SMCA New Berlin West

SMCA season opener at New Berlin West 

The SMCA, or Scenic Moraine Chess Association, is comprised of Muskego, New Berlin West, Brookfield Academy, Brookfield East, Eisenhower, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Kewaskum, and St. Johns NMA schools.  These schools send their varsity teams (top 5 boards) to play in head to head matches, while the junior varsity team plays a swiss style event similar in format to other tournaments.

Muskego's Varsity team of Will S, Alyssa P, David B, Adam P and Aaron G took on Kettle Moraine and won the first round.  They then played against Brookfied Academy's JV team for round two as St. John's was unable to attend, and won that match.  They finished by playing a very difficult Brookfield Academy Varsity team and barely lost.  These are all G60 (up to 2 hour) matches.

Steven A. was our lone JV player for the day and did very well, winning 3 of 5 matches.

In January we will host Eisenhower at Muskego, and in February we'll have our season finale against Brookfield East, New Berlin West, and Kewaskum. 

Muskego Melee

MUSKEGO MELEE Results

Another annual Muskego Melee went off without a hitch this past Saturday at Lake Denoon Middle School.  We had 84 players from our club and surrounding communities in 4 divisions.  It was run very well by the IAC and we had a lot of fun!  The event also brought in funds for our club of over $600!

This tournament could not have been successful without the help of SO many volunteers, from setting up on Friday (big thanks to Riva and Kreuser families!) to running concessions and clean up on Saturday.  Big thanks to Mark Nagy of LDMS for spending so much of his personal time to support this great event.

K3 rated - a more difficult day than normal as this division had to be combined w/ K6 due to the limited number of players.

Anthony R and Gidion K did a great job taking 2nd and 7th place in this division.

K6 unrated 

Josh K had a good day and took 7th place.  Our Big Bend players Cael and Carson B and Will B had a great day in their first tournament!  Cael took the top spot at 2nd place, and together they took a 2nd place team trophy!

K6 rated 

Rishi S played some good matches in this tough section.  Luke N and Andy P stepped up to join Nelson K and Logan O in the rated section, and they all played well!  Nelson took the top spot at 9th place, but together they took home the first place team trophy!

K12 rated 

Elijah T was the sole player from LDMS and Brody B and Steven A represented Bay Lane in this difficult section and played some good matches.   MHS was represented by Grant B, David B, Alyssa P, Adam P and Will S.  Will took the top place at 7th, but together as a team they took the first place trophy!

We saw a lot of slow, well played matches, and good sportsmanship by all.  Congratulations to our players on a great day  -  looking forward to the next tournament!

This week

Hi All,
 What an exciting week this will be!

  Tomorrow I'll be picking up & bringing our apparel to class. If you forgot to order, I will have some extra t-shirts available ($10/each) in both child & adult sizes.

  Also, Saturday is when we're hosting our yearly tournament (Muskego Melee) which is our biggest fundraiser for the club. Please spread the word to family, friends, neighbors, etc. to stop by and help support us.
 
  If you haven't registered, the link is http://ia-chess.com/registration/tournamentinfo.html?id=50. It's a great first tournament. The sections are K6 unrated, K3, K6 & K12. If you have any questions as to what section to sign up for, feel free to ask any of us tomorrow night.

   Also, we're on FB as well. The group's called "Muskego Scholastic Chess Club."

  Leah

No Chess tomorrow - November 21

Hi All,
 Just a reminder that there won't be chess tomorrow night, November 21 & we'll resume November 29.
  I will also have the apparel on the 29th. I ordered a couple extra t-shirts (both adult & child size) in case anyone forgot to order. They're $10/each.
 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving & don't forget to practice chess!
 Leah

Volunteers needed for our tournament, Dec 2

Hello  MSCC Parents,

Hope you had a nice weekend!  While we were at the USM tournament yesterday, we did a little of our own tournament planning.

Can you believe it's less that two weeks away?!

Our tournament at LDMS on December 2nd is our biggest fundraiser of the year and is also a nice way to involve more of our club while having fun!  But we cannot run this tournament without you!

Please sign up (thanks Karla Klein) to help set up Friday night, run the concessions during the day on Saturday, or cleanup when it's (almost) over.

http://www.signupgenius.com/ go/10C0B4EAFA928A3FF2-mscc1

If you have any questions at all please let me know!

Thanks

Dan

USM Results

The first tournament of the season was a challenge. There were some players in a new section, a tad rusty or even in one case, this was his first tournament ever played but nonetheless, the team made us proud with their attitudes & efforts.

K-3 Section
Anthony had 3 wins & placed in 6th. Congrats!

K6 Section
Nate ended with 3 wins & ended in 10th. Congrats!
Both Logan & Rishi ended with 2 points. This was Rishi's first tournament playing in the K6 Section.


K12 Section
Alyssa ended with 3 points which placed her in 10th. Congrats!
Adam had 1.5 points, Aaron ended with 2, Will with 2.5, Steven 2 points & Elijah with 1 point. This was Steven's first tournament playing in the K12 & Elijah's first tournament ever played.

Pizza Party, Nov 8

Hi All,
  Next week we're having a pizza party at 6 pm. This is open to the chess players & their families. We (MSCC) asks for a $5 donation per person & that everyone starts out with no more than 2 slices at first just to make sure everyone gets some.
  If you're willing to bring something like soda, cookies, etc please let me know.
   Thanks!
    Leah