On April 8th, the West Fresno Middle School and Washington Union High School chess teams participated in the 43rd Annual CalChess Spring Scholastic Super State Championship Chess Tournament. Coached by Anthony Sidney, The West Fresno Middle School team won 4th place out of 15 schools in the (K-8 unrated section) and Washington Union High School won 2nd place out of 8 schools in the (K-12 unrated section).
Washington Unified is proud of it’s dedicated chess team members:
West Fresno Middle School (4th place team)
Juan Aguirre, 8th grade (34th place out of 88 students)
Oscar Bautista, 7th grade (36th place out of 88 students)
Joaquin Hernandez, 8th grade
Luis Murillo, 8th grade
Jose Romero, 8th grade
Jesus Ramirez, 8th grade
Evelyn Xiong, 6th grade
Washington Union High School (2nd place team)
Jesus Jimenez, 12th grade (5th place out of 42 students)
Miguel Solorio, 10th grade (15th place out of 42 students)
Juan Baires, 12th grade (16th place out of 42 students)
Cody Kong, 10th grade (18th place out of 42 students)
Erica Barrera, 10th grade