Dateline: April 4, 2002

HHS wins math, science titles

Hedley UIL academic teams were in district competition this past week, and the school will send eleven students to South Plains College in Levelland on April 19 for regionals.

For the second time in three years, the math and science teams swept all their events, winning district championships in Number Sense, Calculator Applications, Mathematics, and Science.

Stephen Howard, Dustin Knowles, and Lauren Hill came in first, second, and fifth to pace the Number Sense team to its first place victory.  Marissa Wells was alternate.

Lauren Hill, Treva Rowland, and Josh Collins placed first, second, and fourth for the Calculator Applications team.  Samuel Howard was the alternate and was 5th place individual. Lacey Wallendorff, Stephen Howard, and Treva Rowland were first, second, and fifth in Mathematics. 

Lora Llewellyn, Lacey Wallendorff, and Lisle Rowland came in first, third, and eighth in the Science.  Llewellyn also won medals as the top chemistry student and the top physics student in the district.

In all, the teams won ten of the 15 medals awarded in math and science competitions.

Rebekah Howard will travel to Levelland as the HHS’ representative in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, having won the overall second place medal. 

Other students who placed and won points for HHS included Aaron Bugg – fourth in Current Issues and Events; Cori Cantrell – fifth in Accounting; Josh Collins – fourth in Headline Writing; and Dustin Knowles – sixth in Headline Writing.