Math and Science Teams Compete in Lubbock; Students do well in competing at the 4A level

The Denver City Math and Science team traveled to Lubbock on Saturday, November 12^th, where seven DCHS students competed in the Texas Tech “Fall Fandango” UIL practice meet.

The seven students who attended included seniors Ray Carrasco, Gehrig Curtis, John Michael Davis, and Erin English, juniors were Aylin Carmona and CindySigala, and sophomore Daven Blanco.

These students competed in the 3A through 4A division in their own grade level. Listed below are the individual results:

Ray was 6^th in Number Sense and Calculus and 9^th in Math and Science; Gehrig was 2^nd in Number Sense, 3^rd in Calculus, and 6^th in Math; John Michael was 4^th in Number Sense, 5^th in Calculus, 3^rd in Math, and 2^nd in Science; Erin was 6^th in Number Sense, 2^nd in Calculus, 7^th in Math, and 10^th in Science; Aylin was 7^th in Number Sense, 3^rd in Calculus, and 8^th in Math; Cindy was 10^th in Number Sense, 7^th in Calculus, and 4^th in Math; and Daven was 7^th in Number Sense, 3^rd in Calculus, 1^st in Math, and 6^th in Science.

Teams consisted of the top 3 scores from each school. The Number Sense team of Gehrig, Aylin, and John Michael took third place. The Calculator team of Aylin, Gehrig, and Erin placed second.

In Calculator, Aylin placed 4^th overall, Erin placed 8^th, overall, and Gehrig placed 9^th overall.

“We were missing several students Saturday due to conflicts, but it was not a bad start to the year,” Coach Richie Cullins said.

Also competing on Saturday in the same practice meet were two students in News Writing, Features, and Spelling. Lilyan Whaley was 2^nd in News and 1^st in Features and Britney Dyck was 3^rd in Spelling.

Richie Cullins coaches the math and science teams while Stacie Decker-Roblez coaches the News, Features, and Spelling.