BCS Middle School Wins 2011 PSIA State Sweeepstates

Scores highest overall point total at PSIA State AA Tournament

Twenty-six elementary and middle school BCS students, competing in 32 events at the PSIA state AA tournament on Saturday, April 30, won the first-place middle school trophy for Brentwood Christian and scored more points overall than any school.

The middle school team scored an amazing 156 points, 59 more than Lubbock All Saints, who took second place in middle school. The elementary team added twelve more to bring the school to a total of 168 points. Second in overall points was Austin St. Theresa, with 164.33 points.

A total of 253 schools participated in Private School Interscholastic Association AA competition this year, though not all had students advance to the state meet.

Students scoring points for the BCS victory:

Luke Allen - 1st in Spelling 6, 3rd in Vocabulary 6
Tiara Allen - 3rd in Spelling 7/8
Andrew Armstrong - 1st in Calculator 6-8, 1st in Mathematics 7, 1st in Number Sense 7
Adelle Cole - 6th in Ready Writing 4
Brendan Hollaway - 2nd in Mathematics 7, 6th in Calculator 6-8
Michael Lam - 1st in Mathematics 8
Emma Nguyen - 4th in Music Memory 3
Gabie Nguyen - 3rd in Number Sense 6, 6th in Mathematics 6
Josh Sass - 1st in Number Sense 8
Matthew Scarborough - 6th in Science 8
Abby White - 2nd in Prose Interpretation 6

Other students competing strongly on the victorious BCS state team:

Rachel Beggs
Nicholas Dunagan
Aiyana Franco
Nicole Glenn
Andre Kuhn
Nikhil Manda
Grant Martinez
Alex Mathew
Darrin Nguyen
Lindsey Scarborough
Emily Shields
Brandon Vu
Libin Koyikalathu
Riley Walker
Natalie Williams

Brentwood Christian School expresses its appreciation to these students, their parents and coaches, and to Kay Taylor, PSIA school coordinator. Congratulations on a tremendous effort and a beautiful example of developing God-given talents!