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Checkmate

Chess Club includes gractes 6-8th ..
but they hope to make it 6-llth ..
possibly next year. Right now chess
players play (or ranking starting at
go. Each time they play it either
raises or lowers their rank. They
hope to be as gooa as to go to
state next year. Their sponsor .. Mrs.
Neil .. first became interested to be
sponsor when she hact a chess set in
her class ana her students startea
to ask to play it. She noticed that
the students hact great interest ana
ability for chess ana ctecictect to
volunteer for sponsor.

Chess club members Row 1· Joseph Collazo. Jeff Bullock, Brandon Keys, Ryan Jones. Nathan Joiner. Row 2: Jusbn De.roza.
Darren Davis Patnck Hartly, Candace Strother, B1lty Chop•e. Row 3: Vernon Carver, Joey P1nello, Scott RICe, Larry Mccomas,
DaVId Vandemoof

Joseph Collazo he ps Patrick Hartley make a move In a game aga•nat Jeff Bullock.
Mrs Ne•l says she enJoyS sponsonng chess very much

Mrs Ne teaches strategy to the chess club members
You could hear a pll'l drop as the chess club concentrates

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