Broncos and Lady Broncos represent Meadow at Regional UIL

Several Meadow High School students traveled to South Plains College last Friday to compete in the Regional UIL competition. The Broncos and Lady Broncos shined and even had three students qualify for the state competition. Melony Franco placed fifth in the Computer Application category, followed by Ebony Franco, who secured a sixth-place finish. Dylan Paiva placed sixth in the Informative Speaking category. The Meadow Computer Science team, consisting of Kyler Woodard, Andrea Fraire, Addison Garcia and Logan Castaneda, finished second overall as a team. Woodard secured a second-place finish to become one of the three students to qualify for the state competition. Ryder Day led Meadow with a secondplace finish in the Lincoln Douglas Debate, followed by Paiva, who placed fourth. Ryder Day’s second-place finish earned him a trip to the state competition. Meadow’s Literary Criticism team, consisting of Malarie Cardenas, Alissa Simental, Jaycee Cruz and Kyren Howard, placed third overall. Kate Smith placed third in Poetry Interpretation. Smith’s third-place finish qualified her for the state competition. The Meadow Speechg team placed third overall. Overall, the Meadow teams placed seventh in the School Sweepstakes.