West Junior High School and Sunflower School earned the first-place team trophies in K-9 and K-6, respectively, Nov. 13 at the Southwest Junior High School chess tournament. Free State High School earned the third-place trophy in K-12, while Central Junior High School and SWJH claimed second and third, respectively, in K-9. Sunset Hills was second in K-6, and Cordley was third in K-3. Individually, CJHS’ Eddie Wilson was champion in K-9.

Other Lawrence-area medalists were, in K-12: Venkata Malladi, FSHS, eighth; Jacob Wilson, Lawrence High School, ninth; Andrei Elliott, FSHS, 10th; and Stephen Obiefule, LHS, 12th.

In K-9: Aaron Simon, WJH, second; Sam Beaulieu, CJH, third, Joseph Miller, WJH, fourth; Kaustubh Nimkar, SWJH, fifth; Caleb Ledbetter, WJH, sixth; Shrivatsa Malladi, Langston Hughes, seventh; Thomas Peterson, SWJH, ninth; Noah Briton, CJH, 11th; Tom Brooks, WJH, 12th; Robert Newman, South Junior High School, 13th; Bennett Haase-Divin, WJH, 14th; Daniel Wrigley, SJH, 15th; Ilya Schaeffer, Sunflower, 16th; Noah Kenn, WJH, 17th; and George Wedge, CJH, 20th.

In K-6: Apramay Mishra, Sunflower, second; Cole Burenheide, Quail Run, fourth; Kelsey Jian, Sunflower, sixth; Ting-Ting Shi, Quail Run, 10th; Jackson Maher, Cordley, 13th; Ryan Duan, Quail Run, 14th; Diane Camarda, Sunset Hills, 16th; Lincoln Edgecomb, Sunset Hills, 18th; and Jasmine Mihu, Prairie Park, 20th.

In K-3: Caleb Prescott, Sunset Hills, ninth; Wheeler Battaglia-Davis, Cordley, 12th; Oliver Rubenstein, Sunflower, 13th; Guthrie Bricker, Cordley, 14th; Rajin Nagpa, Sunflower, 15th; Colin Greenfield, Prairie Park, 16th; and Austin Burenheide, Quail Run, 17th.