Calallen High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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O District's top biology student. justin Woodson accepts his award at the UIL banquet. State journalism winners. Second place feature writer Michele Her- ro and fourth place news writer Janna Shoe bring home awards from the UIL State Literary and Academic contest. Regional contestant. Sophomore Missy Salmon places fourth at dis- trict in ready writing and qualifies to compete at the regional con- test in San Antonio. Newswriter. Sophomore lennifer Elam takes second in news writ- ing and sixth in headline writing to qualify for the regional contest. I I ps -1 ., . ...ssf2+egmtc, S ' . .mf ,,,, 4 .:'.:-.. .':v.:n 'Js::w::.:::s.:..:: , .5 , 2 ., ,. ,..,. ..., V 4 , .. 5 f 1 fl' Q' M .W .asf A UIL Literary 84 Academic

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si at 953 ome7 sl646f0'l7 Decathlon Members Claim Awards In their second year of competition, the Academic Decathlon team brought home seven individual awards from the regional contest held in Harlingen. Individual awards were won by T. C. Carothers, Chris Walters and Alan Yager. Our Academic Decathlon team this year was dedicated and metic- ulous in their preparation, Mr. Dick Mangrum, one of the team's coaches, said. And, the benefits of that hard Loading up. Alan Yager and Mr. Richard Man- grum board the bus as the team leaves for the regional contest. work were obvious during the com- petition in Harlingen. Other team members included Ann Lawler, Krissy Rupp and lustin Wood- son. Mrs. jan McLean also coached the group. The Decathlon gives me a chance to learn about subjects, such as as- tronomy, that l normally wouldn't get in high school. It also introduces you to things like the Constitution and economics which you will study in the future, Chris Walters said. Team members - ffrontl Ann Lawler, T. C. Carothers, Krissy Rupp, ttopl Chris Walters, justin Woodson, Alan Yager, Mrs. lan McLean, sponsor. Academic Decathlon 215

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me ,WWKM7 Trio places at State All three of Calallen High's aca- demic contestants returned home as winners at the UIL State Meet. Alan Yager placed second in spell- ing, Michele Herro placed second in feature writing, and Ianna Shoe placed fourth in news writin . Last year when I placedg sixth at State I became determined to return this year and win a medal, Alan said. Although janna and Michele made their first trip to the State contest, they were both veteran journalism competitors. I am extremely proud of both jan- na and Michele, Ms. Elizabeth Bram- mer, journalism teacher, said. They competed with the top one percent of 'ournalism contestants in Texas and came out winners. I think that's a tribute to their talent and hard work. Winning speller. Alan Yager takes first at dis- trict, first at region and second at State in the UIL spelling competition. New contest winner. Literary criticism contes- tant Chris Vansickle places first at district and qualifies for the regional contest. UIL Literary 84 Academic