The Burton Panthers took part in the two day 2026 District UIL Academic Tournament. A total of 21 students took part in the tournament, with 19 qualifying for advancement to the Regional Meet. The Burton Panthers accrued 576 points to capture the District Title for consecutive years. The Panthers were added by two students who competed in Cross Examination Debate earlier in the year as well as by members of One Act Play earlier this month. Top scores for Burton were Cadeyn Manley (Sr.) who scored 80 points across CX Debate, One Act Play, and the Academic Tournament. Manley emerged as District Champion in Computer Science and Mathematics and further qualified for Regionals in Calculator Applications, Devlin Douglas emerged as the second leading scorer for the Panthers with 74 points in CX Debate and capturing District titles in Current Events and Social Studies as well as earning additional advancement in Informative Speaking and Literary Criticism. Amelia Brown placed third amongst the Panthers with 46 points through her participation in CX Debate, Theater, and Academics. Brown earned advancement to the Regional Meet by finishing first in the Prose Interpretation speaking event. Other district event champions for the Panthers include Autumn Applewhite (So.) for Poetry Interpretation, Dylan Dallmeyer (So.) for Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Melanie Woods (Sr.) for Ready Writing. Additionally, Burton took first place in the following team events of: Accounting, Computer Science, Current Events, Mathematics, Social Studies, and also scored the most points for speaking events amongst all schools. The full length of results is included below. The Burton Panthers will next participate in the Regional Academic Meet hosted at La Vernia High School on Thursday, April 23rd and Friday, April 24th.
SCHOOL STANDINGS
1st - 576 Points - Burton
2nd - 507 Points - Iola
3rd - 215 Points - Bremond
4th - 138 Points - Snook
5th - 62 Points - Mumford
6th - 59 Points - Somerville
7th - 16 Points - Hearne
ACCOUNTING - 1st -
COMPUTER SCIENCE - 1st -
CURRENT EVENTS - 1st -
MATHEMATICS - 1st -
SPEECH - 1st -
SOCIAL STUDIES - 1st -
JOURNALISM - 2nd -
LITERARY CRITICISM - 2nd -
NUMBER SENSE - 2nd -
ONE ACT PLAY - 2nd -
SCIENCE - 2nd -
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS (Regional Qualifier: as part of a team, * as an individual, *** as both individual and team)
Applewhite, Autumn ** - CX Debate (3rd); Persuasive Speech (4th); Poetry Interpretation (1st)
Bohl, Brooklyn - Persuasive Speech (5th)
Bostain, Austen *** - Current Events (1st Team); CX Debate (4th); Persuasive Speech (3rd); Social Studies (6th, 1st Team)
Brode, Jacob * - Accounting (6th, 1st Team) LD Debate (5th)
Brown, Amelia ** - CX Debate (2nd) Editorial Writing (4th); Feature Writing (5th); Headline Writing (4th); Prose Interpretation (1st)
Cleboski, Dane * - Computer Science (5th, 1st Team); Mathematics (6th, 1st Team); Number Sense (5th, 2nd Team); Science (2nd Team)
Dallmeyer, Dylan ** - Informative Speech (5th); LD Debate (1st)
Douglas, Camryn ** - LD Debate (2nd)
Douglas, Devlin *** - Current Events (1st, 1st Team); CX Debate (1st); Informative Speech (2nd); Literary Criticism (2nd, 2nd Team); Social Studies (1st, 1st Team)
Duffy, Hunter * - Current Events (6th, 1st Team); Social Studies (5th, 1st Team)
Frank, Kinley - CX Debate (3rd)
Jarvis, James * - Current Events (4th, 1st Team);
Johnson, Bailey - Copy Editing (5th); Prose Interpretation (4th)
Manley, Cadeyn *** - Calculator (2nd Tie); Computer Science (1st, 1st Team); CX Debate (1st); Literary Criticism (2nd Team); Mathematics (1st, 1st Team); Number Sense (4th, 2nd Team); Science (6th, 2nd Team)
Meech, Wyatt - CX Debate (4th)
Purvis, Zach * - Mathematics (1st Team); Number Sense (2nd Team); Science (2nd Team)
Rios, Rubi ** - CX Debate (2nd); Editorial (6th); Prose Interpretation (3rd)
Schubert, Ethan * - Mathematics (1st Team); Number Sense (2nd Team); Science (2nd Team)
Shuey, Augustus ** - Informative Speech (3rd)
Shuey, Felicity ** - LD Debate (3rd)
Smith, Michael *** - Accounting (2nd, 1st Team); Literary Criticism (6th, 2nd Team)
Vogl, Ayden * - Accounting (4th, 1st Team); Computer Science (6th, 1st Team)
Woods, Melanie ** - News Writing (4th); Ready Writing (1st)
SCHOOL MVP
1st - 80 Points - Cadeyn Manley
2nd - 74 Points - Devlin Douglas
3rd - 46 Points - Amelia Brown