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UIL Academic Regional Champions

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2024-2025 Results

Congratulations to the Academic Team on winning the Regional Academic Championship!!

Academic Team: Overall Academic Team Champions with 242 points.

Accounting:  Preston Taylor-1st ; Nathan Connor-6th 

  • Accounting Team:  2nd Place Team, advancing to State as the Wild Card!

Calculator Applications:  3rd Place Team

Copy Editing: Maggie Maxwell-1st; Nate Newberry-2nd; Daisy Davison-5th 

Editorial Writing: Stevie Markham-1st

Headline-Cormic Hughes-4th

News Writing-Palin Shoop-4th; Stevie Markham-6th 

  • Journalism Team-1st Place Team

Literary Criticism: Caitlyn Willis-2nd; Grace Vestal-3rd; TaraAnn Lambert-4th; Courtney Willis-5th

  • Literary Criticism: 1st Place Team

Spelling: Caitlin McConnell-5th

  • Spelling Team: 2nd Place Team, advancing to State as the Wild Card!

Informative Speaking: Shay Hayden-4th

Persuasive Speaking: Cassandra Terrell-2nd

Poetry Interpretation: Miles Beck-1st; Morgan Parker-2nd; Bria McLoughlin-5th

Prose Interpretation: Ezra Whitfield-2nd; Cadence Oldham-4th 

  • Speech Team-1st Place Team

Point totals

CONGRATULATIONS to the HHS  U.I.L. Academic Team

on receiving the District 7-3A Academic Championship:

Accounting:  Preston Taylor-1st; Nathan Connor-2nd; Dylan Thompson-3rd; Trynt Palmer-4th

  • Accounting Team:  1st Place Team, advancing to Region.

Calculator Applications:  Nate Newberry-1st; Isaac Raihan-2nd; Evan Radtke-4th

  • Calculator Applications Team: 1st Place Team, advancing to Region.

Computer Science:  Ethan Henderson-4th; Carter Wolfe-5th 

  • Computer Science Team: 2nd Place Team

Current Issues and Events:  Abigail Young-2nd; Hudson Everett-5th; Juan Paredon-6th 

  • Current Issues and Events Team: 2nd Place Team (Wildcard to Region!)

Literary Criticism:  Caitlyn Willis-1st; Grace Vestal-2nd; TaraAnn Lambert-3rd; Courtney Willis-4th

  • Literary Criticism Team: 1st Place Team, advancing to Region.

Mathematics:  Nate Newberry-1st place

  • Mathematics Team: 1st Place Team, advancing to Region

Number Sense: Grace Vestal-5th 

Ready Writing: Palin Shoop-4th; Kylie Martinez-6th 

Science: Jake Tucker-2nd; Sam Marshall-4th 

  • Science Team: 2nd Place Team

Social Studies: Preston Taylor-2nd; Colt Davidson-4th 

  • Social Studies Team: 2nd Place Team

Spelling:  Caitlin McConnell-2nd; Evan Radtke-6th

  • Spelling Team: 2nd Place Team (Wildcard to Region!)

Copy Editing: Nate Newberry-1st; Daisy Davison-2nd; Maggie Maxwell-3rd

Editorial Writing: Stevie Markham-3rd; Landri Beck-5th 

Feature Writing: Sarah Spears-3rd 

Headline Writing: Cormic Hughes-1st; Bryson Pounds-5th; Chase Inman-6th 

News Writing:  Palin Shoop-1st; Bryson Pounds-2nd; Stevie Markham-3rd 

  • Journalism Team: 1st Place Team

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Jayme Griffith-1st; Breanne Franklin-3rd; Clara Pryor-5th 

Prose Interpretation: Cadence Oldham-1st; Ezra Whitfield-3rd; Luke Herndon-5th

Poetry Interpretation: Morgan Parker-1st; Bria McLoughlin-2nd; Miles Beck-4th 

Informative Speaking: Chase Inman-1st; Shay Hayden-2nd, Matthew Herndon-3rd

Persuasive Speaking: Cassandra Terrell-1st; Ian Young-2nd; Sadie Prather-3rd

  • Speech Team: 1st Place Team 

 

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Excellence in Academics. Tradtition of Champions.

 

Welcome to the home of Holliday High School’s UIL Academic Teams—where dedication meets distinction. Competing in the highly competitive UIL Class 3A division, our students consistently rank among the top in Texas.

Recent Success

  • 2024 UIL State Meet: 3rd Place Overall

  • District 7-3A Champions

  • Contributed 14 points to the UIL Lone Star Cup standings

A Legacy of Achievement

Our teams have a proud tradition of excellence:

  • State Champions: 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

  • State Runners-Up: 2012, 2013, 2018, 2022

  • State 3rd Place: 2024

From Speech and Debate to Math, Science, Journalism, and beyond—our students thrive in rigorous academic competition and represent Holliday with pride.