In an unexpected feat, our One Act UIL Proof made it to state after placing first in regionals on April 14.

Theater placed eighth at state but advanced further than both journalism and debate, which also competed in UIL. Proof, was about a girl and her genius mathematician father who loses his mind. When the father dies Catherine, played by sophomore Rebecca Mitchell, gives a man the key to the office where he discovers that Catherine was the genius behind her father’s formulas.

“I was excited and nervous when we advanced to state,” Mitchell said. “We came far enough to be happy with what we did.”

Sophomore Grant Morgan played Robert, Catherine’s father and the mathematician. Robert appears in flashbacks and in Catherine’s mind as the figment of her imagination.

“We’ve all put a lot of work in Proof and it was crazy how far we got and I don’t know how but we did it,” Morgan said.

Two newspaper students, freshman Mckenzie Hoskins and sophomore Hannah Stedman, made it to regionals on April 8 in Huntsville Texas.

“It was exciting because it’s my first year ever doing journalism and UIL so I was surprised to make it that far,” Stedman said.

Both did not place in regionals. Hoskins competed in Editorial Writing and Stedman competed in News Writing.

“I was nervous when we walked in at regionals because everyone seemed intimidating,” Hoskins said. “I want to compete next year too because it was really fun and I won’t be as nervous because I’ll know what to expect.”

On March 25 the debate team had their last tournament of the year ending with Districts at Liberty Hill High School.

“At first I was very much an amateur but I knew how to talk so that was a good advantage for me,” sophomore Joshua Buie said. “So I definitely want to compete next year because it’s good on college applications and you really can’t go wrong.”