3/16/08--3rd Grader wins State K-3 AND Jr High Championship
Michael Chen from St. Joseph won the K-3 championship on Saturday 3/15, and came back and won the K-8 championship on Sunday 3/16. Apurva Virkud from Troy finished 2nd in the K-8 championship after finishing 3rd in the K-5 championship a day earlier. The K-5 champion, Kyle Webster from Ann Arbor, and 2nd place finisher Epiphany Peters of Grand Rapids, did not compete on Sunday. And Evan Hawver of Ann Arbor finished 4th in the K-5 Championship and 5th in the K-8 championship, leaving only 2 places in the top 5 for actual Jr High students!!

The top local finisher was Ivan Keener of Lansing Cavanaugh Elementary who tied for 1st place in the K-5 Reserve section with Jordan Candie.

Other local students winning trophies included:
Ritwik Biswas, Okemos Chippewa, 4th Place, K-8 Reserve
Nishant Jain, Okemos Chippewa, 2nd Place, 8th Grade, K-8 Championship
Aaron Janick, Okemos Hiawatha, 5th Place, K-5 Reserve
Kartikeya Kandula, Okemos Bennett Woods, 7th Place, K-5 Reserve
Aditya Kandula, Okemos Bennett Woods, 3rd Place, 1st grade, K-3 Championships
Zachary Lewis, Okemos Hiawatha, 8th Place, K-5 Reserve
Will Miklavcic, Haslett Ralya, 2nd Place, 4th Grade, K-5 Championship
Mayank Patke, Okemos Chippewa, 3rd Place, 7th Grade, K-8 Championship
Jeffrey Xiao, Okemos Cornell, 11th Place, K-5 Reserve
Zony Zhang, Okemos Chippewa, 3rd Place, 6th Grade, K-8 Championship

And in another upset, 6th grader Atulty Shetty from Ann Arbor defeated 10th grader James Canty III from Detroit in the finals of the High School Championship.

2/16/08--Ann Arbor Greenhills wins State Jr High Team Tournament.
The 2008 State Jr. High Team Tournament was held Saturday Feb. 16, 2008 at Eastern Michigan University. 

Local teams winning trophies include:

Okemos Chippewa--5th place

Okemos Kinawa--6th Place

2/2/08--Ann Arbor dominates State Elementary Team Tournament.
The 2008 State Elementary Team Tournament was held Saturday Feb. 2, 2008 at Michigan State University. The K-3 Section was won by Ann Arbor Thurston Elementary, and the K-5 was won by Ann Arbor MLK Elementary. The K-6 Championship was won by Novi Meadows. The K-5 Reserve Section had co-champions of Utica Roberts Rooks and Grand Blanc. Click Here for complete results. Local teams winning trophies include:

Okemos Chippewa--7th place, K-6 championship

Okemos Kinawa--8th Place, K-6 Championship

Okemos Hiawatha--9th place, K-5 Championship

Okemos Hiawatha--6th Place, K-5 Reserve Section

Okemos Hiawatha--9th Place, K-3 Championshi