Lawton High School was named winner of the Southwest Oklahoma State University Interscholastic Competition on March 26 in Weatherford.
Lawton High also placed first in the large school division and won four departments: Social Studies, Business, Computer Science and Technology. More than 80 Lawton High students competed in 43 events ranging from music to accounting to physics to history. In all, 55 high schools from across Oklahoma competed in the event.
Individual winners are:
Advance Music Theory, Ryan Hawkins, first; Accounting, Bobby Rosales, first and Jessica Nuth, third; General Business, Jessica Nuth, first and Bobby Rosales, third; Leadership, Kennedy Baltzly, first; and Ryan Kaiser, third; Management and Marketing, Jessica Nuth, second; C++ Programming, Makenzy Linville, first and Dominic Freeman, second; Spreadsheets, Alexander Chindaratana, first; HTML and Web Page Design, Kaden Ogden, first, and Brayden Hodge, second; Java, Makenzy Linville, second and Dominic Freeman, third; Visual Basic, Mia Trickey, first, and Dominic Freeman, second; Microsoft Office and Word, Alexander Chindaratana; English Literature, Sage Tanner, third; English Usage, Damian Buttard, first; Spanish I, Jordan Pesco, third; Spanish II, Camila Martinez Contreras, first, and Claudia Svanera, second; Native Spanish I, Alisson Alvarado, first, and Jayden Nunez, third; Native Spanish II, Antoni Licona Ventura, first; General Science, Ella Ekbert, second; Physics, Waylon Henry, second; Oklahoma History, Kaelyn Tranchitello, third; World History, Waylon Henry, first; Civics, Breianna Russell, second; American Government, Valerie Schrock, second; Psychology, Ryan Hawkins, second, and Valerie Schrock, third; Sociology, Lauren Lee, second, and Isaiah Rogers, third; Economics, Tavon Washington, first, and Devin Palmer, second; General Technology Ed I, Genaro Granados, first, and Kolton Craig, second; General Technology Ed II, Mason Craig, first; Electricity/Electronics, Riva Gandhi, second, and Genaro Granados, third.
The team is coordinated by LHS Academic Coach Anna Kirchen and assisted by LHS football and wrestling assistant coach and resident substitute Xavior Johnson.