West Junior High captures chess title

Chess players from Salt Lake City's West Junior High/Extended Learning Program swept the top five individual places to capture West's sixth straight Utah State Junior High School Chess Championship for its division.

West won for the large-school division in the tourney, held at the University of Utah. Dixon Middle School, Provo, won the small-school team division. South Jordan Middle School and Hillcrest Junior High took second and third in the large-school division, while Glendale and Hillel took second and third in the small-school division. More than 150 students from 20 schools participated in the seven-round, two-day tournament.

Individual winners included: Adam Mielke, seventh grade, West, and Jamie Olsen-Mills, ninth grade, West, tournament co-champions; Tony Chen, seventh grade, West, third place overall; Oscar Gonzalez and Jose Garcia (tie), Glendale, first place sixth grade; Zach Heaton, Dixon, first place seventh grade; Evan Clark, West, first place eighth grade; and Janice Chen and Devon Brown (tie), West, first place ninth grade.