Coppell UIL Academics teams send competitors to regionals after strong performance in district meet

Julianne Cauley Staff Writer This past weekend, Coppell High School students competed in the UIL Academics district meet at Southlake Carroll. The different teams performed well at the competition and were strong representatives for Coppell. There were three competitors who qualified for regionals this year including Helena You, Adrian Armaselu, Thomas Hair, and Bella Shah and Margret Tumboken qualified as alternates for Computer Applications and Literary Criticism. You placed first in the Biology competition and was coached by Laronna Doggett. Armaselu was coached by Jan McClintock and placed  third in the Computer Science competition. These two will be headed to regionals as the winner of Feature Writing, Thomas Hair, is unable to attend the competition due to a prior commitment…

BPA to compete regionally this Saturday

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager This Saturday, CHS’s club BPA (Business Professionals of America) will compete in their regional competition, this year set to be at Dubiski High School in Grand Prairie  (2990 S Hwy 161, Grand Prairie, TX 75052). The club, headed by President, Senior Dinesh Seemakurty and Vice President, Senior Mitu Bhattatiry will travel to meet competitors at the high school by 7:00 a.m. for this event, which will last until 7:00 p.m. This all-day event (open to all BPA members across the grades) will require members to compete in an individual contest like keyboarding or interviewing skills, as well as compete in their group event, which members have been preparing for all year….

Coppell Tennis concludes great season at regionals

By Thomas Hair Staff Writer In recent years, the Coppell High School Varsity Tennis Team has enjoyed tremendous success in post season play. Last season, the Cowboys and Cowgirls of the tennis team earned the title of 6-5A District Champions. The tennis team is coached by Jane Jackson and Rich Foster, who have been working with the team for months to ensure that this season would be as prosperous as past seasons. With excellent players such as Tyler Stayer, it would be hard to imagine anything but a deep playoff run. Indeed, on October 19 the Cowboys ventured to the district playoffs in hope of qualifying for Regionals. The tennis teamed fared very well at…

Tennis advances three to regional tourney

by Blake Seitz Sports Editor The District 6-5A Tournament was a bitter-sweet experience for some members of the Coppell tennis program. In many ways, the tournament exemplified the adage ‘out with the old, in with the new’—it was the last hurrah for many of the team’s seniors, and an exciting opportunity for a select few underclassmen. Three Coppell players—a doubles pair and a singles player—will advance to the regional tournament. The girls team exceeded expectations, placing second overall and advancing a doubles pair, comprised of second-seeded Rajashekar and sophomore Tammy Bell, to the regional tournament. Rajashekar and Bell won first place in the tournament over a first-seeded team from Flower Mound Marcus. Freshman Abbey White…

Team tennis season ends in Abilene

by Blake Seitz Sports Editor After entering regionals as district 6-5A’s number one seed, Coppell was eliminated in the tournament quarterfinals. In the first round of the tournament, Coppell dominated El Paso Franklin 10-2. Their second and final match, against Abilene (ranked fourth in state), ended in a 10-2 loss. The team’s elimination officially ends the team tennis season. Results and stats for the year can be found here.

Tennis team to face El Paso Franklin at Regionals

By Blake Seitz Sports Editor Following a decisive 10-5 win in the district championship, the tennis team heads to Abilene this weekend for the Regional tournament. It will play its first match tomorrow against El Paso Franklin. This marks the 12th year in a row that Coppell has attended the tournament, a statistic that goes hand-in-hand with the team’s streak of district championships—the team has not attended the tournament as anything less than the district’s number one seed. Top seeding in district gives Coppell a leg up in the tournament. “Ones play twos,” head coach Jane Jackson said. “This guarantees we won’t play a championship team in the first round.” The nature of Texas tennis,…