Bruce Aiken Elementary

6290 Southmost Road, Brownsville TX 78521

2008 STATE SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

HOUSTON, TX

The Aiken Chess Team traveled to Houston on March 7^th to participate in the 2008 State Scholastic Championships.  We had three teams that participated.

The Elementary Championship division was represented by J.P. Delgado, Clarissa Martinez, and Jesse Garcia.  Hiram Loredo played in the Primary Championship divisions as an individual participant.

The Primary Junior Varsity team was represented by: Sabastian Cantu, Benjamin Garcia, Marco Ibarra,  Freida Luna, William Perez, Jonathan Robinson, Rolando Sauceda, and Marielana Schuetze.  We received two honorable mention awards and one individual place trophy in this division.  Benjamin Garcia got honorable mention for winning 5 games out of 7, and Jonathan Robinson got an honorable mention for winning 4 games out of 7.  Sebastian Cantu won 3.5 games.   Marco Ibarra won the 8^th place individual trophy by winning 6 out of 7 games. This team got the 5^th place team trophy with 18.5 points.

The K-1 Championship team was represented by: Jose Caballero, Pablo Cantu, Santiago, Castillo, Vicky Delgado, Diego Luna, and Luis Sauceda.  This team won the 14^th place trophy with 11.5 points.  Jose, Santiago, and Luis each won 3 games out of 7 and Diego won 2.5 games.