Twenty-eight Godley High School and Godley Middle School students are advancing to state competition after placing at the Technology Student Association Heart of Texas Regional Conference on Feb. 11, 2026, at La Vega High School in Waco.

For GHS, 30 entries and 26 students qualified for state. Results for the GHS team were:

• Architecture — buildings — Alan Ruiz, 1st (state qualifier).
• Architectural design — Azul Sanchez, 1st (state qualifier).
• Audio podcasting — AJ Garcia-Robles, Trynity Lively and Camila Jasso, 2nd (state qualifier).
• Board game design — Ashley Ballweg and Jesley Wilson, 1st (state qualifier); Emerson Coleman and Aiden Peace, 4th.
• Chapter team — Nola Briscoe, AJ Garcia-Robles, Reagan DeLeon, Zane Simmons, Hayden Flood and Evan Culbertson, 2nd (state qualifier).
• Children’s stories — Gabby Ware, 1st (state qualifier); Danna Castillo, 2nd (state qualifier); Yareli Romero, 3rd (state qualifier).
• Debating technological issues — AJ Garcia-Robles and Kori Iglehart, 1st (state qualifier); Ava Jackson and Lesley Rodriguez, 3rd.
• Dragster design — Nola Briscoe, 1st (state qualifier).
• Event photography — Danica Renken, 4th (state qualifier).
• Exploratory photography — Hayzel Little, 1st (state qualifier).
• Extemporaneous speech — AJ Garcia-Robles, 2nd (state qualifier); Kori Iglehart, 3rd; Brett Fancher, 4th.
• Flight endurance — Angel Montalvo, 1st (state qualifier); Michael Swanson, 2nd (state qualifier); Luis Rocha, 3rd; Glen Leevy, 5th.
• Flyer design — Gabby Ware, 1st (state qualifier).
• Forensic science — Naimah Ahumerda and Azul Sanchez, 3rd (state qualifier); Kori Iglehart and Mia Simmons, 6th; Hayden Flood and Zane Simmons, 11th; Nola Briscoe and Reagan DeLeon, 12th; AJ Garcia-Robles and Camila Jasso, 13th.
• Laser engraving — AJ Garcia-Robles, 1st (state qualifier).
• Magazine layout — Reagan DeLeon, 1st (state qualifier).
• Music production — Ava Jackson, Makayla Jeton and Katie Ponce, 3rd (state qualifier); John Gillard, Lesley Rodriguez and Mason Vallejos, 4th.
• Outdoor sports photography — Camila Jasso, 1st (state qualifier); Trynity Lively, 3rd (state qualifier).
• People photography — Camila Jasso, 2nd (state qualifier).
• Photographic technology — Camila Jasso, 3rd (state qualifier); Danna Castillo, 5th; Danica Renken, 7th.
• Photojournalism — Camila Jasso, 1st (state qualifier).
• Promotional design — Bailen Carroll, 3rd (state qualifier).
• Technical problem solving — Nola Briscoe and Reagan DeLeon, 1st (state qualifier); Julyssa Aguilera and Mia Simmons, 9th; AJ Garcia-Robles and Trynity Lively, 10th; Hayden Flood and Zane Simmons, 11th.
• Video editing with special effects — Trynity Lively, 1st (state qualifier).
• Yearbook layout — AJ Garcia-Robles and Trynity Lively, tied for 1st (state qualifier).

The TSA high school chapter is sponsored by GHS career and technical education teacher Lindsay Simmons. Teams were also assisted by teacher Adria Gonzalez and Erik Walla.

For GMS, Garcia-Robles helped establish the middle school chapter as part of his senior project.

Results for the GMS students were:

• Problem solving (middle school) — Hunter Cosper and Noah Pittman, 1st (advanced to state); Anthony Azpeitia and Wyatt Shannon, 2nd (state alternates); Santino Morales and Alayna Santos, 3rd (state alternates).

The six GMS students swept the top three spots in their first year of competition. Although all three teams qualified under scoring criteria, TSA rules allow only one team per chapter to advance to state.

“Establishing the middle school TSA chapter was part of a senior project, making the sweep an especially impressive accomplishment in the program’s inaugural year,” said Garcia-Robles.

With the motto “Learning to Lead in a Technical World,” TSA fosters personal growth, leadership and opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Members apply and integrate these concepts through co-curricular activities, competitions and related programs.

The TSA state conference and competition is scheduled for April 9-11 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.