The Mason High School Academic Team won the 2A-29 District Championship held last week here in Mason. The end result was one of MHS’s better recent performances, with the team posting 741 points to San Saba’s 374. Thirty students will be advancing to compete at the Regional Championship in Corpus Christi on April 25-26.
Many people contributed to the meet’s success. The three campuses of Mason ISD combined to host guests from the other schools and to run an efficient meet.
And the Academic Team could have none of its success without the team sponsors who find time outside of the school day to coach these events. Leslie Cope sponsors Mathematics; Whitney Pilgrim sponsors Number Sense and Accounting; Kelli Cope sponsors Calculator Applications; Amanda Cawley sponsors Feature Writing, News Writing, Copy Editing, Editorial Writing, and Spelling; Kasey Immel coaches Headline Writing; Justin McFarland sponsors Prose Interpretation and Ready Writing; Bobby Halamicek sponsors Extem- Additionally, the team received additional support from Laura Tallent and Merlina Gamel who volunteered their time to listen to speakers.
The full results from the meet are listed below. The top three individuals and the top single team from each contest advances to regional competition.
District Academic Results 2025 Overall: 1st - Mason, 741 points, 2nd - San Saba, 374 points, 3rd - Goldthwaite, 314 points, 4th - Junction, 71 points, 5th - Johnson City, 56 points, 6th - Harper, 50 points, 7th Center Point, 14 points.
Accounting: 3rd - Rylan Todd and 5th - Walker Ince.
Accounting Team: 2nd - Rylan Todd, Walker Ince, Brooklin Hughley and Grant Nobles.
Calculator: 6th - Eli Boyd Computer Science: 1st Walker Ince and 4th - Corbin Martinez.
Computer Science Team: 2nd - Walker Ince, Corbin Martinez, Thomas Kruso, and Urijah Castillo.
Copy Editing: 3rd - Rylan Todd and 4th - Adalie Thomas.
Current Issues & Events: 1st - John Preston Parrish, 2nd - Briley Lehmberg, 3rd - Rylan Todd, 4th - Jaxson Reichenau and 6th - Cannon Rabon.
Current Events Team: 1st - John Preston Parrish, Briley Lehmberg, Rylan Todd, and Jaxson Reichenau. CX Debate: 1st - John Preston Parrish & Walker Ince, 2nd - Adalie Thomas & Heidi Smith, 3rd - Sophie Ahlschwede & Brooklin Hughley and 4th - Molly Castleberry & Mitchell Underwood.
Editorial Writing: 1st Adalie Thomas, 2nd - Rylan Todd.
Feature Writing: 2nd Ryleigh Peel, 3rd - Cameron Asbill and 6th - Brynlee Cawley.
Headline Writing: 4th Anna Marie Whitworth.
Informative Speaking: 1st - Hannah Holbrook, 2nd - Hannah McFarland, 3rd Sophie Ahlschwede* LD Debate: 1st - Hannah Holbrook, 3rd - Reese Edwards, 4th - Brynlee Cawley and 5th - Patrick Van Delist.
Literary Criticism: 2nd - Briley Lehmberg and 3rd Haley Katzenmaier.
Literary Criticism Team: 2nd - Briley Lehmberg, Haley Katzenmaier, Lilly Wyatt, Grace Klaerner, and Jayden McCully.
Mathematics: 1st - Emma McCrea, 4th - Sam Simonton, 6th (tie) - Jaxson Reichenau and 6th (tie) - Rylan Todd.
Mathematics Team: 1st Emma McCrea, Sam Simonton, Jaxson Reichenau, and Rylan Todd.
News Writing: 4th Ryleigh Peel, 5th - Cameron Asbill and 6th - Annabel Marshall Number Sense: 1st - Rylan Hershman, 2nd - Sam Simonton, 3rd - Derric Burch and 5th - Walker Ince.
Number Sense Team: 1st - Rylan Hershman, Sam Simonton, Derric Burch, and Walker Ince.
Persuasive Speaking: 1st - Adalie Thomas, 2nd - Elizabeth McFarland and 3rd - Heidi Smith.
Poetry Interpretation: 1st - Bronwyn Underwood, 2nd - Brooklin Hughley and 3rd - Ava McCrea.
Prose Interpretation: 1st - Elizabeth McFarland, 2nd - Molly Castleberry and 5th - Annabel Marshall.
Ready Writing: 1st - Hannah McFarland and 2nd Adalie Thomas.
Science: 1st - Sam Simonton, 3rd - Leah Schmidt and 5th - Garrett Lindsay.
Science, Chemistry Top Scorer: 1st (tie) - Rylan Hershmann and Garrett Lindsay.
Science Team: 1st - Sam Simonton, Leah Schmidt, Garrett Lindsay, and Cooper Landre.
Social Studies: 3rd - John Preston Parrish and 5th - Garrett Lindsay.
Social Studies Team: 2nd John Preston Parrish, Garrett Lindsay, Carlton Schmidt, and Mitchell Underwood.
Journalism Team: 2nd Place - 97 points.
Speech Team: 1st Place 241 points.
