Results from the
Rockford Elementary Chess Challenge
.First place individual trophy winners
Kindergarten - Joshua Wolanyk (Luther Academy at Alpine)
1st Grade - Jordan Hoffmann (King)
2nd Grade (tie) - T. J. Brewer (Rock Cut) & David Rockwell (King)
3rd Grade (tie) - Nathaniel Wolanyk (Luther Academy at Gloria Dei) & Garrett Lizer (King)
4th Grade (tie) - Jeremy Tatar (King) & Justin Kaderabek (King)
5th Grade - J P Roman (King)
6th Grade (tie) - Calvin Zhang (King) & Toby Barnes (Machesney)
7th Grade - Chad Casarotto (West)
8th Grade - Ryan Podeszwa (West)
Teams winning trophies (by section)
Section K-2
1 King
2 Luther Academy at Alpine
3 Rockford Christian
4 Caledonia
5 Rolling Green
6 St James (Rockford)
Section 3-5
1 King
2 Machesney
3 Luther Academy at Gloria Dei
4 Marsh
5 St Joseph (Harvard)
6 Montessori
Section 6-8
1 West
2 King
3 Flinn
4 Marsh
5 St Edwards
6 Kinnickinnick
Special Awards
"Best Unrated Player" medals awarded to
K - Jason Peck - Luther Academy at Gloria Dei
1 - Grace Johnson - St James
2 - Erik Rohrer - Rockford Christian
3 - Andrew Collier - Luther Academy at Gloria Dei
4 - Jeffrey Kellen - Luther Academy at Gloria Dei
5 - Randy Dela Cruz - Marsh
6 - Greg Wilkerson - Marsh
7 - Michael Leick - St Edwards
8 - Nicholas Bojda - Flinn
"Biggest Upset" Medals awarded to:
K-2 section: Troy Makulec - King
3-5 section: Nick Brady - Montessori
6-8 section: Justin Gilbert - Rolling Green