Whitefield players started out the scholastic chess season strong at the QuickStart! tournament hosted by the GCA over the weekend. Fielding players in each of the four sections, Whitefield had three top five finishers.
In the 6th-12th grade section, Caleb Corliss (7th) won three out of four to take fourth place. Drew Justice (2nd) ended the day with a perfect score to garner first place in the K5 division. Fourth graders Rylie Keeble and Zoe Justice (4th) also competed in the K5 section, facing each other in the last round of competition.
Newcomer Trey Kantor (2nd) was undefeated, winning three games and drawing one, to take fourth place overall in K3, while veteran Walker Paxton (2nd) ended the day with three points and in eighth place. They were joined by classmates Bryce Bowling, Archer McBride, Efetobo Aror, and Christian Wiggins in the K3 section. Rounding out the Whitefield competition, Ross Robinson (1st) won three out of four to finish in seventh place in the K1 section. Hannah Crisp and Ben Cochran (1st grade) also competed for Whitefield in K1.
We are excited to welcome so many new players to the team and proud of their success!