Quitman ISD

QHS students recently competed in the Central Texas Invitational Meet 2022 (CENTEX). This special event is sponsored by the UIL Journalism Director and focuses on UIL Journalism events. The meet is held on each school district’s campus. This year marked a record number of entries with 2581 students across Texas participating.

QHS students competed within a group of other 3A school districts. They competed against students from Mexia, Nazareth, Plains and Lipan ISDs. The event ran all week and results took about a week to tally. QHS students ranked within our group as follows:

News Writing

7^th – Dalton Poppenhusen

8^th – Ruby Bringard

9^th – Alexus Richey

Editorial Writing

5^th – Dalton Poppenhusen

8^th – Ruby Bringard

Feature Writing

3^rd – Alexus Richey

4^th – Jillyan Reid

7^th – Sierra Williams

Copy Editing

7^th – Alyssa Graves

Headline Writing

4^th – Kaylie Wood

UIL Coach Angela Brown stated “This is the first time we've competed in this event, and it was a great experience for me and the students.”