Bailey, Raegen Gonzales).
Oral Reading — 2. Channing Musgrove, 4. Lizzy Mashburn.
Ready Writing — 3. Addison Woodard, 4. Channing Musgrove, 5. Madison Sneed.
Editorial Writing — 5. Madison Sneed, 6. Alyssa Youngbauer.
Impromptu Speaking — 6. Hailynn Breckenridge.
Listening Skills — 3. Team (Hailynn Breckendridge, Destinie Gonzales, Kobe Gonzales)
Social Studies —4. Oscar Buentello; 3. Team (Buentello, Daniela Lopez, Phinly Harrison).
Number Sense — 1. Ryen Flack, 6. Nicole Shugart (seventh grader); 1. Team (Flack, Shugart, Eden Chavez (seventh grader)).
Calculator Applications — 2. Daniela Lopez, 3. Channing Musgrove and Destinie Gonzales; 1. Team (Lopez, Musgrove, Gonzales)
Mathematics — 1. Ryen Flack, 4. Dallas Perry, 6. Ximena Garrido; 1. Team (Flack, Perry, Garrido)
Science — 2. Daniela Lopez, 5. Liam Andrews; 2. Team (Lopez, Andrews, Mason Crawford, Myles Pierce).
Chess — 2. Karson Kelso, 4. Evan Murray, 6. Oscar Buentello; 2. Team (Kelso, Murray, Buentello, A.J. Sanchez (seventh grader)).
Maps, Graphs, and Charts — 2. Channing Musgrove. 3. Dallas Perry; 1. Team (Musgrove, Perry, Jayden Parnell, Aiden Rodriguez).
Music Memory — 3. Daniela Lopez, 4. Oscar Buentello, 6. Parker White; 2. Team (Lopez, Buentello, White, Jayden Parnell, Bryson Taylor).
Art — 1. Anabelle Dowell, 2. Addison Woodard, 3. Channing Musgrove; 1. Team (Dowell, Woodard, Musgrove, Zylie Bailey, Emmalyn Black, Paisley Walden).
