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2009 Scholastic Championships  The 2009 Scholastic Championships were held at the Samuel A. Heyward Career & Technology Center in Columbia on February 28. Nearly 100 students participated.
Daniel Dodds (1760) won the High School Section with a perfect score. He is an 11th grade home schooled student.
Daniel Junh Lee won the Middle School title, scoring 4.5. Kevis Tsao and Mowei Tang tied for first in the Elementary School section, each scoring 5.0.
Crosstables
Games from High School Boards 1 and 2.
HIGH SCHOOL SECTION - 29 players
1st Place Team: D.W. DANIEL HIGH SCHOOL 14.5
1st: Daniel Dodds 5.0, Denker Representative
2nd: Zachary Templeton 4.0, 2nd place trophy (tie-breaker)
3rd: Jonathan Sarasua 4.0, 3rd place trophy (tie-breaker)
4th: Qianli Sun 4.0
1st H.S. Girl: Kristen Snowdeal 2.0, Polgar Representative (tie-breaker)
2nd H.S. Girl: Hannah Tori Whatley 2.0
1st Place Team: R.C. EDWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL 15.5 
MIDDLE SCHOOL SECTION - 20 players
1st: Daniel Lee 4.5
2nd: Chris Labrecque 4.0, 2nd place trophy (tie-breaker)
3rd: Noah Liebman 4.0, 3rd place trophy (tie-breaker)
4th: James Conley 4.0
1st Place Team: CLEMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17.0 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SECTION - 43 players 1st: Kevis Tsao 5.0 1st place trophy (tie-breaker) 2nd: Mowei "Tiger" Tang 5.0, 2nd place trophy (tie-breaker) 3rd: Gautham Tuppale 4.0, 3rd place trophy (tie-breaker) 4th: Patrick Wang 4.0 5th: Daniel Custer 4.0 6th: Jack Rhiel 4.0 7th: Elias Longenecker 4.0
FIRST PLACE EACH GRADE
Grade 12 Rade Musulin 3.5
Grade 11 Qianli Sun 4.0
Grade 10 Kenzie Moore 3.0
Grade 9 Arjun Grover 3.5
Grade 8 Dillon Yates & William King 3.0 trophy to Yates (tie-breaker)
Grade 7 Brandon Dryden & Patrick Mazzeo 2.0 trophy to Dryden (tie-breaker)
Grade 6 James Conley 4.0
Grade 5 Daniel Custer 4.0
Grade 4 Jack Rhiel & Elias Longenecker 4.0 trophy to Rhiel (tie-breaker)
Grade 3 Alexander Mazzeo 3.5
Grade 2 Maxfield Trask 3.0
Grade 1 Jaelen White 3.0
Grade K Patrick Wang 4.0
David Gongre did an outstanding job making Domino's pizza and sandwiches, along with drinks and snacks available at the tournament site. |
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Grimaud's Volunteer Army 
SCCA President David Grimaud has done an excellent job assembling a team of volunteers to help with our scholastic events. Grimaud's Army was out in full force for the 2009 scholastic championships, which were run with "Precision-Tune" efficiency. President Grimaud was on the frontlines as a floor assistant and liaison with the parents.
The SCCA would like to thank the following volunteers for their dedicated service at this year's scholastic championships:
David Causey - Head TD (Tournament Director)
Dr. Mickey Lauria - Floor Captain
Stephen Welt - Asst. TD/High School
Dr. Clyde Smith - Asst. TD/Middle School
Jason Paddock - Asst. TD/Elementary School
Rudy Gwaltney - Floor Assistant
Ron Labrecque - Registration & Floor Assistant
Mike Games - Registration & Parent Relations
David Grimaud - Floor Assistant & Parent Relations
Rade Musulin - Registration
Bob Halliday - Registration
Maureen Grimaud - Hall Assistant
Henry White - DGT Boards
David & Rebekah Gongre - Snack Bar
Jay King - Chess Vendor |
Elmer B. Hallman of Spartanburg. A resolution adopted at the association's 1926 organizational meeting noted that Mr. Hallman "by the exercise of his energy, tact, enthusiasm and zeal, brought about such interest, in South Carolina, in the game of chess as to make a State Chess Association a possibility. . . ."
