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Pioneer School prevailed in the strongest scholastic chess team competition
that the Spokane area
has seen in the past few years. The school's top
four accumulated 13.5 points to prevail over Saint George's School's 12.5.
Close behind were The Oaks Academy (12), Cataldo (12), and host school
First Presbyterian (11).
In the K-2 section, three players topped the field of 21 with 4.0 each.
Ben Barrett was first overall. Laura Sheikh placed second, and Arnav
Wadikar took the trophy for first in grade two. Per Sande (3.5) edged
Colby Jessup (3.5) for the second place in second grade medal. Cooper
Florence (2.5) won the trophy for first in grade one, while Cyler Jessup
(2.5) was second in that grade. Ethan Shan won the upset trophy.
Aditya Bandyopadhyay prevailed over all opponents to score a perfect 5.0
in K-4. Varun Ambalavanan (4.0) was second overall and Aniketh Parlapalli
took home the fourth grade trophy. Desmond Paquet was second in fourth
grade. Jackson Florence (3.0) was first in grade three and Olivia Hilton
(3.0) was second. The upset trophy went to Addison Bowen. There were 22
players in the section.
In the
top section, which included 14 players as old as eighth grade, Garrett
Casey finished first with 4.5. Logan Faulkner (4.0) was second. In third
place, Mythreya Dharani won the upset trophy. The top fifth graders were
Cameron Simonds and Annie Alvarez, both with 3.0. Cameron had the better
tie breaks. Joshua Kimball (2.0) was the top sixth grader. Hannah Wach also
took home a prize for second in sixth grade. Suhang Liu (3.0) won the
seventh grade trophy and Shohom Bandyopadhyay won the eight grade trophy. by James Stripes |