Oakcrest Chess Team continued to improve all year.  After starting out the season with a 2-4-1 record the Oakcrest Chess went on an 8 game winning streak to end the regular season with 10-4-1 record. The team plays in South Jersey High School Chess Championships Play-offs and place 3^rd.  At the New Jersey States Chess Championship held at Rutgers University we beat three teams; St Joseph, Dickerson and Mountain Lakes High School.  I the final round we had the honor of playing the raining state champions; Watchung Hills Regional.  We played well but lost 3.5 to 1.5 to place 7^th in the state.  “I could not have been more proud of the progress the students have made this year”, said Coach David Jungblut.  "I believe in this team so much that we are spending our entire saving to go to the National in Nashville Tenn."  The  

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Could you imagine us going to Nationals and winning a championship there. I can since i became a member of the team last year I though that we had a great team that could win it all. I think that we have all that we need to win a championship next year and that going to Nationals will help us improve greatly to where we go undefeated. It might be true that we are loseing our fifth varsity board Glendon and we will need to find a new one, but we will find a new one and we will be a better team better then this year or last year. I believe that we can do it. We are going to miss you next year Glendon,but for now we ahve you and we are going to Nationals. I hope the rest of the team thinks the same thing and will agree with me when i say, If it wasn't for the great teaching done by Mr. R, Mr. J and Rob i do not think we could have made it this far.

preach it brotha!