Newbies Improve at Bay Lane

Girls Like Chess Too!

Bay Lane held a great tournament.

Our fourth graders take 3rd in K-6!

Mill Valley brought 14 kids to the tournament at Bay Lane Middle School, 9 of whom who were either in their first or second tournament ever! A great time was had by all, at this well-organized and fun tournament at the home of previous Mill Valley coach Mr. Reese (who is now the coach at Bay Lane).

The Team of Andrew, Griffin, Jack, Elliot, Julia, Cora, Lydia, Ryan, and Tessa (all fourth graders, four of whom are new to chess tournaments) took home the 3rd place trophy for K-6! Special congratulations go to Ryan G. who won 3 games in his first tournament ever- a feat accomplished only twice before - once by Will S. this year (Will couldnt attend this time), and once a few years back by Jorin M., now a player for Lake Denoon Middle School. This a good group of 4th graders who hopefully continue playing next year at LDMS!

Mill Valley also fielded a K-3 team composed entirely of new players (Ben and Nathan couldn't make it this time around). Congratulations to Matthew, Joshua, Georgy, Brandon and Alyssa for playing well. Special congratulations to Matthew and Joshua for taking 3 points, and for Georgy taking 2.5 in his first tournament. 1st graders Brandon took 2 points and Alyssa 1 point, in their 2nd tournaments ever.

Congratulations also to our sister school, Lake Denoon Middle School, who took 1st place in K-6 and U-700 divisions, and 2nd place in K-12.

Click here for full results!

NEXT UP: Elmwood in New Berlin on 3/13, then STATE tournament 3/20 and 3/21.

Mill Valley has Strong Showing at Grade Level (updated)

That's Andrew in the front row sporting MV red and white!

Click here for a link to full results. <---- updated!

Congratulations to:
- All Mill Valley players, Will, Andrew, Joshua, Griffin, Ben and Chris, for playing very well at a difficult tournament, against the strongest players in the state for their grades!
- Andrew H, who took home the 5th place trophy for 4th Grade by going 4-1! Andrew is already a member of the "red division" having won 4 in a 6-game tournament last year.
- Will S, who took home the 6th place medal (just missing trophy) by going 3.5-1.5. Will is now a member of the "red division" (having won 3.5 out of 5).
- Andrew, Chris and Griffin, for taking the 4th place team trophy for Mill Valley!
- Joshua R, who took 2.5 out out 5 in his third tournament
- Ben S, for having the courage to stand alone in 3rd grade and playing well
This year has been a challenge, with not a whole lot of tournament participation... the way kids improve is through 1) at-home practice, 2) tournament participation, and 3) classroom attendance and participation. We have the third one down pretty good, and our showing at the Grade Level shows that we have the potential!

Kudos to the WSCF for a great venue, and a good job organizing and running this large tournament. Also... best. skittles. area. EVER.
This Saturday: Bay Lane... we have 13 kids who have said they are playing! Should be a blast- get in some practice at home before that tournament!!!

Roll Call for Grade Level

Many new players waiting for their first tournament at Bay Lane!
For now, trying to get a full team for Grade Level!
We have 2 in 2nd grade, one in 3rd grade, and 2 in 4th grade so far. We are locked in at the $20 rate... Please RSVP if you can make it..
Thanks!
- Mark

Recapturing Past Glory at Grade Level!

First, a bit of HISTORY below! This was a special team of friends that played and practiced together, and still dominate Wisconsin scholastic chess today.

Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Marion Center, St. Francis, WI
4th Grade Section WSCF Rated
TEAM Results
1 MILL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL , (8) 12.0 37.0 45.5 65.0 24.0
REESE JR., GREG (4.0,1146)
TILLSON, CHRIS (4.0,823)
OTTERBACHER, KOLTON (4.0,497)
BARTZ, JOSHUA (4.0,569)
SEGHERS, EVAN (3.5, 1031)
SEGHERS, REID (3.0, 765)
SCHROEDER, BRIAN (3.0, 577)
GOMOLL, RACHEL (2.0, 201)

2 GOLDA MEIR ELEMENTARY, MILWAUKEE (4) 10.5 29.5 38.0 46.5 20.5
CROSBY, MYLES (4.0,491)
KRUEGER, CHRISTIAN (3.5,587)
MONTEMAYOR, CHRISTIAN (3.0,340)

3 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE, (8) 9.5 29.5 44.5 48.0 18.5
KEARNEY, MICHAEL (3.5,799)
RODMAN, SAJITH (3.0,628)
PETZOLD, AARON (3.0,595)
NAJEEB, YASEEN (3.0,482)

Last year, Mill Valley did not compete in the Grade Level tournament. Let's get back there and see what we can do! We can have a solid team in every grade from 1-4 this year. We just need your participation. Please RSVP to Mr. Seghers to attend this important tournament.

If ever there was a tournament that warranted putting aside other activities, this is the one! Each child plays only against children in his own grade. There are individual and team trophies and medals. This is always a great experience.

It's the 2010 Wisconsin Grade Level Tournament!!! Click here to read the flyer. All you need to do to register is email Mr. Seghers (seghers @ gmail.com) to RSVP. This year the tournament is at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (click here for map).