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Sam Houston Eagle soars higher than ever at national chess competition

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Michael Casas from Sam Houston Elementary 6th Place in K-3 Championship Division.
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Houston placed 16th in the K-3 Championship Division 22nd in the K-5 Championship Division.
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Dishman Elementary placed 20th in the K-6 Under 1000 Division.
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Michael Casas (left) and Carlos Deleon (right) placed 20th as a team at the 2015 National Junior High Championship.

On May 8-10, Michael Casas from Sam Houston Elementary competed in Nashville, Tennesee at the 2015 National Elementary (K-6) Championship and placed 6th out of 290 players from across the nation in the K-3 Championship division.

Competing as a team at the national level, Houston contestants placed 16th in the K-3 Championship division. In the K-6 under 1000 division the Dishman Elementary chess team placed 20th and Houston placed 22nd in the K-5 Championship division.

In late April, Michael Casas and Carlos Deleon from Houston also competed at the 2015 National Junior High (K-9) Championship, placing 20th as a team, and Deleon placed 3rd in his section as well.

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