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Results Page - Fall 2007 and Spring 2008Individuals Win Trophies Middletown Chess Team had 14 players go to the State Individual Scholastic (and the K-1 Team) Chess Championships on March 15 & 16, 2008. The K-1 players, Tyler Davis, Nina Sherman, Desmond Isaiah Robinson, Kyle Bryce Fallon, John Ober, Jack Thacker, and Jayden Vaught, worked as a winning team to score 13 ½ points to beat the 6 other teams. Both of the teams from KCD and Stonewall, who had been ahead on Middletown after the second round ended up with 11 points.(After the second round, Stonewall had 6 pionts while both Middletown and KCD had 4 ½ points.) We pulled ahead of Stonewall in the third round and ahead of both in the 4 th (and 5 th) round. Although only the top 4 are used in the scoring, and the most that anyone could score was 5 points, every member of the team scored 2 ½ or better. In the under 300 group, Jayden Vaught won the 5 th place trophy and Desmond Isaiah Robinson won the 1 st place trophy. Tyler Davis won the biggest upset trophy. Tyler was also rated as the 7 th best K-1 player in the state and received the 7 th place trophy. Although Nina Sherman did not get an upset trophy, she was recognized for pulling two big upsets. Nina was rated as the 6 th place best K-1 player in the state and received the 6 th place trophy. The K-3 players were only able to win individual trophies as their team effort was held earlier in the year. As a team, they were State Champions. The K-3 players in this tournament were Wes Leonard, Jackson Davis, Shane Fellmy, and Tina Lin. Shane Fellmy won 3 rd place in the under 500 group. Jackson Davis won 2 nd place in the same (under 500) group. Wes Leonard was rated as the 4 th best K-3 player in the state and received the 4 th place trophy. The K-5 players were also only able to win individual trophies as their team effort, held earlier in the year earned them the title of Runner Up to the State Champion. They player both Saturday and Sunday. The K-5 players were Chad Leonard, Blake Felmy, and Camden Penn. Chad Leonard was rated as the 7 th best K-5 player in the state and recieved the 7 th place trophy. A special thanks goes out to all of the parents who helped, brought their kids to many of the evening practices, and got them to the Bowling Green tournament, and also to the coachs who work with our players. Competing in the last tournament before the K1 State Team Championships, Middletown's K1 team finished in 2nd Place behind Kentucky Country Day at Saturday's (March 1, 2008) KSCC Chess Tournament at UL Shelby Campus. The K-1 Team with six members in attendance (Tyler Davis, Kyle Fallon, Desmond Isaiah Robinson, Nina Sherman, Jack Thacker and Jayden Vaught) won second place team trophy. Tyler Davis finished 4th in the under 400 group and Kyle Fallon, won fourth place overall for the K-1’s. The K1 Team travels to Bowling Green on March 15th to compete for the K1 Kentucky State Team Championship. Good Luck little Bulldogs ! ! ! The K-3 Team with four members (Jackson Davis, Wes Leonard, Tina Lin and Noah Wampler) won first place team trophy. Noah Wampler received a trophy for second place in the under 500 group, Tina Lin received an overall trophy for third place and Wes Leonard received an overall trophy for first place winning all five rounds. In the K-5 group, Chad Leonard won a second place individual overall trophy (he was the only Middletown Elementary player in this category). Chad won four of his five matches (his only loss was to the “overall” champion). Way to go Middletown Elementary Chess Team and THANK YOU to our coaches who devote time every Monday and Tuesday night in working with our kids. Middletown made its claim once again as the #1 chess program in Kentucky on Saturday with our K3 Team winning the 21st Annual Kentucky State Chess Championships and the K5 Team being crowned State Runner-up. This #1 and #2 finish was the best showing of any school in Kentucky. No other school had 2 teams in the top 6 and our K5 team came within 1/2 point of being the State Champs. This was also Middletown's 3rd State Championship and 2nd State Runner up finish (5 times Middletown has finished either 1st or 2nd in Kentucky). On Saturday, Feb 23, 2008, 64 teams from around the state converging at Crosby middle school for this annual event - 16 teams in 4 different sections (High School, Middle School, Upper Elementary, and Lower Elementary). Teams as far away as Murray, Lexington, Richmond, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, and of course Jefferson and Oldham counties all met competing for the bragging rights of who's #1. Nearly 400 players all began at 9am with the ceremonial "good luck" hand-sake and 9 hours later it was over. When the points were added up Middletown's K3 Team defeated 15 other Elementary Schools (K3 Section) to claim the State Title. Middletown's K5 team was awarded the State Runner up Trophy, loosing by the narrowest of margins (1/2 pt) to State Champion St Francis of Goshen. The schools that were award trophies were:
The players and coaches on the top 2 schools were all awarded Plaques for their accomplishment. The State K3 State Championship Team included Wes Leonard, Tina Lin, Nick Willis, Taylor Owen, Max Beach, and Matthew Rouse. Tina Lin and Matthew Rouse each were awarded Perfect Score Trophies and Matthew Rouse won the Alternates Tournament (30 players competing). Tina was given team honors of bring the Championship trophy to school. Max Beach finished 3rd in the Alternates tournament. The K3 Team started the day with a disappointing tie against Veterans Park of Lexington and had their backs against the wall all day. Four hours later, with 2 wins, they drew Dunn for the 4th and final match which would determine the championship. Dunn had defeated our K3 team 4-0 back in Nov. in the Jefferson Country league match so these little 2nd and 3rd Graders were David against Goliath. Nick Willis lost his match in 10 minutes and things didn't look good. Tina Lin then finished beating the #4 player in the State. Wow ! ! ! Taylor Owen then finished beating a player rated 230 points higher. It was down to Wes Leonard (#1 Board) vs Dunn's Todd Head (#1 Board and current #7 in the state.) These two kids had played many times before, both claiming wins. We liked our chances since Wes was coming off a a perfect 5-0 first place victory and a win over Todd last Saturday at UL. Coaches from both schools looked on since the outcome of this match decided it all. These little 3rd Graders had the weight of the whole Championship on their shoulders. Seventy minutes into the match, they shook hands and Wes' smile said it all. Wes Leonard defeated Todd Head and the title belonged to Middletown. The K5 State Runner Up team included Chad Leonard, Blake Fellmy, Patrick O'Brien, Eric Hahnert, Camden Penn, and Kevin Anderson. Camden Penn finished 2nd and Kevin Anderson finished 3rd in the Alternates tournament out of 25 players. The K5 Team started the day with two wins and the 3rd round pitted Middletown against the #1 rated K5 team in the State (St Francis Goshen). All of SFG players were rated over 1125, a claim most high schools can't make. Chad Leonard had a monumental will over SF Goshen's #1 Board and Patrick O'Brien had a tie against their #3 player, but at then end of the match, Middletown needed 1/2 more point. This loss dropped Middletown to 7th Place and pitted Middletown against Hite Elem in the 4th and final match. Middletown's Eric Hahnert and Patrick O'Brien both won and when Blake Fellmy forced a draw, it gave Middletown 2.5 points and enough for the victory. When the points were all totaled up, Middletown finished as State Runner up. Chad Leonard was given honors of taking to school the State Runner-up Trophy. The State Championship and State Runner-up Trophies will be on display in the office next week. In 3 weeks, ( on March 15, 2008) the littlest chess players (K1s) will travel to Bowling Green to compete for their State Championship, in conjunction with the State Individual Championships. They are one of the best K1 teams in Kentucky also. In the 7 years of chess success at Middletown Elementary, the chess team did something on Saturday, Feb 16, 2008 that it has never done before. The K1, K3, and K5 teams all finished in 1st Place all in the same day at the KSCC chess tournament at UL Shelby Campus. Ten elementary schools participated. The K1 team was led by Jack Thacker with 3.5 wins (out of 5 matches). Tyler Davis had 3 pts and won 3rd Place in the U400 section. Nina Sherman had her best day also with 3 wins and Kyle Fallon had 2.5 wins. Nina Sherman was given the honor of bringing the K1 1st Place Trophy to school. The K3 team was led by Wes Leonard with a perfect 5 wins. Wes won the tournament beating some of the best kids in the State. Tina Lin, Noah Wampler, Jackson Davis, Nick Willis, Matthew Rouse also participated. Noah finished 5th Place in the U500 section. The K5 team was led by Camden Penn and Chad Leonard. Camden finished 4th and Chad 6th Overall. Chad was beating the K5 Champion in the final match but lost on time. Patrick O’Brien, Eric Hahnert, and Kevin Anderson also participated. Patrick O’Brien was given the honor of bringing in the K5 1st Place Trophy to school on Tuesday. The K5 and K3 Chess Teams compete this Saturday in the Kentucky State Championships. Sixteen teams from around the state will come to Crosby Middle school where the 2008 Champion will be crowned. Good luck Middletown…the 2007 defending K5 Co-State Champion. Congratulations to the Middletown Chess Team. On Saturday, February 2, 2008, the Kentucky Quad B Regional Championship was held here in Louisville. Chess teams from Jefferson Co and 22 surrounding counties participated. Middletown's K5 team finished in 1st Place two points ahead of St. Francis Goshen . Chad Leonard was the K5 Co- Champion of the tournament going undefeated for the day. Middletown's K3 team finished in 2nd Place with Wes Leonard leading the team. Wes was playing for K3 Championship on the last round but lost to the overall Champion. Middletown's K1 team finished in 1st Place with John Ober leading the team. The entire K1 team is made up of first year players and has advanced to one of the top teams in Kentucky. All 3 teams now advance to the Kentucky State Championships to be held on February 23 here in Louisville.
Once again, congratulations to Middletown's Chess Team. K-5 Team won the 2nd Place Team Trophy - Kevin Anderson and Patrick O'Brien won 4 each and finished 7th and 8th overall. Chad Leonard and Christopher Owen were the other team members. K-3 Team won the 3rd Place Team Trophy. Wes Leonard won 4 games and did not lose until the last round to the champion. Other member of the K-3 Team participating was Taylor Owen, Noah Wampler, Matthew Rouse, and Max Beach. K-1 Team was represented by Jack Thacker. Jack won 3 games and won a trophy for coming in 2nd in the under 500 players. Middletown participated in the Jan 15 KSCC Chess tournament, held at UL Shelby Campus. Kyle Fallon finished 4th in the
K-1 section loosing his last round on board 1 against the first place finisher. He finished with 3.5 points. Nicholas Willis finished
tied for 2nd (overall 8th) in the K-3 section with 4.0 points. Mathew Rouse won 2 nd place in the under-500 division with 3.0 points.
The K-3 team finished in First place. Nicholas and Mathew were joined by Jackson DavisTina Lin 3.0 points,
Noah Wampler and Mackenzie Williams.
Patrick O'Brien finished tied for 2nd (overall 5th) in the K-5 section with 4.0 points. The Middletown Chess club co-hosted and competed in the 5th Annual Crosby/Middletown chess tournament on Sat Dec 8th. Over 240 kids from the surrounding area and out in the state competed in grades K - 12. Forty (40) kinderegarden thru 5th graders from Middletown Elementary entered.
The chess club traveled 60 miles on Saturday, the First of December to participate in The Lexington Tournament held at Rupp Arena. Our K5 team of Blake Fellmy, Chad Leonard, Patrick O'Brien, and Yi Qiao won 11.5 matches and won the 5th Place trophy. Blake Fellmy led the team with 4 wins and finished 7th Overall out of 60 players. Patrick O'Brien won the honor of bringing the team trophy into school. Our K3 team of Nick Willis, Tina Lin, Shane Fellmy, and Shiann Kersey-Miller won 11 matches and finished 5th, just a half point behind the third place team. Twenty teams participated in the tournament and it was a great effort by these 8 young players. Twenty-Five students from Middletown traveled over to Dunn Elementary on November 19 for a Jefferson Co Elementary chess match. Dunn has one of the best chess programs in the state and it showed as Dunn beat Middletown 6 - 2. Chad Leonard and Eric Hahnert won their matches beating 2 of Dunn's top 4 players. Middletown is expected to meet Dunn again for the county championship in January. Congratulations to Middletown's 2nd and 5th Graders, they finished in First place at the Kentucky Grade Level Chess Championships held on November 14, 2007 at Kentucky Country Day School. The 2nd Grade Team of Tina Lin, Nick Willis, Max Beach, Matthew Rouse, and Nelson Penn finished #1 in the 5 Round tournament with Tina Lin having a team best 4 win. Nelson Penn was given the honors of bringing the team trophy to school. The 5th Grade Team of Eric Hahnert, Blake Fellmy, Patrick O'Brien, and Chad Leonard finished #1 in their grade with Eric Hahnert having a team best 4 wins. Other kids participating at the tournament include: On Saturday, November 3 rd, 165 kids from 3 states entered the Kentucky Scholastic Chess Tournament held at the University of Louisville. Eleven members of the M-town Chess club competed and Middletown won 2 school trophies. Middletown's K1 team won the 3rd place trophy out of 6 schools. John Ober, Jack Thacket, and Jayden Vaught made up the K1 Team. Middletown's K3 team won the 2nd Place trophy out of 16 teams. Nick Willis, Matthew Rouse, Tina, Lin, Jorden Murphy, Jacob Larcara, and Mitchell Larcara made up the K3 Team. Middletown finished 2nd a half point behind Saint Fransis Goshen. Both Mitchell and Jacob Larcara received participation trophies. Middletown's K5 team finished 8th place out of 12 teams. Chad Leonard and Camden Penn made up the K5 team. Chad Leonard led Middletown with 4 wins out of 5 matches. About sixteen members of Greathouse’s Chess Club traveled to Middletown on Friday Oct. 19th to compete against Middletown in the first school match of the year. Middletown defeated Greathouse 8-0. Middletown plays Dunn Elem next. Eight Members of the Middletown Elementary Chess participated in the first chess tournament of the year at Atherton High School on Saturday, Oct 13th. It was a good tune-up for the upcoming Kentucky Country Day tournament which draws nearly 300 kids every year. A Third Place Trophy was awarded to the Middletown K-3 team consisting of Wes Leonard, Tingchih Lin,
Taylor Owen, and Nicholas Willis. A K-3 2nd place trophy was also awarded to Wes Leonard Results Page - Fall 2006 and Spring 2007Middletown K-1 team represented by Tina Lin and Nicholas Willis finished first at Kentucky Scholastic Chess Center on April 7th. Nine kids participated at this spring break tournament, with Tina finishing in first place with 4 points followed by Nicholas in second place with 3.5 points. Both players WON against Nathan Coffee, the number four player in the state. Max Beach won 5th Place Trophy in the K-1 Individual State Championship Dillon Tate won 7th Place Trophy in the K-1 Individual State Championship Middletown’s K-1 chess team won the Kentucky State Chess Co-Championship on Saturday March 24th. They were crowned co-champion along with Dunn Elementary of Louisville. Middletown was represented by Nicholas Willis entering the day rated 661 (8th in state); Dillon Tate 651 (9th in state); Max Beach 600 (12th in state); Tingchin Lin (Tina) 376 (28th in state); and Hunter Perkins 305 (42nd in state). The day started out with a rough first round. Max was upset by Cameron from KCD (the largest upset of the day). Tina drew Spencer Kriss the returning state champion rated 1194 from Lexington School and though she gave it her best she was not able to win. However Dillon and Nicholas provided us with two much needed wins. Middletown quickly found itself in third place behind Dunn and St. Francis Goshen, trailing by a point. The second round raised everyone's spirits as Middletown gained 4 points and took sole possession of first place. The third round Nicholas faced Theo Taylor rated 909 (2nd in state) from St. Francis Goshen; Dillon faced Garrett Wright (10th in state); Tina faced Tyler Mason (6th in state) with Max provided our only win this round and Middletown moved into a 3 way tie for 2nd with Dunn and Lexington School with a total of 7 points. One point behind St. Francis Goshen. However, once again Middletown bounced back with 4 wins to retake sole possession of first place with 11 points. 1/2 point ahead of Dunn and 2 points ahead of St. Francis Goshen. Nicholas provided a big win over Sudarsana Addepalli (16th in state). Our spirits were quite high entering the final round until we saw the drawings. Dillon was to face Theo Taylor; Max was to face Lucas Sakamaki (5th in state); Tina drew Ian Schaeffer (7th in state); Nicholas drew Kyle Hosey with only two tournaments under his belt (24th in state). First to report was Tina with a loss. Next was Max with a huge upset over Lucas, then Nicholas with another loss. The parents spirits were wavering at this point. Hunter recorded his first win of the day, a hard fought battle considering all the talent at state this year. However Dunn's best player drew Spencer Kriss and was turned aside. Spencer finished the day 5-0 and retained his title. With Dunn's best two players losing all Middletown needed was one more win. Dillon took Theo down to the wire and with only a king and pawn vs a king and rook. Dillon was able to promote his pawn and force Theo to sacrifice his rook to capture Dillon's queen ending the match in a draw. So with 1 1/2 points in the final round we were up 2 points on Dunn. Then we finally heard news that St. Frances last player lost and they fell short with 11 1/2 points. We now knew we could finish no worse then co-champions but, the waiting continued with the final two Dunn players still playing. We were quite hopeful since Dunn's 4th player Matthew Rouse was facing Paul Bradford who's rating was over 200 points higher. However, it was not to be as Matthew and Ian came through for Dunn with wins. Max Beach placed 5th in the Individual State Championship with 4 points, followed by Dillon Tate who placed 7th in the Individual State Championship with 3 1/2 points, Nicholas Willis who placed 10th with 3 points, Tina Lin who placed 22nd with 2 points and Hunter Perkins who placed 25th with 1 1/2 points; a great day for Middletown. Middletown's K-1 team has joined the K-5 team as Co-State-Champions for 2007. This is the first year that Middletown has ever won state. Under the guidance of Coach Chip, Wade and Roger the Middletown kids confidences grew and they discovered they could beat anyone. A special thanks goes out to all of the parents who helped and brought their kids to many of the evening practices, and to the coach's who work with our players even with out the guidance of coach Chip who's work took him half way across the world for the past 2 months. Griffin Renz goes Undefeated Middletown’s K-5 team chess team won the Kentucky State Chess Co-Championship on Saturday March 3rd. They were crowned co-champion along with 2-time past Champion Meadowthorpe Elementary of Lexington. The day started out with an easy victory over Johnson Co. 4-0. Our next match was against the top seed, 1100+ rated and previous 2-time state champions Meadowthorpe. Middletown was rated only 950. The kids were told before the match that they could play against anybody and win. That they should fear no one, that any kid was beatable. They came through with an unexpected but respectable 2-2 tie. The 3rd round featured us against KCD and the 1400+ rated Drew Lipman. A formidable task considering KCD is a 9-time State Champion and Middletown has never beaten KCD head-to-head in school history. It’s time to re-write the history books. Middletown 2.5 vs. KCD 1.5. What a jolt for the team! We were going into the final round in a three way tie with Dunn and Meadowthorpe and only win from the State Title. Dunn and Meadowthorpe had to play since we had already played Meadowthorpe. We were paired with the 4th place team Crittenden County. Before this final match, Coach Wade told the how important the match was and to play their best. They did not know the State Championship was on the line because we didn’t think they needed that pressure. They were just told they needed to win if they wanted a team trophy. And to kids, a trophy is more important than a title. They came thru magnificently. Patrick O’Brien was the first to finish; he tied. Then Chad Leonard won. Then Griffin Renz won. By that time, the word had trickled down to the Middletown parents that Griffin won and we were guaranteed a tie for the State Title. There were smiles. Blake Felmy was still playing at that time and he could forfeit or asked for a draw but he chose to play it out. Blake, playing the No.1 Board all day, had to play the toughest players all day and a win would lift his spirits. He ended up winning too and a 3.5 to 0.5 victory in the final match. Middletown K5 Team… Co-State Champs! Six years after the program stated. Our K5 State Championship Team consisted of Blake Felmy, Chad Leonard, Patrick O'Brien and Griffin Renz, with alternates Eric Hahnert and Bridgette Schumann. Griffin Renz got a trophy for being undefeated in the 4 rounds of play. The K-3 team finished a respectable tie for 6th Place out of 16 Teams. It consisted of Camden Penn, Kevin Anderson, Wes Leonard and Jack Palmer with alternates of Taylor Owen and Praharsha Paladuga. Crosby Middle school, which Middletown feeds into, also played for the state crown in the final round. They had beaten the 2nd and 3rd place teams already and now had to face Meyzeek. They lost but were crowned Kentucky State Runner up. All six players on Crosby’s team are Middletown alumnus. A special thanks goes to all of the parents who helped and brought their kids to many of the evening practices. Many of the Middletown players will play in the State Individual Championship in Bowling Green, KY on March 24th and 25th , and in the National Championship in Nashville TN, on May 11th – 13th . The K-1 Team with three members, Tingchih Lin, Dillon Tate and Nicholas Willis won a third place team trophy. Tingchih Lin won a first place individual trophy in the under 400 category. The K-3 Team also with three members, Wes Leonard, Camden Penn and Eleanor Ellis won a fifth place team trophy. Wes Leonard also won a seventh place individual trophy. This is very good since the team score is determined by the total number of wins by up to four team members. In the K-5 group, Chad Leonard won a sixth place individual trophy. He was the only Middletown Elementary player in that category. Practice will continue on Monday and Tuesday evening after March 19 th to get ready for the State Team and Individual Championships on March 3 rd and on March 24 and 25 and the National Championships in May. |
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