From the Schoolhouse
University Interscholastic League District Academic Contest
Nineteen Garden City students, with 13 first-place finishes in district competition, qualified to advance to UIL regionals set for April 23 in Levelland. Individual students who placed in the top three and teams that placed first advanced.
Noemi Guerrero dominated the science category with her first-place finish. She garnered the top spot in biology, chemistry and physics and earned second high overall individual. She also placed first in computer applications and computer science.
Following close behind were teammates Taylor Niehues, who earned first in number sense and mathematics and third high individual overall; Allison Jansa, who captured first place in news and feature writing events; and Jessica Hoch, first place in accounting.
Also advancing were: Amanda Hirt, second in accounting and editorial writing; Leslie Jansa, third in accounting; Kim Webb, third in computer applications; Taylor Niehues, second in science; Colton Schwartz, second in science and third in mathematics; and David Neufeld, second in computer science.
GCHS advanced five teams to regional contest which were: the number sense tam of Taylor Niehues, Schwartz, Megan Niehues and Katie Gully; the science team of Guerrero, T. Niehues, Schwartz and Neufeld; the accounting Tam of Hoch, Hirt, L. Jansa and Anna Flores; the computer science tam of Guerrero, Neufeld, Yesennia Martinez and Ana Rodriquez; and the mathematics team of T. Niehues, Schwartz, Tyler Bednar and Guerrero.
The spelling and journalism teams placed second in their respective events.
Other results from the contest were, number sense: Schwartz, fourth; M. Niehues, eighth; Gully, 14th. Editorial writing: A. Jansa, fourth. Spelling: Brecklyn Hughes, fourth. Computer applications, Viviana Gamboa, fifth. Calculator, M. Niehues, sixth; T. Niehues, seventh; Bednar, eighth. Accounting: Flores, seventh. Computer science, Martinez, fifth; Rodriquez, eighth. Prose, Tracy Eggemeyer, fifth. Informative speaking, Eggemeyer, fourth. Mathematics, Bednar, sixth.
Coaches for the GCHS team are Jerry Cannon and Shea Gartman, number sense, mathematics and calculators; John Petree, news writing, feature writing and editorial writing; Lynda Frysak, spelling. Also, Reta Bell, computer applications and accounting; Linda Jones and Randy Gartman, science; Cannon, computer science; Jill Tubb, prose and Koby Abney, informative speaking.
District 8-A Tennis Tournament Results
GCHS’s boy’s and girl’s varsity doubles tennis teams, who each placed first and second in the district meet held in Garden City April 12–13, advanced to the regional tourney in Levelland April 21 – 22.
Garden City won both the boys and the girls District Team Championships.
In boy’s doubles, Alex Halfmann and Taylor Niehues placed first; Blake Chudej and Evan Jansa were second. Tyler Bednar was third in boy’s singles, and Shaun Maxie also competed.
Jessica Hoch and Megan Niehues placed first in girl’s doubles and Allison Jansa and Stacy Gully were second. Krystal Sullivan won third place in girl’s singles, and Julie Hirt also competed.
In junior varsity competition, the girl’s doubles was won by Amanda Hirt and Brandi Halfmann; Katie Gully and Rebecca Cmerek, second; Lauren Plagens and Emily Gully, fourth. K’Lann Niehues was second in girl’s singles.
Jared Bradford placed second and Chase O’Brien was third in JV boy’s singles.