Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District chess teams recently earned top marks at the Regional Chess Tournament hosted at San Benito Veterans High School.
As a team in the K-3 Division, Houston Elementary received second place, Dishman Elementary earned fifth place, and Treasure Hills Elementary earned 10th place.
In the K-5 Division and as a team, Houston Elementary received third place.
Working as a team in the Middle School K-8 Champ Division and MS K-8 Junior Varsity Division, Coakley Middle School earned eighth place and Vernon Middle School earned eighth place respectively.
Early College High School received ninth place in the High School Champ division and third place in the High School Junior Varsity division.
Full team and individual results are as follows:
| 2015 Regional Chess TEAM RESULTS | |||||||||||||
| Division | Place | ||||||||||||
| Primary K-1 Champ | Houston 15th | Dishman 18th | THE 21st | Wilson 32nd | |||||||||
| Primary K-3 Champ | Houston 2nd | Dishman 5th | THE 10th | Milam 19th | Wilson 21st | ||||||||
| Elementary K-5 Champ | Houston 3rd | The 12TH | Wilson 26th | Dishman 32nd | Milam 39th | ||||||||
| MS K-8 Champ | Coakley 8th | Vela 12th | |||||||||||
| MS K-8 JV | Vernon 8th | ||||||||||||
| High School JV | ECHS 3rd | ||||||||||||
| High School Champ | ECHS 9th | ||||||||||||
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: K – 1 Total Players=167 |
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| # | Name | Team |
| 35 | Khalil Lopez | DISHMAN |
| 50 | Juan C Escalante | DISHMAN |
| 158 | Eric Santillan | DISHMAN |
| 166 | Karla M Cortez | DISHMAN |
| 14 | Juan M Vasquez | HOUSTON |
| 33 | Matthias Meneses | HOUSTON |
| 41 | Marcus Casas | HOUSTON |
| 13 | Mark Soto | TREASURE |
| 121 | Derek Ysasi | TREASURE |
| 150 | Isabelle R Wood | TREASURE |
| 87 | Leeandra M Gomez | WILSON |
| 102 | Emiliano Garcia-Marroquin | WILSON |
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: Primary (K-3) Championship-Total Players=211 | ||
| # | Name | Team |
| 7 | Michael R Casas | HOUSTON |
| 9 | Austin Kennedy | DISHMAN |
| 13 | Houston Kennedy | DISHMAN |
| 20 | Julius Garza | DISHMAN |
| 32 | Logan A Tovias | TREASURE |
| 33 | Brandon A Tovias | TREASURE |
| 34 | Alvaro Nieto | HOUSTON |
| 36 | Julian Gonzalez | HOUSTON |
| 38 | Rory Jimenez | HOUSTON |
| 43 | Mario Vento Jr | TREASURE |
| 50 | Massimo Meneses | HOUSTON |
| 52 | Cameron Phillips | TREASURE |
| 56 | James Cowan | HOUSTON |
| 57 | Christopher A Quezada | TREASURE |
| 58 | Izabel Vasquez | HOUSTON |
| 63 | Sarah Hernandez | WILSON |
| 67 | Vincent Tapia | MILAM |
| 72 | Octavio J Quintanilla | MILAM |
| 78 | Jazmin Olivares | HOUSTON |
| 84 | Dominic Santillan | DISHMAN |
| 88 | Olivia Cantu | MILAM |
| 89 | Christian Mata | WILSON |
| 94 | Josue Gonzalez | DISHMAN |
| 109 | Emilio J Rodriguez | DISHMAN |
| 113 | Emilio Longoria | DISHMAN |
| 119 | Sebastian Gonzalez | HOUSTON |
| 125 | Noah Escamilla | TREASURE |
| 127 | Matthew Mata | WILSON |
| 130 | Andre C Barba | DISHMAN |
| 133 | Tristan Hernandez | WILSON |
| 134 | Alexia Garcia-Marroquin | WILSON |
| 139 | Travis Bowery | MILAM |
| 140 | Pedro Martinez | DISHMAN |
| 146 | Yesenia Cruz | MILAM |
| 148 | Tristian Bowery | MILAM |
| 153 | Benjamin Gonzalez | TREASURE |
| 155 | Sylvia Quintanilla | MILAM |
| 162 | Crristina Deleon | DISHMAN |
| 166 | Jadyn Galvan | MILAM |
| 167 | Peter V Villarreal | WILSON |
| 176 | Cruz Gutierrez | MILAM |
| 178 | Sean Wilbarger | DISHMAN |
| 179 | Anthony Magallanes | WILSON |
| 181 | Leah Perez | MILAM |
| 187 | Amber Rodriguez | MILAM |
| 191 | Vivianna Garza | MILAM |
| 201 | Bryan Perez | MILAM |
| 211 | Christopher Ysais | MILAM |
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: Elementary (K-5/6) Championship-Total Players=294 | ||
| # | Name | Team |
| 3 | Carlos De Leon | HOUSTON |
| 4 | Jacob Fox | HOUSTON |
| 24 | Diego Jimenez | HOUSTON |
| 25 | Gianelli A Serrano | HOUSTON |
| 51 | Eric Soto | TREASURE |
| 55 | Christian Cruz | HOUSTON |
| 61 | Ty Anderson | TREASURE |
| 69 | Alberto Garcia | WILSON |
| 93 | Xander M Ysasi | TREASURE |
| 115 | Nathan R Perez | TREASURE |
| 129 | Devin Gonzales | WILSON |
| 130 | Marcos A Gonzalez | TREASURE |
| 151 | Rolando Barrera | DISHMAN |
| 158 | Jacob R Hall | TREASURE |
| 167 | Ryan L Garza | TREASURE |
| 169 | Ethan Hall | HOUSTON |
| 199 | Cesar X Cortez | DISHMAN |
| 204 | Fernando L Ostos | DISHMAN |
| 207 | Gavin Villarreal | TREASURE |
| 222 | Andrew T Orozco | WILSON |
| 228 | Natalia Longoria | DISHMAN |
| 231 | Rogelio Zuniga | WILSON |
| 233 | Trey Stein | HOUSTON |
| 239 | Samantha Canchola | DISHMAN |
| 246 | Ferderico Orozco | WILSON |
| 256 | Isaac H Elissetche | DISHMAN |
| 258 | Jessie Rodriguez | MILAM |
| 263 | Damaris Torre | MILAM |
| 287 | Naomi White | DISHMAN |
| 294 | Ty Ramirez | TREASURE |
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: Middle School (6-8/9) Championship-Total Players=137 | ||
| # | Name | Team |
| 25 | Gabriella Serrano | COAKLEY |
| 34 | Domynick Jaure | COAKLEY |
| 66 | Adam Elizarde | COAKLEY |
| 93 | Ashley Young | COAKLEY |
| 94 | Lauren Tovias | COAKLEY |
| 113 | Cameron Christiansen | COAKLEY |
| 128 | Benito Anaya | COAKLEY |
| 104 | Javier Gonzalez | GUTIERREZ |
| 109 | Julianna D Castillo | VELA |
| 117 | Ryan P Rivas | VELA |
| 118 | Joshua Escobedo | VELA |
| 125 | Soleil K Dixie | VELA |
| 129 | Lauren A Butler | VELA |
| 134 | Tristen L Sanchez | VELA |
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: Middle School JV (K-6-8/9) U899 – Total Players = 68 | ||
| # | Name | Team |
| 26 | Joshua Mendoza | VERNON |
| 31 | Luis G Lugo | VERNON |
| 36 | Samuel S Tagalog | VERNON |
| 41 | Humberto D Seija | VERNON |
| 42 | Nathan De Leon | VERNON |
| 46 | Matthew Zuniga-Mitchell | VERNON |
| 47 | Jeremyah E Grayson | VERNON |
| 48 | Tristen R De la Garza | VERNON |
| 57 | Britney Robles | VERNON |
| 62 | Robby Deleon | VERNON |
| 63 | Emily Lopez | VERNON |
| 65 | John A Cid-Sanchez | VERNON |
| 68 | Haily S Castillo | VERNON |
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: High School (9-12) Championship-Total Players=103 | ||
| # | Name | Team |
| 54 | Samuel C Kullmer | ECHS |
| 65 | Vincent Mena | ECHS |
| 73 | Isaiah F Rodriguez | ECHS |
| 89 | Alex Galvan | ECHS |
| 99 | Lidia Morales | ECHS |
| 31 | Oscar Cano | HHSS |
| 2015 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championships: High School JV (9-12) U1000 – Total Players=25 | ||
| # | Name | Team |
| 2 | Noemi Rodriguez | ECHS |
| 3 | Elijah Drysdale | ECHS |
| 25 | Alexandra Elizondo | ECHS |
