2014 SC Scholastic Championship Results! Benjamin Caiello New State Scholastic Champion!!
VP Daniel Smith (L) Ben Caiello (R)
Students from all corners of the state ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade competed in this year’s South Carolina State Scholastic Chess Championship on Saturday, March 22. The event, held at the Heyward School and Technology Center in Columbia SC, featured the largest crowd in recent memory for a Scholastic Championship event with 160 students participating. After hours of tension, the winners emerged. Ben Caiello (right) receives the first place trophy in the High School division after a hard fought fifth round victory over Kevis Tsao. Here are this year’s winners!
2014 Trophy Winners...
HIGH SCHOOL SECTION: (1st) Benjamin Caiello 5.0, (2nd) Kevis Tsao 4.0, (3rd) Forrest Wang 4.0
MIDDLE SCHOOL SECTION: (1st) Aidan Fejzulai 5.0, (2nd) Aditya Dias 4.0, (3rd) Michael Burrell 4.0
ELEMENTARY SECTION 4-5: (1st) Akshat Jindal 5.0, (2nd) Ravitej Guruvelli 5.0, (3rd) Wilson Porcher 4.0
ELEMENTARY SECTION K-3: (1st) Pierson Tran 5.0, (2nd) Whit Suber, Jr. 4.0, (3rd) Toby Cox 4.0
TROPHY WINNERS BY GRADE: (Kindergarten) Nicholas Lagleva 1.0, (1st Grade) Robert Hylton 4.0, (2nd Grade)
Henry Murthy 3.0, (3rd Grade) Joshua Lagleva 4.0, (4th Grade) Connor Liu 4.0, (5th Grade) Kevin Rogers 4.0,
(6th Grade) Gunatej Guruvelli 4.0, (7th Grade) Kristopher Luo 4.0, (8th Grade) Simeon Radev 3.0, (9th Grade)
Brandon Williams 3.0, (10th Grade) Daniel Custer 3.0, (11th Grade) David Stoner 4.0, (12th Grade) Andrew George 4.0
TOP FEMALE TROPHIES BY SECTION: (K-3) Erika Oltmann 3.0, (4-5) Isha Pattanaik 3.0, (Middle 6-8) Akshita Jindal 3.0,
(HS 9-12) Neha Dias 3.0
TEAM WINNERS: Team Winners (K-12) 1st - D.W. Daniel High School, Clemson, SC; 2nd - Richland Northeast,
Columbia, SC; (K-8) 1st - R.C. Edwards Middle School, Clemson, SC; 2nd - Cario Middle School, Mt. Pleasant, SC
(K-5) 1st - Clemson Elementary School, Clemson, SC; 2nd - Charles Pinckney Elementary, Mt. Pleasant, SC;
(K-3) 1st - Beaufort Academy, Beaufort, SC; 2nd - Charles Pinckney Elementary, Mt. Pleasant SC