Twelve Bullard High School students advance to the regional academic UIL meet at Blinn College April 25. Several other students also placed in the 17-3A district UIL competition in Longview.

Bullard placed second overall behind Spring Hill High School.

Advancing to the regional competition are: Current Issues and Events - Judson Watkins (1st) Computer Applications - Kory Prince (2nd) Editorial Writing - Allie Wade (1st) Feature Writing - Haley Bauman (3rd) Headline Writing - Allie Wade (2nd) Headline Writing - Cassie Crawford (3rd) Informative Speaking - Minta Spears (3rd) Lincoln Douglas Debate - Judson Watkins (3rd) News Writing - Regan duPreez (1st) News Writing - Cassie Crawford (2nd) Poetry Interpretation - Minta Spears (2nd) Prose Interpretation - Amanda Abernathy (3rd) Ready Writing - Breanna Hinton (1st) Science - Kory Prince (2nd) Social Studies - Judson Watkins (1st) Social Studies - Katie Worrell (3rd) Social Studies team - Watkins, Worrell, T'Ni Johnson, Heather Berryhill (1st) Students who placed at district were: Calculator Applications - Minta Spears (6th) Current Issues and Events - David Russ (4th) Editorial Writing - Cassie Crawford (5th) Feature Writing - Sarah Grace French (5th) Headline Writing - Teja King (5th) Informative Speaking - Olivia Levoy (6th) Lincoln Douglas Debate - Suzanne Warden (4th) Mathematics - Kory Prince (4th) Number Sense - Minta Spears (5th) News Writing - Ciera Weston (4th) Persuasive Speaking - Judson Watkins (4th) Persuasive Speaking - Suzanne Warden (5th) Poetry Interpretation - Kelsey Moses (5th) Prose Interpretation - Doug Lake (6th) Ready Writing - Paula Paulson (6th) Team awards: Journalism - First Place Social Studies - First Place Speech - First Place Current Events - Second Place One-Act Play awards: Doug Lake - All Star Cast Minta Spears and Amanda Abernathy - Honorable Mention All Star Cast Lorri Farrow - Tech Award for lighting

Those students placing in the top three at the regional meet will go on to compete at the state level May 7-9 in Austin.