It looks like the Blazing Trojans are good at staying three moves ahead of the competition.
The Chess Team recently won the conference championship for the third time in the past decade, defeating Rich South High School in a fourth-round tie-breaker.
Let's congratulate these brilliant students, and wish them luck as they head to the state tournament in February!
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Chess team members also won individual medals. Those medal winners are listed here:
Jarred Stanton - 1st place: Board 1
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Rolando Enriquez - 3rd place: Board 4
Hollyn Fisher - 1st place: Board 5 (Also took 1st place for Sophomores in the Blitz Tournament)
Dariush Wilkowski - 2nd place: Board 6
Philander Crawford - 2nd place: Board 7 (Also took 2nd place for Freshman in the Blitz Tournament)
Jordan Allen-Wilson - 2nd place: Board 8
Evan Maddox - 3rd place: Board 8
Additional winners from Bloom Trail’s team:
Tanell Prempeh - 2nd place: Board 1
Kevin Nguyen - 2nd place: Board 2 (Also took 3rd place for Freshman in the Blitz Tournament)
Melissa Churchill - 2nd place: Board 3
Mac Jones - 2nd place: Board 5
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