May 16, 2012

PLANO, Texas, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division today announced the winners of its spring 2012 "Score for Your School" promotion that allowed consumers throughout the state of Texas to help raise funds for their school sports programs. A total of $90,000 in prize money was awarded to 18 schools from around the state – three from each of Texas' six divisional classes. Six of the winning schools each earned the promotion's top prize amount of $10,000.

"Throughout Texas, high school sports bring communities together and help students learn critical lifelong skills like leadership, teamwork and cooperation," said Craig Musgrove, vice president of sales for Frito-Lay North America. "Yet with so many local schools facing financial challenges, funding athletic programs can be a real challenge. Through the Score for Your School promotion, fans from all across the state had a fun and easy way to be part of the solution and make a difference for their local sports programs."

As part of Frito-Lay's Score for Your School promotion, thousands of fans entered a nine-digit product code from their favorite Frito-Lay snacks on the www.scoreforyourschool.com website to earn points for the high school of their choice. Each high school was grouped according to its listing in Texas' six divisional classes (5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A and Private). First-place ($10,000), second-place ($4,000) and third-place ($1,000) prizes were awarded to the top-three schools in each division that collected the most points from their fans.

The complete list of spring 2012 Score for Your School winners includes:

Division 1A: Trenton HS, Trenton ($10,000); Blue Ridge HS, Blue Ridge ($4,000); Celeste HS, Celeste ($1,000)

Division 2A: Clifton HS, Clifton ($10,000); Leonard HS, Leonard ($4,000); Gunter HS, Gunter ($1,000)

Division 3A: Falfurrias HS, Falfurrias ($10,000); Rio Grande City CISD Grulla HS, Rio Grande ($4,000); Navasota HS, Navasota ($1,000)

Division 4A: Rio Grande City HS, Rio Grande City ($10,000); San Marcos HS, San Marcos ($4,000); Lyndon B. Johnson HS, Laredo ($1,000)

Division 5A: United HS, Laredo (10,000); Edinburg HS, Edinburg ($4,000); Channelview HS, Channelview ($1,000)

Private: Lake Country Christian School, Fort Worth ($10,000); San Marcos Baptist Academy, San Marcos ($4,000); Tyler Street Christian Academy HS, Dallas ($1,000)

Frito-Lay representatives will now travel across the state to present checks to the winning schools.

About Frito-Lay North America
Frito-Lay North America is the $13 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY.  Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate Web site, http://www.fritolay.com/ , the Snack Chat blog, http://www.snacks.com/, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fritolay and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/fritolay.

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