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Four of the Mount Pleasant High School UIL Academic teams competed last weekend in a final push before the district meet. The UIL Spelling, Current Events, and Ready Writing teams headed to Carthage while the UIL Math and Calculator Application teams spent the weekend in San Antonio at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association State Meet. In Carthage, the Spelling team of Sophie Greco, Brissia Alvarez, Karen Hernandez, and Jenny Luna placed first as a team. The Literary Criticism team of Luna, Alvarez, Natalia Aspeitia, Chelsea Mendoza, and Abril Figueroa also placed first as a team. And in Ready Writing, the State Director ranked all three MPHS competitors in the top 6 and awarded MPHS senior, Makayla Spigner, the Distinguished Writer award for being the top writer out of all the schools, both large and small.