Veterans MS Wins Big at UIL Meet

RGCCISD Press Release
VETERANS MIDDLE SCHOOL – Veterans Middle School is extremely proud of its UIL students for winning the Sweepstakes 1st Place Trophies in 6th grade and in 7th and 8th grades combined at the UIL Invitational Meet held on December 11, 2010 at Ringgold Middle School.  UIL students from VMS competed against eleven other middle schools from the Rio Grande Valley and Hebbronville in various UIL events.  The following list includes the achievements of UIL students who helped VMS receive the 1st Place trophies:
Emily Alvarado - 2nd Place (Solo Acting 6th Grade); Meagan Munoz - 1st Place (Solo Acting 7th Grade); Gabrielle Pena and Dayla Trillayes – 1st Place (Duet Acting 6th Grade); Meagan Munoz and Devin Ramirez – 3rd Place (Duet Acting 7th Grade); Victor Soto and Gabriela Garcia – 6th Place (Duet Acting 8th Grade); Gabrielle Pena – 1st Place (Modern Oratory 6th Grade); Meagan Munoz – 2nd Place (Modern Oratory 6th Grade); Pamela Saenz – 3rd Place (Modern Oratory 6th Grade); Jacqueline Briones  - 1st Place (Modern Oratory 7th Grade); Amberly Alvarez – 7th Place (Modern Oratory 7th Grade); Haulen Garcia – 1st Place (Modern Oratory 8th Grade); Debbie Garcia – 2nd Place (Modern Oratory 8th Grade); Emily Arredondo – 1st Place (Impromptu Speaking 6th Grade); Meagan Munoz – 2nd Place (Impromptu Speaking 6th Grade); Gabrielle Pena – 3rd Place (Impromptu Speaking 6th Grade); Yarely Alaniz – 6th Place (Impromptu Speaking 7th Grade);  Alejandra Vargas – 2nd Place (Impromptu Speaking 8th Grade); Dayla Trillayes – 1st Place (English Poetry 6th Grade); Gabrielle Pena – 3rd Place (English Poetry 6th Grade); Emily Arredondo – 1st Place (English Poetry 7th Grade); Vicente Gomez – 3rd Place (English Poetry 7th Grade); Julie Trigo – 1st Place (English Poetry 8th Grade); Carina Ibanez – 2nd Place (English Poetry 8th Grade); Vicente Gomez – 1st Place (Prose 6th Grade); Meagan Munoz – 2nd Place (Prose 6th Grade); Devin Ramirez – 2nd Place (Prose 7th Grade); Gabrielle Pena – 3rd Place (Prose 7th Grade); Alexandra Vargas – 2nd Place (Prose 8th Grade); Julie Trigo – 3rd Place (Prose 8th Grade); Emily Arredondo – 1st Place (Spanish Poetry 6th Grade); Alexa Posas – 2nd Place (Spanish Poetry 6th Grade); Jennifer Serna – 6th Place (Spanish Poetry 7th Grade); Sari Hernandez – 8th Place (Spanish Poetry 7th Grade); Mildred Mares – 3rd Place (Spanish Poetry 8th Grade); Alejandra Vargas – 4th Place (Spanish Poetry 8th Grade); Daisy Cadena – 4th Place (Spanish Poetry 8th Grade); Jonathan Lopez – 2nd Place (Calculators 7th Grade); Giovann Barrera – 4th Place (Calculators 8th Grade); Leslie Cavazos – 5th Place (Calculators 8th Grade); Alex Garcia – 8th Place (Calculators 8th Grade); Jose B. Cantu – 10 Place (Calculators 8th Grade); Victoria Valenciana – 1st Place (Dictionary Skills 6th Grade); Yarely Alaniz – 4th Place (Dictionary Skills 6th Grade); Roxanna Garcia – 8th Place (Dictionary Skills 6th Grade); Andrea Barron – 9th Place (Dictionary Skills 6th Grade); Daisy Cadena – 1st Place (Dictionary Skills 7th Grade); Alyssa Garcia – 8th Place (Dictionary Skills 7th Grade); Sierra Trevino – 2nd Place (Dictionary Skills 8th Grade); Ofelia Cadena – 5th Place (Listening Skills 6th Grade); Dillon McGuffin – 2nd Place (Listening Skills 7th Grade); Amberly Alvarez – 4th Place (Listening Skills 7th Grade); Jonathan Lopez – 6th Place (Listening Skills 7th Grade); Arleene Garcia – 1st Place (Listening Skills 8th Grade); Ayssa Hinojosa – 3rd Place (Listening Skills 8th Grade); Haulen Garcia – 5th Place (Listening Skills 8th Grade); Dillon McGuffin – 2nd Place (Maps, Graphs, & Charts 6th Grade); Daniel Garza – 4th Place (Maps, Graphs, & Charts 7th Grade); Milton Gonzalez – 7th Place (Maps, Graphs, & Charts 7th Grade); Alfonso Rubio – 9th Place (Maps, Graphs, & Charts 7th Grade); Aissa Morales – 10th Place (Maps, Graphs, & Charts 7th Grade); Victor Soto – 1st Place (Maps, Graphs, & Charts 8th Grade); Guillermo A. Garcia – 2nd Place (Mathematics 6th Grade); Mario Lopez – 5th Place (Mathematics 6th Grade); Alex Ayala – 7th Place (Mathematics 6th Grade); Victoria Montalvo – 8th Place (Mathematics 6th Grade); Derrick Hernandez – 3rd Place (Mathematics 7th Grade); Adrian Mayorga – 4th Place (Mathematics 7th Grade); Alfredo Garza – 1st Place (Mathematics 8th Grade); Dillon McGuffin – 1st Place (Number Sense 6th Grade); Mario Lopez – 2nd Place (Number Sense 6th Grade); Guillermo Garcia – 3rd Place (Number Sense 6th Grade); Victoria Montalvo – 5th Place (Number Sense 6th Grade); Aaron Castillo – 1st Place (Number Sense 7th Grade); Adrian Mayorga – 2nd Place (Number Sense 7th Grade); Karina Gonzalez – 3rd Place (Number Sense 7th Grade); Derrick Hernandez – 4th Place (Number Sense 7th Grade); Alfredo Garza – 1st Place (Number Sense 8th Grade); Luis Lucero – 2nd Place (Number Sense 8th Grade); Arleene C. Garcia – 4th Place (Number Sense 8th Grade); Dayla Trillayes – 2nd Place (Ready Writing 6th Grade); Michelle Alanis – 3rd Place (Ready Writing 6th Grade); Ana Valeria Gonzalez – 1st Place (Ready Writing 7th Grade); Daisy Cadena – 2nd Place (Ready Writing 7th Grade); Pamela Saenz – 10th Place (Ready Writing 7th Grade); Alyssa Martinez – 1st Place (Ready Writing 8th Grade); Carolina Cantu – 2nd Place (Ready Writing 8th Grade); Ana Karen Alvarez – 3rd Place (Ready Writing 8th Grade); Sierra Trevino – 6th Place (Ready Writing 8th Grade); Mario Lopez – 2nd Place  (Science 6th Grade); Alex Ayala – 3rd Place (Science 6th Grade); Adrian Mayorga – 6th Place (Science 7th Grade); Roberto Martinez – 8th Place (Science 7th Grade); Jorge Alaniz – 9th Place (Science 7th Grade); Arleene Garcia – 6th Place (Science 8th Grade); Alexa Posas – 3rd Place (Social Studies 6th Grade); Vicente Gomez – 8th Place (Social Studies 6th Grade); Daisy Cadena – 3rd Place (Social Studies 7th Grade); Francisco Lopez – 4th Place (Social Studies 7th Grade); Daniel Garza – 9th Place (Social Studies 7th Grade); Alyssa Garza – 10th Place (Social Studies 7th Grade); Victor Soto – 1st Place (Social Studies 8th Grade); Arleene Garcia – 2nd Place (Social Studies 8th Grade); Ivan Villavicencio – 3rd Place (Social Studies 8th Grade); Ana Karen Alvarez – 4th Place (Social Studies 8th Grade); Ayssa Hinojosa – 5th Place (Social Studies 8th Grade); Dillon McGuffin – 1st Place (Spelling 6th Grade); Ofelia Cadena – 4th Place (Spelling 6th Grade); Nallely De La Cruz – 5th Place (Spelling 6th Grade); Daisy Cadena – 1st Place (Spelling 7th Grade); Arleene Garcia – 1st Place (Spelling 8th Grade); Alyssa Martinez – 2nd Place (Spelling 8th Grade); Maria Mireles – 5th Place (Spelling 8th Grade); Jose D. Flores – 7th Place (Spelling 8th Grade). UIL coaches who attended the UIL Invitational Meet are Geneva Bermudez, Alyssa Garcia, Griselda Guerra, Mark Evans, Diana Ibarra, Dario Salinas, Juan Andrade, Jr., Maggie Rodriguez, Lamar McGuffin, Angie Alvarez, Savannah Lopez, Victor Nava, and UIL Coordinator Teresa Arriazola.  Congratulations VMS students and coaches!