From Mr. Walzel:
Burnet High School UIL Academics hosted its annual Academics, Speech & Debate Tournament on Saturday. 22 teams from 1A-5A competed against each other to show their top talent in each of the 20+ individual and team events.
Your Burnet Bulldogs represented well in limited entries, as we used many of our students as workers to help make the tournament run smoothly. Of those that did compete, here are the top finishers:
Social Studies Individual: Gold Medal-Blake Feldt, Silver Medal-Kayleigh Barnett
Social Studies Team: Gold Medal (Blake Feldt, Kayleigh Barnett, Jarek Ellis)
Coached by Jeff Copsetta
Current Issues & Events Individual: Gold Medal-Wrigley Mulhollan
Current Issues Team: Gold Medal (Wrigley Mulhollan, Braven Briant, Maddox Briant, Lily van Aartsen & Nick Dietrich)
Coached by Clint Mulhollan
Lincoln Douglas Debate: Everleigh Walker 5th place
Coached by Mike Walzel
Science Individual: Silver Medal-Samuel Howell
Calculator Applications Team: Bronze Medal (Samuel Howell, Blake Feldt, Jarek Ellis, Erik Kassner, Zeel Bahkta)
Coached by Dawn Shanks
Please congratulate these students when you see them. Thank you BHS for your continued support for our students!