Tri-Valley Scholastic Chess Tournament

Results from the tournament held at Tri-Valley Middle School on January 11, 2003

Lower Primary Division

Team

1^st place – Tri-Valley

2^nd place – Peoria Academy

3^rd place – Holy Trinity

4^th place – Colene Hoose

5^th place – Washington, Bloomington

Overall

1^st place – Aaron Tagala, Tri-Valley

2^nd place – Zeke Benshirim, Individual

3^rd place – Tyler May, Prairieland

4^th place – Sarah Valentine, Colene Hoose

5^th place – Alexander Su, Metcalf

Kindergarten

1^st place – Nisha Kishore, Peoria Academy

2^nd place – Trevor Merkley, Peoria Academy

3^rd place – Kendall Koe, Colene Hoose

4^th place – Benjamin Christian, Peoria Academy

5^th place – Andrew Bates, Colene Hoose

6^th place – Evan Johnson, Washington

7^th place – Austin Spencer, Tri-Valley

8^th place – Ryan Scott, Metcalf

Tie Break – Paul Wang, Peoria Academy; Richard Collins, Holy Trinity

First Grade

1^st place – George Ruan, Countryside

2^nd place – Ryan Reilly, Washington

3^rd place – Levi Justice, Stevenson

4^th place – Mitchell Morris, Oakland

5^th place – Joseph Weinrich, Washington Dist. 52

6^th place – Saya Nath, Peoria Academy

7^th place – Colin Pitt, Countryside

8^th place – Brandon Bakewell, Tri-Valley

Tie Break – Joseph Johnson, Metcalf; Justin Debo, Holy Trinity; Lucas Hammer,

Tri-Valley; Joey Craven, Holy Trinity

Rating Trophies

Under 300 – Riley Potter, Holy Trinity

Over 299 – Brandon Leifheit, Oakland

Top Unrated – Nick Saulcy, Tri-Valley

Upper Primary Division

Team

1^st place – Glenn

2^nd place – Prairieland

3^rd place – Metcalf

4^th place – Tri-Valley

5^th place – Northpoint

Overall

1^st place - Matthew Tsao, Prairieland

2^nd place – Spencer Ludwig, Glenn

3^rd place – David Castillo, Metcalf

4^th place – Jeremy Braun, Glenn

5^th place – Christine Peterson, Tri-Valley

Second Grade

1^st place – Ryan Merkley, Peoria Academy

2^nd place – Patrick Wong, Countryside

3^rd place – Elise Cather, Prairieland

4^th place – Aarron Lebow, Grove

5^th place – Bradley Bernovich, Washington Dist. 52

6^th place – Michael Braun, Metcalf

7^th place – Ryan Curtis, Washington, Blm.

8^th place – Jennifer Morley, Prairieland

Tie Break – Zachary Lucas, Glenn; Austin Jones, Grove; Athena Kulb, Tri-

Valley; Abraham Miller, Tri-Valley; Jacob Anderson, Bent; Chase Wilson, Washington Dist. 52; Sage Cofield, Oakland; Jay Simmons, Metcalf

Third Grade

1^st place – Andrew Kuntz, Holy Trinity

2^nd place – Mitchell Styczynski, Metcalf

3^rd place – Timmy Wert, Tri-Valley

4^th place – Curtis Weise, Oakland

5^th place – Brian McCarthy, Holy Trinity

6^th place – Jordan Evans, Tri-Valley

7^th place – Jay Siegrist, Northpoint

8^th place – Chad Roberts, Tri-Valley

Tie Break – Cole Mecum, Northpoint; Nathan Moore, Glenn; Yang Yang Feng,

Northpoint; Charlie Volz, Metcalf; Alexander Roberts, Bent; Alex Francisco, Stevenson; David Hall, Glenn

Rating Trophies

Under 500 – Bryan Pratt, Colene Hoose

Over 499 – Alexander Kayser, Prairieland

Top Unrated – Sheya Shah, Oakland

Elementary Division

Team

1^st place – Metcalf

2^nd place – Bent

3^rd place – Oakland

4^th place – Countryside

5^th place – Peoria Academy

Overall

1^st place – Aaron Barton, Bent

2^nd place – Josh Ayers, Metcalf

3^rd place – Dan Nibbelin, Metcalf

4^th place – Nicholas Jones, Grove

5^th place – Joseph Roig, Oakland

4^th Grade

1^st place – Eric Schmidt, Bent

2^nd place – Dominick Leali, Peoria Academy

3^rd place – Nate May, Prairieland

4^th place – Luke Nayak, Metcalf

5^th place – Kyle Sullivan, Countryside

6^th place – Drew Potter, Metcalf

7^th place – Roman Endrizzi, Oakdale

8^th place – Grant Hanley, Colene Hoose

5^th Grade

1^st place – Tim Colombo, Countryside

2^nd place – Felix Tsao, Prairieland

3^rd place – Philip Scheets, Oakland

4^th place – Nicholas Weise, Oakland

5^th place – Neil Pearson, Countryside

6^th place – Jacob Birlingmair, Oakdale

7^th place – Eric Cather, Prairieland

8^th place – Gordon Ruan, Countryside

Tie Break – Eric Stauffer, Colene Hoose; Thomas Splittstoesser, Northpoint;

Keegan Saajasto, Metcalf; Chase Geiser, Tri-Valley; Karthik Patil, Oakland; John Waltrip, Oakdale; Craig Spanton, Northpoint; Mudrekh Goderya, Colene Hoose

Rating Trophies

Under 500 – Michael Reilly, Washington, Blm.

Over 499 – Matthew Burns, Colene Hoose

Top Unrated – Prashant Guha, Peoria Academy

Junior High Division

Team

1^st place – Parkside Junior High

2^nd place – Bloomington Junior High

3^rd place – Chiddix

4^th place – Tri-Valley

5^th place – Metcalf

Overall

1^st place – Jason Chien, Bent

2^nd place – Evan Cather, Prairieland

3^rd place – Timothy Foote, Parkside

4^th place – Sean Comerford, BJHS

5^th place – Matt May, Prairieland

6^th Grade

1^st place – Jared Placek, Tri-Valley

2^nd place – Kyle Scott, Tri-Valley

3^rd place – Daniel Borup, Countryside

4^th place – Carolyn Ayers, Metcalf

5^th place – Jack Capodice, Metcalf

6^th place – David Kulb, Tri-Valley

7^th place – Ben Leifheit, BJHS

8^th place – Jacob Switzer, BJHS

7^th Grade

1^st place – Tao Wang, Parkside

2^nd place – Eric Meier, Parkside

3^rd place – Josh Strong, BJHS

4^th place – Josh Braun, Chiddix

5^th place – Derek Spanton, Chiddix

6^th place – William Strickland, Washington Dist. 52

7^th place – Josh Jones, Chiddix

8^th place – Michael Burns, Chiddix

Tie Break – Cameron Johnson, BJHS

8^th Grade

1^st place – Michael Schertz, Parkside

2^nd place – Connor Allison, BJHS

3^rd place – Zachary Saajasto, Metcalf

4^th place – Michael Lieder, BJHS

5^th place – Evan Greiner, Parkside

6^th place – Eric Yoder, Parkside

7^th place – Vinnie Guaderrama

8^th place – Ben Egts, Chiddix

Tie Break – Michael Rotsch, Chiddix

Rating Trophies

Over 599 – James Risoli, BJHS

Under 600 – Nathan Alden, Metcalf