Vincent and Jason rule at the Ohio Elementary School Championship

May 31, 2014

(l-r) Jason, Vincent, Rusty, Ethan

o Vincent Baker and 2nd grader Jason ‘Mason’ Wang are the 2014 Ohio Elementary School Co-Champions

o Things do not always go as planned but 1^st seed Vincent and 2^nd seed Jason left little doubt who was in charge in this tournament. Both players sweep through the field and left everyone in their wake with perfect 5-0 scores. Vincent won the 1^st place trophy on tie-breaks.

o CCL players with 3.5 or more were:

1 Vincent Baker 5
2 Jason Wang 5
5 Ethan Ferkins 4
8 Viktor Mishkin 3.5
9 Justin ‘Rusty’ Wu 3.5
11 Aditya Jambhale 3.5
12 Lainie Massick 3.5
14 Duke Wang 3.5
15 Sneha Prabu 3.5

o Congrats to Alan Zhang for finishing 4-1 in the K-3 championship and coming in a 2 way tie for 2^nd.

Below is a slideshow of pictures from the tournament.

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