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Tournament results
The 4th Annual Kamiah Holiday Family Chess Tournament had 24 participants at Summit Academy on December 10th, 2016. Although the weather, like the previous year, was very snowy, we had a good turnout. The Winners and their prizes follow: Overall Student Champions: 1st Place: Cody Wassmuth of Craigmont won $100 cash and he goes onto the perpetual trophy. 2nd Place: Alli Kohrman of Grangeville won $75 cash. 3rd Place: Torry Chmelik of Cottonwood won $50 cash and shared half with Ethan Oleary who tied with him. Adult Champion: Brandon Rehder of Cottonwood won $25 cash. Grade Champions: (each received a Gold/Silver/Bronze medal as their prize) Grades 1-3: 1st Place: Asher Smith of Kooskia 2nd Place: Eli Brunson of Cottonwood 3rd Place: Gryer Hollibough of Grangeville Grades 4-6: 1st Place: Cody Wassmuth of Craigmont 2nd Place: TorryChmelik of Cottonwood 3rd Place: Levi Wassmuth of Craigmont Grades 7-9: 1st Place: Alli Kohrman of Grangeville 2nd Place: Ethan Oleary of Kooskia 3rd Place: Lane Wassmuth of Craigmont Grades 10-12: 1st Place: Youngmin Sim of Cottonwood No other 10-12th graders competed Other Awards: Sportsmanship and Most Likely to Improve Awards: Anna Francis of Kamiah Best Helper Award: Tommy Rose of Cottonwood Random Award: Brandon Vetter of Grangeville We want to thank our sponsors: Justin Finney (donated $250); Hunt Hatch (donated $100); The Clearwater Progress (gave much free publicity through TheChessGuy's Chess column); Augie's Deli in Orofino (gave free ice-cream cone coupons); The following businesses placed donation jars for the tournament:; Cloningers of Kamiah; Grangeville Askers Harvest Foods; Grangeville Builders Supply; Grangeville Cash & Carry; Harvest Foods of Kooskia; Jacobs Lumber of Kamiah; Kamiah Builders Supply; Kamiah Pit Stop; Orofino Builders Supply; Orofino IGA; Perfection Tire; Stites Hardware Thanks to all for their support. Sandy 
A photo of the overall winners appeared in last week's Chronicle update. |
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