On Saturday, March 28, Southside High School UIL Academic teams competed at MacArthur High School in the district meet. After months of dedication and hard work, our students delivered an outstanding performance. We are incredibly proud of their commitment and the support from our amazing coaches!
We are proud to announce that Southside High School earned 1st Place Overall in the UIL Academic Sweepstakes, securing back-to-back district championships (2025 & 2026), while also capturing 5 first-place team titles and 11 individual first-place finishes!
The following are the placings for District:
Accounting-District 2nd Place Team
Justin Benavides -2nd Place (advance to region)
Haiden Nguyen
Jayden Tovar
Lucia Gonzales
Calculator Applications -1st Place District Champs!
Joslyn Hafner – 1st Place (advance to region)
Jolene Castillo – 2nd Place (advance to region)
Bella Lopez – 4th Place (advance to region)
Monica Villatoro-Segovia – 5th Place (advance to region)
Current Events & Issues – 2nd Place Team
Chrysannia Balderas – 2nd Place (advance to region)
Trinity Cantu – 4th Place
Addison Rodriguez
Brooklyn Simonson
Journalism- 1st Place Team District Champions!!!!
Anh Nguyen – 1st Feature Writing(advance to region), 1st Headline Writing(advance to region), 2nd News Writing(advance to region), 2nd Editorial Writing(advance to region)
Nariah Johnson – 2nd Place Copy Editing (advance to region),
Ethan Dillard – 3rd Place Featuring (advance to region), 3rd Place News Writing (advance to region), 5th Place Copy Editing, 6th Place Headline Writing
Alexa Chavez Reyes – 5th Place Editorial Writing
Veronica Sanchez-Garcia – 5th Place News Writing
Literary Criticism – 1st Place Team District Champions!!
Kiera Johnson- 2nd Place (advance to region)
Alexa Chavez-Reyes- 3rd Place (advance to region)
Chrysannia Balderas – 5th Place (advance to region)
Brooklyn Simonson (advance to region)
Mathematics – District 2nd Place Team
Miguel Zacarias-Rangel – 3rd (advance to region)
Joslyn Hafner – 4th Place
Catalina Solis – 5th Place
Monica Villatoro-Segovia – 6th Place
Number Sense – 1st Place Team District Champs!!
Leo Maldonado – 1st Place (advance to region)
Jorge Garcia – 4th Place (advance to region)
Santiago Castro-Avila – 4th Place (advance to region)
Juan Coronilla Govea (advance to region)
Ready Writing
Anh Nguyen – 3rd Place (Advance to region)
Adalyn Castillo – 5th Place
Science – 1st Place Team District Champs!!
Leo Maldonaldo-1st Place Chemistry,1st Place Overall Science (advance to region)
Ricardo Anguiano-Torres – 1st Place Physics, 7th Overall Science (advance to region)
Adalyn Castillo – 5th Place Overall Science (advance to region)
Jorge Garcia – (advance to region)
Social Studies – 2nd Place Team District
Jolene Castillo – 2nd Place (advance to region)
Chrysannia Balderas – 3rd Place (advance to region)
Adalyn Castillo – 6th Place
Trinity Cantu
Spelling – District 2nd place Team
Catalina Solis – 4th Place
Santiago Castro-Avila 5th Place
Donna Fuentes
Anabelle Borrego
Computer Science – District 3rd place Team
Tiffany Hernandez
Christopher Adams
Noah Luna
Nicolas Palomo
SPEECH – 1st Place District Champs!
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Persuasive Speaking
Ashlynn Saunders – 1st Place (advance to region)
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Mariah Owens – 1st Place (advance to region)
Informative Speaking
Mariah Owens – 1st Place (advance to region)
Poetry
Ashlynn Saunders – 2nd Place (advance to region)
Prose
Emily Stockton – 1st Place (advance to region)
A huge congratulations to all of our students who competed and represented Southside with excellence! Your hard work truly paid off.
Special thanks to our dedicated coaches:
Speech- Ms. MariaLuisa Herrera, Mx. Ashely Ramirez, Ms. Penny Blalack
Journalism – Ms. Donna Martinez
Writing– Ms. Donna Martinez and Mr. Adan Garcia;
Math – Mrs. Norelisa Tovar, Mr. Benny Allgaier;
Science– Mr. Richard Casillas;
Social Studies, Current Events– Mx. Ashley Ramirez;
Accounting – Ms. MaryLisa Garza;
Spelling– Ms. Penny Blalack
Computer Science– Mr. Jose Soto