2003 Henderson County Scholastic Chess Championship
Hendersonville, NC
February 22, 2003
104 players competed in the annual spring event that was held at Apple Valley Middle School.
Ian Sanders won the Championship Section and the $500 scholarship by defeating Brad McDanel in an exciting blitz playoff after they both scored 2.5 out of 3.  Amelia and Collette Wheeless both had perfect 4 out of 4 scores in the Middle and High School Section.
Braden Rimbault and Grayson Romstadt scored 3.5 out of 4 to top the Elementary Section.
Dylan Morris scored a perfect 5 of 5 to win the Primary Section.

Championship/Scholarship, 3SS, G/60
No. Name Team Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3
1 Sanders, Ian HmSch 1721 2.5 W4 D2 W5
2 Mc Danel, Brad W Verita 1423 2.5 W6 D1 W3
3 Campbell, Gabriel S NCSFD 1156 1.5 D5 W6 L2
4 Horwitz, Matthew A Immac 1187 1.5 L1 D5 W6
5 Horwitz, Dan McCall 1388 1.0 D3 D4 L1
6 Hyde, James H HmSch 1201 0.0 L2 L3 L4

Middle/High School, 4SS, G/45
No. Name Team Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4
1 Wheeless, Amelia A StAnth 1306 4.0 W20 W5 W15 W11
2 Wheeless, Colette StAnth 1398 4.0 W19 W14 W13 W4
3 Stevenson, Katie L Immac 927 3.5 W29 W18 D11 W12
4 Allred, John Paul OwenMi 1000 3.0 W23 W6 W9 L2
5 Cortese, Mark Verit 697 3.0 W26 L1 W27 W17
6 Lantrip, Taylor Immac 662 3.0 W16 L4 W29 W21
7 Grove, Tyler F Immac 784 3.0 W28 L11 W16 W13
8 Lalor, Justin F AugGA 1153 3.0 L11 W28 W18 W14
9 Obermiller, Eric C Rugby 106 3.0 -B- W22 L4 W24
10 Goodwin, Ben C HendHS 844 3.0 W27 L13 W19 W15
11 East, Nolan HmSch 2.5 W8 W7 D3 L1
12 Todd, Bryan M 979 2.5 D24 W31 W25 L3
13 Yanik, Matt J AshCat 550 2.0 W35 W10 L2 L7
14 Smyers, Elliot HendHS 671 2.0 W17 L2 W20 L8
15 Josserand, Eric StnMt 458 2.0 W32 W21 L1 L10
16 Flannigan, Francis StnMtn 2.0 L6 W34 L7 W25
17 Barr, Eric StnMtn 2.0 L14 W32 W22 L5
18 Huntley, Luke AplVal 410 2.0 W30 L3 L8 W29
19 Freeman, Jed AplVal 392 2.0 L2 W35 L10 W33
20 Canfield, Joseph AplVal 216 2.0 L1 W30 L14 W28
21 Haynes, Jesse AplVal 821 2.0 W34 L15 W26 L6
22 McCraw, Cameron AplVal 749 2.0 W33 L9 L17 W26
23 Dorne, Daniel StnMtn 2.0 L4 L26 W30 W27
24 Mason, Zack StnMtn 1.5 D12 L25 W31 L9
25 Pfeiffer, Karl D AplVal 411 1.5 D31 W24 L12 L16
26 Allen, Andrew StnMtn 1.0 L5 W23 L21 L22
27 Campbell, Angelia R HmSch 1.0 L10 W33 L5 L23
28 Gibbens, Zack StnMtn 1.0 L7 L8 W34 L20
29 Davis, Matthew StnMtn 1.0 L3 -B- L6 L18
30 Yarborough, James StnMtn 1.0 L18 L20 L23 W35
31 Wiest, Nick StnMtn 1.0 D25 L12 L24 D32
32 Fletcher, Steven StnMtn 1.0 L15 L17 D35 D31
33 Bowen, Eric StnMtn 1.0 L22 L27 -B- L19
34 Foster, Max StnMtn 1.0 L21 L16 L28 -B-
35 White, Trevor StnMtn 0.5 L13 L19 D32 L30

Elementary School, 4SS, G/45
No. Name Team Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4
1 Rimbault, Braden Verit 821 3.5 W9 W6 W12 D3
2 Romstadt, Grayson HendE 544 3.5 W17 W22 -H- W10
3 Araya, Nicolas Immac 846 3.0 W22 D5 W10 D1
4 Shaw, David K Verit 913 3.0 L8 W13 W14 W11
5 Tolles, Wiekus HendE 754 3.0 W23 D3 -H- W12
6 Posthumus, Paul HendE 666 2.5 W7 L1 -H- W13
7 Stroup, Rose Immac 788 2.5 L6 W14 W15 -H-
8 Schoeff, Owen Immac 740 2.5 W4 L10 W19 -H-
9 Patrick, Will J Immac 628 2.5 L1 W20 W16 -H-
10 Owens, Chelsea A WDWill 857 2.0 W11 W8 L3 L2
11 Michels, Colin HendE 718 2.0 L10 W15 W18 L4
12 Cowan, Brandon WDWill 2.0 W19 W23 L1 L5
13 Torrence, Hannah WDWill 618 2.0 W18 L4 W20 L6
14 Cowan, Lindsey WDWill 616 2.0 W21 L7 L4 W19
15 Cowan, Hali WDWill 538 2.0 W16 L11 L7 W21
16 Parsons, Daniel HendE 329 2.0 L15 -B- L9 -B-
17 King, Alexandra WDWill 343 2.0 L2 L19 W23 W20
18 Sofie, Ben P Immac 416 1.5 L13 W21 L11 -H-
19 Radford, Jacob Atkin 472 1.0 L12 W17 L8 L14
20 Ruth, Andrew W HendE 302 1.0 -B- L9 L13 L17
21 Brodie, Steven P HendE 346 1.0 L14 L18 W22 L15
22 Hancock, William Verit 668 0.5 L3 L2 L21 -H-
23 Hyde, Bethany F HmSch 625 0.0 L5 L12 L17 -N-

Primary School, 5SS, G/30
No. Name Team Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5
1 Morris, Dylan AshCat 800 5.0 W36 W9 W24 W3 W2
2 Gibson, Dorsey AshCat 4.0 W25 W14 W7 W4 L1
3 Shaw, Daniel K Verit 935 4.0 W32 W13 W5 L1 W8
4 Coin, Tate Verit 763 4.0 W14 W6 W15 L2 W12
5 Hanby, Alex Immac 786 4.0 W10 W34 L3 W15 W11
6 Araya, Daniel Immac 877 4.0 W8 L4 W30 W10 W13
7 Horwitz, Joshua A Immac 802 3.5 W16 -H- L2 W25 W19
8 Sapp, John Luke WDWill 648 3.0 L6 W20 W26 W17 L3
9 Jones, Seth A Immac 689 3.0 W27 L1 W33 D20 D18
10 Rimbault, Landon Verit 494 3.0 L5 W21 W31 L6 W25
11 Hernandez, Adrian 3.0 D35 W18 W19 D12 L5
12 Osteen, Aaron Atkins 262 3.0 D19 W28 W22 D11 L4
13 Emrich, Matthew J HendE 761 3.0 W30 L3 W27 W24 L6
14 Dorn, Brandon T Atkins 443 3.0 L4 L2 W37 W26 W24
15 Tomblin, Jacob WDWill 3.0 W33 W36 L4 L5 W29
16 Wahler, Eddie Verit 512 3.0 L7 W31 L17 W35 W28
17 Jones, Taylor Immac 100 3.0 -B- L30 W16 L8 W27
18 Mohler, Robert HendE 152 3.0 -H- L11 W36 W37 D9
19 Lampley, Peter H HendE 335 2.5 D12 W35 L11 W22 L7
20 Nordlinger, Lex HmSch 2.5 W39 L8 W34 D9 -U-
21 Allen, Adena L Immac 315 2.5 D28 L10 D35 D32 W30
22 Caldwell, Nighkey AshCat 2.5 W37 D32 L12 L19 W36
23 Yanik, Michael AshCat 2.5 L31 L26 W38 D30 W32
24 Motter, Reid Immac 2.0 W26 W29 L1 L13 L14
25 Neill, Eron Atkins 154 2.0 L2 W37 W29 L7 L10
26 McSwain, Ben Fletch 2.0 L24 W23 L8 L14 W35
27 Sapp, James Michael WDWill 346 2.0 L9 W38 L13 W31 L17
28 Templeton, Mark HendE 225 2.0 D21 L12 -H- W39 L16
29 Lampley, John Mark HendE 576 2.0 -X- L24 L25 W33 L15
30 Plyler, Jonathan L Atkins 382 1.5 L13 W17 L6 D23 L21
31 Stevenson, James Immac 132 1.5 W23 L16 L10 L27 D33
32 Duck, Ethan Z Verita 676 1.5 L3 D22 D39 D21 L23
33 Marr, Hannah Atkins 1.5 L15 W39 L9 L29 D31
34 Wakefield, Tommy E Verit 706 1.5 W38 L5 L20 -N- -H-
35 Vogel, Brian WDWill 1.0 D11 L19 D21 L16 L26
36 Rholl, Jonathan T Verit 495 1.0 L1 L15 L18 W38 L22
37 Long, Grace Immac 1.0 L22 L25 L14 L18 -B-
38 Burke, Mitchell N HendE 371 1.0 L34 L27 L23 L36 W39
39 Patrick, Cori Immac 167 0.5 L20 L33 D32 L28 L38
40 Balken, Aidan Immac 815 0.0 -F- -U- -U- -U- -U-

 
 

Directed by Kevin Hyde, Cliff Marr, Neal Harris, and Chuck Palmer.