The Burton Panthers traveled to La Vernia High School, just east of San Antonio this past weekend for the 2A Region 4 Academic UIL Meet. As a team the Panthers performed well, outscoring 35 of the 53 schools present at the meet. The top performance of the day came from Senior Cadeyn Manley, who, for the second year in a row, advanced to state in Computer Science by capturing the second place spot by scoring 52 points in the contest. Also advancing to state is Senior Ethan Schubert, who placed first in Physics by scoring 16 points. Traveling to state as alternates in Social Studies is the team led by Senior Devlin Douglas, who placed 7th overall and scored 52 of the team's 109 points as part of their second place as a team. Joining Douglas were Freshman James Jarvis, 9th overall, Junior Jacob Brode, 18th, and Senior Hunter Duffy, 19th.
While not earning points for the overall school score, the Panthers were well represented by Freshman Ayden Vogel who placed 14th in Accounting, Senior Devlin Douglas who placed 10th in Current Events, Senior Cadeyn Manley who placed 14th in Mathematics,
Those qualifying for state competition will travel to the University of Texas Campus in Austin on Monday, May 18th for the last contest of the season.