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Cy-Fair, Cy Woods win district UIL academic titles

The Cypress Woods High School UIL Academics team took first place at the District 16-6A UIL Academics Meet.
The Cypress Woods High School UIL Academics team took first place at the District 16-6A UIL Academics Meet held April 5-6 at Cypress Lakes High School. Cypress Woods won the District 16-6A UIL Academic title with 503.166 points. 

April 19, 2024—CFISD students from all 12 high schools competed in the UIL Academic District 16-6A and District 17-6A meets April 5-6 at Cypress Lakes and Cypress Ridge high schools.

Cypress Woods High School took home the District 16-6A title with 503.166 points. Bridgeland High School placed second with 327.333 points, followed by Cypress Ranch High School with 288 points.

Cy-Fair High School placed first overall with 539 points to claim the District 17-6A title. Spring Branch ISD’s Memorial High School and Stratford High School placed second and third, respectively.

The top three individuals and top team in each event advance to the region academic meets. The top placing second place team in the region in each team event also advances to the region academic meets through a “wildcard.” District 16-6A will compete in the UIL Region II-6A Academic Meet on April 26-27 at Baylor University in Waco. District 17-6A will compete in the UIL Region III-6A Academic Meet on April 26-27 at Katy ISD’s Seven Lakes High School.

The Cypress Park High School UIL Academics speech team placed first overall.
Cypress Park High School UIL Academics speech team from left, Audrey Shea, Nora Iniesta, Camila Araujo, Ivan Caranza, Kaz Trevino and Ashlynn Daugherty, pose for a photo at the District 16-6A UIL Academic Meet held April 5-6 at Cypress Lakes High School. The Cypress Park speech team placed first overall. 

The following students from District 16-6A advanced to the Region II-6A Academic Meet:

District 16-6A UIL Academic Meet Region Individual Qualifiers

Event

Name

High School

Place

Accounting

Kemi Adebisi

Cypress Park

1

Giancarlo Flores Nunez

Cypress Falls

2

Johnson Huynh

Cypress Falls

3

Calculator Applications

Arsh Koul

Cypress Woods

1

Michael Tran

Cypress Woods

2

Aiyaz Mostafa

Cypress Ranch

3

Computer Applications

Nikhil Shanmugham

Cypress Woods

1

Troy Davis

Cypress Woods

2

Braden Bronaugh

Cypress Woods

3

Computer Science

Henry Fong

Cypress Woods

1

Simon Xu

Cypress Woods

2

Amar Nangia

Bridgeland

3

Copy Editing

Hailey Vo

Langham Creek

1

Vanessa Villalobos

Cypress Woods

2

Amelie Ortiz Rivera

Bridgeland

3

Current Issues & Events

Hunter Payne

Cypress Ranch

1

Jared Allen

Cypress Woods

2

Maaz Ahmed

Bridgeland

3

Editorial Writing

Gavin Yates

Langham Creek

1

Maiya Brown

Cypress Falls

2

Gabrielle Wakefield

Langham Creek

3

Feature Writing

Hershie Soriano

Cypress Springs

1

Hailey Vo

Langham Creek

2

Casey Carter

Cypress Woods

3

Headline Writing

Hailey Vo

Langham Creek

1

Casey Carter

Cypress Woods

2

Safa Warsi

Bridgeland

3

Informative Speaking

Hunter Payne

Cypress Ranch

1

Munira Abdullah

Cypress Ranch

2

Tristan McBroom

Cypress Lakes

3

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Kell Harpole

Cypress Ranch

1

Savannah Arias

Cypress Woods

2

Marcus Emmanuel

Cypress Ranch

3

Literacy Criticism

Valerie Edem

Cypress Ranch

1

Gideon Forbush

Cypress Ranch

2

Eesha Nair

Cypress Ranch

3

Mathematics

Arsh Koul

Cypress Woods

1

Aiyaz Mostafa

Cypress Ranch

2

Shubh Randeria

Cypress Ranch

3

News Writing

Hailey Vo

Langham Creek

1

Upadya Jayampathi

Bridgeland

2

Gabrielle Wakefield

Langham Creek

3

Number Sense

Devansh Joshi

Bridgeland

1

Samyak Singh

Cypress Woods

2

Kerry Nguyen

Bridgeland

3

Persuasive Speaking

Chrishem Bernard

Cypress Park

1

Pablo Garcia

Cypress Ranch

2

Emily Hernandez

Cypress Park

3

Poetry Interpretation

Audrey Shea

Cypress Park

1

Kaz Trevino

Cypress Park

2

Kaustubh Kondapalli

Bridgeland

3

Prose Interpretation

Nora Iniesta

Cypress Park

1

Ivan Carranza

Cypress Park

2

Camila Araujo

Cypress Park

3

Ready Writing

Elise Davila

Bridgeland

1

Nadia Schelsteder

Langham Creek

2

Gavin Yates

Langham Creek

3

Science

Anton Lindstrom

Cypress Woods

1

Arsh Koul

Cypress Woods

2

Prat Bhat

Cypress Woods

3

Social Studies

Shawn Ray

Bridgeland

1

Asher Judd

Bridgeland

2

Olivia Song

Cypress Falls

3

Spelling

Shawn Ray

Bridgeland

1

Davansh Joshi

Bridgeland

2

Madhu Fernando

Cypress Woods

3

The following teams from District 16-6A advanced to the Region II-6A Academic Meet:

District 16-6A UIL Academic Meet Region Team Qualifiers

Event

High School

Place

Accounting

Cypress Falls

1

Calculator Applications

Cypress Woods

1

Cypress Ranch

2

Computer Science

Cypress Woods

1

Cypress Ranch

2

Current Issues & Events

Cypress Woods

1

Literary Criticism

Cypress Ranch

1

Cypress Woods

2

Mathematics

Cypress Woods

1

Number Sense

Bridgeland

1

Science

Cypress Woods

1

Social Studies

Bridgeland

1

Spelling

Bridgeland

1

Jersey Village High School calculator applications team Tammie Thai, left, and Joshua Kofler, right, placed second overall.
Jersey Village High School calculator applications team Tammie Thai, left, and Joshua Kofler, right, placed second overall at the District 17-6A UIL Academics Meet held April 5-6 at Cypress Ridge High School. 

The following students from District 17-6A advanced to the Region III-6A Academic Meet:

District 17-6A UIL Academic Meet Region Individual Qualifiers

Event

Student

High School

Place

Accounting

Kenley Moran

Cy-Fair

1

David Solis

Cy-Fair

2

Calculator Applications

Emmanuel Etheridge

Cy-Fair

1

Ben Stilwell

Cy-Fair

3

Computer Applications

Sarah Miller

Cypress Ridge

1

Kaytlyn Reed

Cy-Fair

2

Kaleigh Hill

Cypress Ridge

3

Computer Science

Amogh Ajoy

Cy-Fair

1

Mohammad Al Masalmeh

Cy-Fair

2

Ben Stilwell

Cy-Fair

3

Current Issues & Events

Erykson Zelt

Cy-Fair

1

Zane Khawaja

Jersey Village

3

Editorial Writing

Ramier Dorsett

Cy-Fair

2

Feature Writing

Genna Hyde

Cy-Fair

1

Anjum Alam

Cypress Creek

2

Headline Writing

Cayla Roberts

Cy-Fair

1

Genna Hyde

Cy-Fair

3

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Alissa Sundrani

Cy-Fair

1

Avery McSwain

Cy-Fair

3

Mathematics

William Choi-Kim

Cy-Fair

2

Chirag Maheshwari

Cypress Ridge

3

News Writing

Cayla Roberts

Cy-Fair

2

Samantha Reimers

Cy-Fair

3

Number Sense

Chirag Maheshwari

Cypress Ridge

1

Ben Stilwell

Cy-Fair

2

Poetry Interpretation

Julette Miranda

Cypress Ridge

1

Jade Barry

Jersey Village

2

Prose Interpretation

Sanvi Kumpatla

Cy-Fair

3

Ready Writing

William Choi-Kim

Cy-Fair

1

Social Studies

Amogh Ajoy

Cy-Fair

2

Yousuf Hussain

Cy-Fair

3

Spelling

Arati Nair

Cy-Fair

1

Laylee Taghizadeh

Cypress Creek

2

Benjamin Trevino

Jersey Village

3

The following teams from District 17-6A advanced to the Region III-6A Academic Meet:

District 17-6A UIL Academic Meet Region Team Qualifiers

Event

High School

Place

Accounting

Cy-Fair

1

Calculator Applications

Cy-Fair

1

Computer Science

Cy-Fair

1

Current Issues & Events

Cy-Fair

1

Number Sense

Cypress Ridge

1

Social Studies

Cy-Fair

1

Spelling

Cy-Fair

1