Tazewell County Elementary School 37th Annual Chess Tournament

Georgetowne Middle School

February 21, 2015


One hundred fiftyfive students in grades three through eight from fourteen Tazewell County schools and some students that are home schooled participated in a five round tournament. Members from the Greater Peoria Chess Federation volunteered to be the judges and were directed by Jim Vernon. The building host was Robert Ketcham, Principal and Jolyon Webb coordinated the event. Trophies were awarded to the top three in each category with medallions for fourth through tenth places. There were five groups as follows: Grades three and four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Tazewell County Chess Results 2015

Tazewell County 37th Annual Chess Tournament

155 Participants from 14 Schools

And some that are Home Schooled

Grade 3-4

1st – Noah White – Grundy - Morton

2nd – Michael Stock - Grundy - Morton

3rd – Paul Newman – Brown - Morton

4th – Alyssa Rassi – Home Schooled - Morton

5th – Daniel Serrurier - Brown - Morton

6th – Calvin Myers – Lincoln - Morton

7th – Matthew Stevens – Lincoln - Washington

8th – Justus Koch – Home Schooled- Tremont

9th – Evan Cabell – Brown - Morton

10th – Josie Kneller – Jefferson - Morton


Grade 5

1st – Joel Getz – Home - Morton

2nd – Elijah Snyder – Lincoln - Morton

3rd – Mathias Ryken – Home Schooled- Morton

4th – Trenton Ray – Rankin - Pekin

5th – Colton Hanson – Grundy - Morton

6th – Isaac Rassi – Home Schooled- Morton

7th – Olin Guillottee – Bolin - E. Peoria

8th – Nina Newman – Brown - Morton

9th – Cavin Childs – Rankin - Pekin

10th – Delaney Greer – Rankin - Pekin

Grade 6

1st – Lucas Rassi – Home Schooled- Morton

2nd – Zach Williams – Brown – Morton

3rd – Henry Barth – Home Schooled- Morton

4th – Dakota WatsonCentral Jr High – E. Peoria

5th – Blake Harriman Central Jr High – E. Peoria

6th – Calvin Salrin – Georgetowne – Marquette Heights

7th – Manny O’Cana – Rankin - Pekin

8th – Nathan Melloy – Beverly Manor - Washington

9th – DJ Jacobs – Rankin - Pekin

10th – Nolan Ogle – Tremont Middle School


Grade 7

1st – Paul Peterson – Central Jr. High in East Peoria

2nd – Ethan Steiner – Tremont Middle School

3rd – Nick Reeser – Morton Jr. High

4th – Joshua Madsen – Washington Central

5th – Joe Crisler – Central Jr. High in East Peoria

6th – Ethan Boley – Morton Jr. High

7th – Jackson Biagini – Washington - Central

8th – Quinlan Tisdale – Home Schooled- Pekin

9th – Dylan Wood – Beverly Manor - Washington

10th – Eli Stouder – Central Jr. High in East Peoria

Grade 8

1st – Alex Ford – Central Jr. High in East Peoria

2nd – Travis Roden – Morton Jr. High

3rd – Keven Lauer – Morton Jr. High

4th – Bailey Antonio – Rankin – Pekin

5th – Caleb Sauder – Morton Jr. High

6th – Kyle Woodard – Central Jr. High in East Peoria

7th – Justin Peacher – Beverly Manor - Washington

8th – Miles McGowan – Beverly Manor - Washington

9th – Ian Chenoweth – Morton Jr. High

10th – Andrew Hellrigel – Tremont Middle School