This from the New York Times:
The chess team from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn won its fourth consecutive national championship on Sunday, tying with a high school from Arizona. It was the second time in three years that Murrow and Catalina Foothills High School of Tucson were named co-winners of the National High School Championship. Each school earned 22 points in the tournament, which was held in Kansas City, Mo. Alex Lenderman, a Murrow senior who earned 6.5 points for his team, was named national scholastic chess champion, the tournament’s top individual honor.
Catalina Foothills won first place on tiebreaks because they lead almost the entire tournament. Therefore, at the end of the event, their tiebreaks were higher. It is not surprising that the NY school and all the NY Times articles and other NY articles failed to properly state the facts. Both teams deserve credit, but there is only one Champion.