The Martin Luther King Chess Tournament had a great turnout this year at Klamath Union High School this past Monday.
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There were over 60 people from the community (and one from Ashland) who registered to play, ranging in skill level from new to advanced.
Players were from Conger, Roosevelt, Ponderosa, KU, Henley, Brixner, Stearns, New Horizon, Salt & Light Academy, Ferguson, Shasta and Oregon Tech.
Overall winners were:
K-5 division:
1st: Silas Moon, Conger 5th Grade, all 5 wins
2nd: Brannon Henderson, Brogan Henderson, & Alex Huang with 4 wins, all Conger
3rd: Jaxon Ogborn (Conger), Olivia McPherson (Conger), Cade Burch (Salt & Light Academy), & Penny Guest (Shasta) with 3.5 wins
6-8 division:
1st: Isaiah Quintana, Klamath Home Learning Academy, 7th Grade, all 5 wins
2nd: Wally Stevens & Braydon Henderson, both Ponderosa, 4 wins
3rd: Aiden McPherson, Ponderosa, 3.5 wins
One player from KU, Minh Anh Vincent, placed 3rd overall.
Here are the winners broken down by grade:
Kindergarteners (both Conger):
Alex Ogborn: 1st place
Blakely Henderson: 2nd place
1st grade (both Conger):
Howard DeCamp: 1st place
Carter Steel: 2nd place
2nd grade (Conger unless noted):
Brannon Henderson: 1st place
Caden Steele: 2nd place
Axton Stewart (Stearns) & Kiran Park: 3rd place
3rd grade (both Conger):
Jaxon Ogborn: 1st place
Owen Elliott: 2nd place
4th grade:
Alex Huang (Conger): 1st place
Olivia McPherson (Conger) & Cade Burch (Salt & Light Academy): 2nd place
Caleb Corey (Roosevelt) & Andre Segovia (Ferguson): 3rd place
5th grade:
Silas Moon (Conger): 1st place
Brogan Henderson (Conger): 2nd place
Penny Guest (Shasta): 3rd place
6th grade:
Jax Reit & Vega Priem (Pondo): 1st place
Oliver Weitlisbach (Pondo): 2nd place
Nicholas Harwood (Pondo), Bradley Wonser (Peterson), Oriana Smith (Pondo), & Austin Lewis (Pondo): 3rd place
7th grade:
Isaiah Quintana (Klamath Home Learning Academy): 1st place
Wally Stevens (Pondo): 2nd place
Aiden McPherson (Pondo): 3rd place
8th grade:
Braydon Henderson (Pondo): 1st place
