Spring Scio Scholastic

I recently received some information from Mr. Garry Reynolds (aka the old wood pusher) regarding the Scio Spring Scholastic (Unrated) Tournament that took place this past Saturday and wished to pass it along to our readership.

• 34 Players competed in five rounds in two sections K-6 and 7-12.
• In the K-6 section Ryan Madden a sixth grader from Pioneer finished first with an undefeated 5-0. Second went to Justin Wedge a sixth grader from Bradford, PA with a 3.5 score. Tying with 3 points were sixth grader Mason Windus from Scio and fourth grader Ryan Palmisano from Pioneer. (Windus took the third place award on a better tie breaks.)
• In the 7-12 section four players scored 4.0 points to finish 1-4. They included, in order of tie breaks: Jade Brown- 11th grader from Canisteo-Greenwood, Holden Berstein-11th grader from Olean, Tanner Kahm- 10th grader also from Olean, and Dillon Smith-7th grader from Scio.
• The tournament was run very well by Ms. Karen Insley, of Scio Chess Club, and "the old woodpusher."
• photos courtesy of Karen Insley