April 1, 2026 - Center High School saw great success at the UIL Academic Conference 4A District 17 meet on Friday, March 27 competing against Bullard, Hudson, Madisonville, Palestine, and Rusk. Individual top three finishers and members of first place teams will advance to the 4A Region 3 meet at Stephen F. Austin State University on April 25. They will be joined by the Current Events team, which qualified as the regional wild card by finishing as the highest scoring second place team in the region. Good luck to our advancing competitors!
Computer Science
1st place - Seth Ramirez*
4th place - Melody Fierro
1st place Team - Seth Ramirez, Melody Fierro, and Mikayla Anderson*
Copy Editing
1st place - Aldo Salazar*
2nd place - Nathan Newton*
5th place - Lia Vazquez
Current Issues and Events
1st place - Aldo Salazar*
5th place - Rain Smith
2nd place Team - Aldo Salazar, Rain Smith, Ayden Eaves, Melody Fierro*
(Region Wildcard)
Editorial Writing
3rd place - Stephanie Trejo*
4th place - Faelan McGovern
5th place - Caden Neuwirth
Feature Writing
2nd place - Nathan Newton*
3rd place - Aldo Salazar*
6th place - Lia Vazquez
Headline Writing
5th place - Faelan McGovern
Literary Criticism
4th place - Genesis Ramirez
News Writing
1st place - Nathan Newton*
2nd place - Aldo Salazar*
4th place - Benjamin Bustos
Number Sense
3rd place - Eliezer Leon*
Persuasive Speaking
3rd place - Melody Fierro*
Poetry Interpretation
4th place - Rhiannon Windham
5th place - ARaiyah Edwards
Prose Interpretation
4th place - Mikayla Anderson
5th place - Corrine Jackson
Ready Writing
3rd place - Mikayla Anderson*
4th place - Le’Vianna Hughes
Social Studies
1st place - Aldo Salazar*
2nd place Team - Aldo Salazar, Sandra Geronimo, Rain Smith, Tyler Cupples
Spelling
2nd place - Rain Smith*
Journalism Team Champions
Aldo Salazar, Nathan Newton, Lia Vazquez, Stephanie Trejo, Faelan McGovern, Caden Neuwirth, Benjamin Bustos
*Regional Qualifier
Coaches: Kimberly Sloane, Cody Palm, Shannon Abernathy, Emily Glass, and Kelly Cooper
