Kobe George Wins 3rd At State

Wylie’s Kobe George earned 3rd place in Poetry Interpretation at the State UIL Academic Meet in Austin at the end of May.

Kobe was one of five Wylie students who qualified for state in six events during a successful spring competition for the UIL Academic Team. The team won its district championship and finished second at the regional competition. Kobe was the only student to finish in the Top 6 at state.

Kobe qualified for state in two events. He won the regional championship in newswriting and finished 2^nd in poetry interpretation. Teammate Anna Claire Boone won the regional championship in poetry interpretation.

Tyler Roberts had the regions’ top score in biology and was 3^rd overall in science to qualify for state.

Rushil Choutapalli qualified in calculator with a 3^rd place finish, and Mattie Smith placed 3^rd in editorial writing to earn a trip to state.

Several Wylie teams finished 2^nd at regionals and just barely missed a spot at state. One was the computer science team of Tyler Roberts, Anthony Zhang, Rushil Choutapalli and Yajet Patel. The other was the math team of Anthony Zhang, Rushil Choutapalli, Geoffrey Englin and Morgan Moore.

Other Wylie students who placed at regionals, but did not qualify for state were:

Computer Applications – 6^th Tyler Roberts

Computer Science – 5^th Tyler Roberts

Number Sense – 5^th Anthony Zhang

News Writing – 5^th Kaylee Beard

Social Studies – 6^th Kade Killion

Spelling and Vocabulary – 5^th Aaron Ramos

Results from the District Meet included:

Accounting – 1^st Daniella Lintini; 4^th Mary Ann Crowder; 5^th Anisha Moolupuri; 6^th Trinity Edmiston. They were the 1^st place team.

Calculator – 1^st Anthony Zhang; 2^nd Rushil Choutapalli; 3^rd Morgan Moore; 4^th Vincent Mercado. They were the 1^st place team.

Current Issues – 3^rd Jordan Dunlap; 5^th Austin Petree. They were the 2^nd place team with Bobby Cano and Michael McRoy.

Computer Applications – 2^nd Tyler Roberts; 3^rd Logan Servant; 5^th Christian Barbian.

Copy Edit – 2^nd Kobe George; 6^th Anna Claire Boone.

Computer Science – 1^st Tyler Roberts; 2^nd Anthony Zhang; 3^rd Rushil Choutapalli. They were the 1^st place team with Yajet Patel.

Editorial Writing – 2^nd Katie Shaw; 3^rd Mattie Smith

Feature Writing – 4^th Emma Groves.

Headline Writing – 3^rd Dominique Douglas; 5^th Katie Shaw.

Informative Speaking – 3^rd Ashley Balderston; 6^th Mia Dole.

Lincoln Douglas Debate – 2^nd Caleb Speights.

Math – 1^st Anthony Zhang; 4^th Geoffrey Englin; 5^th Rushil Choutapalli. They were the 1^st place team with Morgan Moore.

Number Sense – 2^nd Anthony Zhang; 3^rd Nitin Kalla; 4^th Rushil Choutapalli; 5^th Anisha Moolupuri. They were the 2^nd place team.

News Writing 1^st Kaylee Beard; 2^nd Kobe George; 4^th Anna Claire Boone.

Persuasive Speaking – 1^st Emy Pablico; 3^rd Drew Krestley; 5^th Jordan Dunlap.

Poetry Interpretation – 1^st Anna Claire Boone; 2^nd Kobe George; 3^rd Melia Messer.

Prose Interpretation – 1^st Kymber Pyeatt; 2^nd Kathlyn Messer; 3^rd Wesley Horn.

Ready Writing – 4^th Brooke McBride.

Science – 2^nd Tyler Roberts; 6^th Grant Robinson. Top physics Anthony Zhang. They were the 2^nd place team with Rushil Choutapalli, Maria Labiran, and Clare McDowell

Social Studies – 1^st Kade Killion; 2^nd Emy Pablico. They were the 2^nd place team with Jackson Turner and Kaylee Beard.

Spelling and Vocabulary – 1^st Aaron Ramos; 2^nd Travis Smart; 4^th Maci Abila. They were the 1^st place team with Hayley Batey.

Speech – 1^st place team

Journalism – 2^nd place team

Overall District Champs