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The final points showed that Millard North had
won another State ChampionsHip and made
school history in the process. Only this time it
wasn't on the field or court, but on 64 squared,
eight-by-eight grid chess board. After a long Satur-

day filled with a five round round-robin tourna
the chess team were State Champions for the fi
time in school history.

uys played and
all day Saturday

My strategy was to try to get him into traps which

allowed me to win ," sophomore David Kreis said.
One of the focuses of the club's weekly meetings
was strategy. This is a skill that team members

were able to further utilize to help them win key
matches.
"It's nice to know that different strategies can be
used and that there is no set way to win a match,
such as taking (the opponent's) queen earlier, then

taking advantage of that fact that many people are
not sure what to do when they lose their queen,"
junior Aaron Stein said.

oil spill. Th is combination of strategy and skilled allowed
Senior Chris Dougherty, sophomore Christian Marsh, and juniors
Turner Benham and Peter Butler re fine their skill s in taking apart a lawn MN to outlast their opponents and helped lead to
mower for the annual Lawn Mower clean-up . Skills USA serviced a total of
1871awn mowers by the end of Saturday. photo by Tehia Goben th eir historic al vi ctory.