23 January 2021
There was a flurry of close, nail-biting action on Thursday and
Friday as the matches in the Maine Online High School Chess League concluded. A
new sixth team, Hampden Academy, entered the scene, matching up against Morse
High School for their Maine chess debut.
On Thursday, the Hampden Academy Broncos dueled the Morse High
School Shipbuilders to an even 5-5 draw. Hampden was powered by sweeps from
Beckett O’Reilly and Avery Smith, while Morse gained their strength from sweeps
on their fourth and fifth boards, Kim Inocando and
Natalie Emmerson. Calvin White and Edward Crews split their match, 1-1.
Also on Thursday, Cape
Elizabeth completed a near-sweep of Deer Isle-Stonington, with a 9.5-0.5
result. Mason Woodman put DISHS on the boards with a draw against Denker representative Isaac Dinnerstein, and Cape saw three
strong performances from Tyler Rodenberger, Haring
representative Zoe Dinnerstein, and team captain Marco Hansel.
On Friday, the Bonny Eagle Scots and the John Bapst Crusaders also
ground out a 5-5 draw. The Scots earned sweeps from Kevin Lin and Barber
representative Declan Thomas, with an even split coming from Kaiden Tillman and
Bapst’s Dakota Colson. Bapst got two wins each from
John Hoang and Khoa Dao.
Thanks to all the coaches who have made this league such a success
as we move into Week 3: Oisin O’Searcoid of Bonny
Eagle High School; Mary Penfold of Deer Isle-Stonington High School; Carrie
Emmerson and Brian LaFlamme of Morse High School and Roberta Jordan of Bath’s
Patten Free Library; Marco Hansel serving as captain for Cape Elizabeth High
School; and Sam Manhart of Hampden Academy. Cheers to all the teams for a good
week of play!
STANDINGS
|
TEAM |
MATCH POINTS (including byes) |
GAME POINTS FOR |
GAME POINTS AGAINST |
|
Cape Elizabeth |
2 |
19.5 |
0.5 |
|
Bonny Eagle |
1.5 |
12 |
8 |
|
John Bapst |
1.5 (FP bye) |
5 |
5 |
|
Hampden Academy |
1 (HP bye) |
5 |
5 |
|
Morse |
0.5 |
5 |
15 |
|
Deer Isle-Stonington |
0 |
3.5 |
16.5 |
CAPE ELIZABETH vs. DEER ISLE-STONINGTON
|
CAPE |
RESULT |
DEER ISLE-STONINGTON |
RESULT |
|
Isaac Dinnerstein |
1.5 |
Mason Woodman |
0.5 |
|
Tyler Rodenberger |
2 |
Henry Penfold |
0 |
|
Marco Hansel |
2 |
McHenna
Martin |
0 |
|
Zoe Dinnerstein |
2 |
Owen Staples |
0 |
|
Ethan Gebhart |
2 |
No opponent |
0 |
HAMPDEN ACADEMY vs. MORSE
|
HAMPDEN ACADEMY |
RESULT |
MORSE |
RESULT |
|
Beckett O’Reilly |
2 |
Nola Vallade |
0 |
|
Calvin White |
1 |
Edward Crews |
1 |
|
Avery Smith |
2 |
Zoe Brush |
0 |
|
Delia Hill |
0 |
Kim Inocando |
2 |
|
Morgan Ramsay |
0 |
Natalie Emmerson |
2 |
BONNY EAGLE vs. JOHN BAPST
|
BONNY EAGLE |
RESULT |
JOHN BAPST |
RESULT |
|
Zach Brislin |
0 |
Khoa Dao |
2 |
|
Declan Thomas |
2 |
Jake Grover |
0 |
|
Kevin Lin |
2 |
Rachel Norment |
0 |
|
Max Matthews |
0 |
John Hoang |
2 |
|
Kaiden Tillman |
1 |
Dakota Colson |
1 |