PHS Wins 8 Events at District UIL Meet NEWS RELEASE

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PHS Wins 8 Events at District UIL Meet By Tim Taylor

PHS District UIL Winners: Front (from left) Mason Hevron, Shelby Wilson, Meghan Lamberson, Shreya Singh, Lilly Lewis, Molly Jackson; 2nd Row: Kathryn Himes, Matt Kirby, Morial Allen, Michael Montgomery, Erica Cole, Evelyn Gulde, Shikha Prakash, Zachary De La Garza; 3rd Row: Trinton Johnson, Alex Montellano, Arish Pardiwalla, Neal Stellpflug, Matthew Cochran, Maria Gonzales, Wendell Johnson, Justice Flowers, Chelsea Savage, Anna Floyd, Alexis Willison, Sophia Pentland, Danielle Callaway; Top Row: Matthew Draeger, Logan Fox, Garrett Wilson, Renee Townsend Paris High won 5 individual events and 3 team events to place third overall at the District 15-4A UIL Academic Spring Meet held Thursday and Friday in Mount Pleasant. The top 3 individuals in each event along with the winning teams in the team events advance to the Region 24A championships April 23-25 at Texas A&M-Commerce. Paris qualified 13 individuals along with the accounting, calculator applications, and spelling and vocabulary teams for regionals. North Lamar won the district meet with 502 points followed by Atlanta 390 and Paris 285. Paris event winners were senior Arish Pardiwalla (accounting), sophomore Chelsea Savage (calculator), senior Michael Montgomery (computer science), sophomore Shelby Wilson (ready writing), and junior Shikha Prakash (who led a 1-2-3 sweep in spelling and vocabulary). Paris senior Wendell Johnson competed in 4 academic events and brought home what is believed to be a school record 7 district medals. Paris Results (Regional Qualifiers in Italics)                     

Accounting (Coach Eric Chaverria): 1. Arish Pardiwalla; 2. Alex Montellano; 4. Trinton Johnson Calculator Applications (Coach Neal Stellpflug): 1. Chelsea Savage; 2. Wendell Johnson; 6. Anna Floyd Computer Science (Coach Kathryn Himes): 1. Michael Montgomery Feature Writing (Coach Kathy Peterson): 5. Meghan Lamberson; 6. Lilly Lewis Lincoln Douglas Debate (Coach Tracy Roden): 3. Shreya Singh Mathematics (Coaches Renee Townsend, Kathryn Himes, Neal Stellpflug): 4. Wendell Johnson; 5. Matt Cochran Number Sense: 3. Wendell Johnson; 6. Erica Cole News Writing (Coach Kathy Peterson): 4. Lilly Lewis; 5. Meghan Lamberson Ready Writing (Coach Angie Black): 1. Shelby Wilson; 3. Mason Hevron; 4. Molly Jackson Science (Coaches Jennifer Beeler, Jennifer Hudson): 2. Logan Fox; 6. Danielle Callaway Social Studies (Coach Cheryl Brown): 5. Alexis Willison Spelling and Vocabulary (Coach Savannah Abbott): 1. Shikha Prakash; 2. Evelyn Gulde; 3. Erica Cole; 6. Zachary De La Garza Accounting Team: 1. Paris (Arish Pardiwalla, Alex Montellano, Trinton Johnson, Wendell Johnson) Calculator Applications Team: 1. Paris (Chelsea Savage, Wendell Johnson, Anna Floyd, Justice Flowers) Computer Science Team: 2. Paris (Michael Montgomery, Matt Kirby, Morial Allen) Mathematics Team: 2. Paris (Wendell Johnson, Matthew Cochran, Erica Cole, Maria Gonzales) Number Sense Team: 2. Paris (Wendell Johnson, Eric Cole, Chelsea Savage, Maria Gonzales) Science Team: 2. Paris (Logan Fox, Danielle Calloway, Matthew Draeger, Matthew Cochran) Social Studies Team: 2 Paris (Alexis Willison, Danielle Callaway, Sophia Pentland) Spelling and Vocabulary Team: 1. Paris (Shikha Prakash, Evelyn Gulde, Eric Cole, Zachary De La Garza) Team Totals: 1. North Lamar 502; 2. Atlanta 390; 3. Paris 285; 4. Pleasant Grove 150.5; 5. Pittsburg 82.5; 6. Liberty-Eylau 40