GARDEN PARK TIGERS CHESS TEAM, NATIONALS 2019
(Sebastian Baez, Anthony Nicholas John, Michael Brody John, Jose Ramirez, Jesus I. Ibarra, Natalie Michelle John, and Santiago Hernandez.)
By Juan MontoyaFour South Texas schools from McAllen and Brownsville cracked the national chess competition ceiling this past weekend at the 2019 National Elementary Championship held in Nashville, Tenn.
The ratings came in the K-5 category competition and had the Blanca Sanchez Elementary from McAllen come in at 7th place, Garden Park in 8th, Hudson Elementary at 9th, and Americo Paredes Elementary closing off the category in 21st place.
Garden Park Elementary principal Victor Caballero said that his K-5 team realized that the competition at the national level would be stiffer than they had at the regional and state level where they rose to the top.
(Garden Park Elementary Team pictured above. Mcallen Blanca Sanchez Elementry Team at right.)
"I told them that they were the top dogs at the regional and state levels, but that they should realize that at this level they were the little puppies," he said. "This is where the competition is stiffer than ever."
The McAllen school team was composed of Benjamin and Gael Membrilla, Emily Ham, and Gael Guerra.
The Garden Park School team was composed of Sebastian Baez, Anthony Nicholas John, Michael Brody John, Jose Ramirez, Jesus I. Ibarra, Natalie Michelle John, and Santiago Hernandez.
The Hudson Elementary team was composed of Felix Saldivar Jr., Gael Gonzalez, Juan P. Blanco Jr., and Frida Gomez.
To see all the national results in all categories, click on link: http://www.uschess.org/results/2019/elem/?page=TEAM&xsection=K6
7 comments:
Congratulations to all the winnings schools from the Valley, Great job
Let's see if the city does something spectacular for these kids like they do for those pidiches y mamones se st joe "lo dudo"!!!
They can play chess. Now if they would teach them to read and write.
Trust me Students who play chess can read, write and run circles around you with class.
they can turn on a dime and run circles around any hillbilly anytime baboso
Good thing the children do not take note of their leaders - the so-called political school board with personal agendas. They call a special board meeting to decide what schools to abolish. Did you know that at a special-called board meeting, the public audience is not allowed to present their comments? La Minerva y la Sylvia se salen con la suya.
Abolish the ones with gringo names make everybody happy.
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