Press release
Forty-six members of Athens High School’s Pride of the Hornets Band earned first-division ratings and a total of 54 medals at the Feb. 7 UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest in Lindale. Of those, 32 qualified for the state UIL Solo & Ensemble competition.
Those students who earned first-division ratings are: Juan Aguilar, Luisa Arenas, Hanna Baker, Kelsey Baldwin, Karina Barrientos, Bryce Bowman, Jonathan Bywaters, Michelle Bywaters, Candace Clemmons, Ian Collins, Richard Craig, Mollie Davies, Kolemann Dooley, Logan Dooley, Jessica Dubose, Pedro Fraire, Cindy Garcia, Gerardo Godinez, Cesar Gonzalez, Matthew Hernandez, Jacob Ickes, Russell Ingram, Breonna Jackson, Darien Lambert, Robert Lenington, Dakota Lindsey, Brian Lookabaugh, Arianna Lopez, Mariela Martinez, Eli McCool, Patrick Moore, Caity Pace, Eloisa Peredia, Alan Platt, Paden Quade, Billy Risner, Kimberly Romero, Jennifer Salazar, Mason Senyckyj, Jakob Smith, Kay Solomon, Shawntae Teague, Rafael Torres, Emily Werner, Kaylea Westover, and Jessica Yancey.
The 32 who qualified for the state Solo & Ensemble competition to be held in Austin on May 23 are: Juan Aguilar, Hanna Baker, Kelsey Baldwin, Bryce Bowman, Jonathan Bywaters, Michelle Bywaters, Candace Clemmons, Mollie Davies, Kolemann Dooley, Pedro Fraire, Gerardo Godinez, Matthew Hernandez, Jacob Ickes, Russell Ingram, Robert Lenington, Dakota Lindsey, Brian Lookabaugh, Arianna Lopez, Mariela Martinez, Eli McCool, Patrick Moore, Caity Pace, Eloisa Peredia, Alan Platt, Paden Quade, Jennifer Salazar, Mason Senyckyj, Jakob Smith, Kay Solomon, Shawntae Teague, Emily Werner, and Jessica Yancey.
Congratulations, students!