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Murray Chess Teams Claim First Place Recognition

Murray Chess Teams Will First Place

Murray Elementary and Murray Middle School Chess Team Members

 

 

 

Murray, Ky., Feb. 14, 2023----The Murray Independent School District chess teams swept top victories in the Murray Scholastic Chess Tournament, hosted by Murray Middle School on Murray State University's campus against 14 schools and 60 students. Several Murray students received medals and three hardware trophies are now displayed to showcase their first place victories.  

 

In the K-3 division, the Murray Elementary School team placed first and the top winners are as follows: 

Jaxson Bonnell (1st place)

Jacobi Jones (2nd place)

Benjamin Hughes (3rd place)

MMS K-5 division, 1st place and the Murray Elementary School team placed second. The top winners are as follows:

5th Grader Jackson McCann (1st place)

4th Grader Bibiana Subedi (2nd place)

4th Grader Oliver Morales-Volp (3rd place)

Murray Middle School (K-8 division) first place, top winners:

7th Grader Liam Ryan (1st place)

7th Grader Cabot French (3rd place)

In the K-12 division, the Murray High School team placed fourth.