The Beaufort Academy chess team placed 24th at the United States Chess Federation National Junior High Championship, held in Atlanta from April 25-27. BA was in the K-9 (Kinder – 9th grade) Under 1,250 division, and the BA team was the only one to have all of their players of elementary school age. Overall, the tournament hosted 3,000 players from 400 teams. Pictured above: Jack McDougall, Kevin Rogers, Whit Suber and Kendra Rogers. Not pictured: G Simmons.