Stephenville High School students took first place in Division II of the 14th annual Academy Scholastic Contest hosted by Howard Payne University’s Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom. Eastland High School took first place in Division I of the competition. The contest was held on the HPU campus on December 11.
More than 300 students participated from 14 area high schools including Eastland, Bangs, Hico, Early, Goldthwaite, Brooksmith, Cross Plains, Paradigm Charter Early, Paradigm Comanche, Brady, De Leon, Stephenville, Brownwood and Zephyr.
Second place in Division II was presented to Brownwood High School. Addition Division I winners included Bangs High School taking second place and Hico High School winning third place.
The students competed in 15 different subject areas. Individual first, second and third place medals were also awarded to students for each subject. Schools with the most wins received first, second, and third place trophies.
The Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom is a multi-disciplinary honors program with emphasis in the social sciences. The Academy provides a broad-based, liberal arts education firmly rooted in Christian values, Western civilization and free enterprise.
Full results are as follows:
| ACCOUNTING | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Mitch | Duttry | Bangs |
| 2nd | Ashely | Parsons | Brookesmith |
| 3rd | Sierra | Conner | Brookesmith |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Stephanie | Garza | Brownwood |
| 2nd | K. C. | McInturf | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Chris | Wills | Stephenville |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Cole | Brown | Goldthwaite |
| 2nd | Colton | Mathis | DeLeon |
| 3rd | Cory | Lyon | Paradigm Charter Early |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Cooper | Morelock | Brownwood |
| 2nd | Josh | Young | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Jessica | Allen | Stephenville |
| ENGLIGH GRAMMAR | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Kelsey | Jordan | Brookesmith |
| 2nd | Shera | Gary | Cross Plains |
| 3rd | Brian | Shepherd | Hico |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Miranda | Priddy | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Courtnee | Pool | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Dillon | Auvenshine | Stephenville |
| BIOLOGY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Riley | Thornton | Eastland |
| 2nd | Warren | Ethridge | Early |
| 3rd | Tim | Duus | Goldthwaite |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Dillon | Auvenshine | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Melissa | Rmeili | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Kyle | Bruner | Stephenville |
| SPANISH | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Magally | Mares | Goldthwaite |
| 2nd | Lupe | Velazquez | Hico |
| 3rd | Eyra | Felipe | Hico |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Jocelin | Meza | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Anaiza | Manzano | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Janet | Rodriguez | Brownwood |
| AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Mitch | Duttry | Bangs |
| 2nd | Jack | Fletcher | Bangs |
| 3rd | Grant | Johnson | Hico |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Colby | Lloyd | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Courtnee | Pool | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Josh | Young | Stephenville |
| TEXAS HISTORY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Cody | Perrin | Eastland |
| 2nd | Chris | Hoffman | Goldthwaite |
| 3rd | Cory | Lyon | Paradigm Charter Early |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Cooper | Morelock | Brownwood |
| 2nd | Jay | Johnson | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Justin | Moore | Brownwood |
| LITERATURE | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Cody | Edwards | Eastland |
| 2nd | Misti | Blankenship | Bangs |
| 3rd | Caleb | Sparks | Early |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Samantha | Parsons | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Jessica | Allen | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Miranda | Priddy | Stephenville |
| ALGEBRA | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Trenton | Carothers | Early |
| 2nd | Wenjing | Chen | Eastland |
| 3rd | Zach | Snell | Cross Plains |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Rachel | Choate | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Kyle | Bruner | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Mercedes | Cardenas | Brownwood |
| CHEMISTRY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Austen | Bell | Hico |
| 2nd | Riley | Thornton | Eastland |
| 3rd | Jacob | Tucker | Eastland |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Elijah | Martin | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Dillon | Auvenshine | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Priscilla | Nam | Stephenville |
| WESTERN CIVILIZATION | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Joel | Arredondo | Paradigm Charter Early |
| 2nd | Josh | Simons | Bangs |
| 3rd | Briteny | Mingus | Hico |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Megan | Green | Brownwood |
| 2nd | E. J. | Davila | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Caitlyn | Cloy | Brownwood |
| PSYCHOLOGY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Cody | Sliger | Cross Plains |
| 2nd | Ryan | Jones | Eastland |
| 3rd | Philip | Jeppson | Hico |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Joseph | Lawson | Stephenville |
| 2nd | Gabby | Chavarria | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Laura | Tanter | Stephenville |
| ECONOMICS | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Dustin | Tarrant | Early |
| 2nd | Jody | Loudamy | Goldthwaite |
| 3rd | Judi | Parten | Goldthwaite |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Jacob | Fisher | Brownwood |
| 2nd | Lisette | Escobar | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Victor | Valenzuela | Brownwood |
| SOCIOLOGY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Philip | Jeppson | Hico |
| 2nd | Jackie | Henderson | Early |
| 3rd | Brandy | Wallace | Early |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Edith | Camp | Brownwood |
| 2nd | Joseph | Lawson | Stephenville |
| 3rd | Rachel | Simon | Brownwood |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | |||
| Division 1 | |||
| 1st | Suzanna | Ewert | Brady |
| 2nd | Colton | Rockett | Bangs |
| 3rd | Jacob | Paul | DeLeon |
| Division 2 | |||
| 1st | Jeffrey | Day | Brownwood |
| 2nd | Andrew | Harding | Brownwood |
| 3rd | Josh | Young | Stephenville |
