Permian Basin Scholastic Chess Championship

Trinity hosted the 2025 Permian Basin Scholastic Chess Championship on Saturday, April 12th.  The event had 88 participants (including 16 Trinity Students).

 

In the Kindergarten-Grade 6 division, Chase Stelmaschuk went undefeated (6 wins and 1 draw for 6.5 points) to come in second place and win a nice trophy!  Other top finishers for Trinity were: Mason Midkiff tied for fifth place with 5 points; Ryan Hart tied for sixteenth place with 4.5 points; Jaxon Willman, Evan Holmes, and Charlie Schmalbach all tied for eighteenth place with 4 points.  Trinity tied for second place with MCA and Hillander in the team division, but failed to get the plaque because of the tie-breakers.  First place went to the Homeschoolers.

 

In the Grades 7-12 division, Ollie Mathweson also went undefeated (3 wins and 2 draws) to tie for first place.  In the tie-breaker, Ollie came in second place and won a nice trophy.  Trinity won the third place plaque in the team division with Homeschool coming in first, and MCA coming in second.

 

Many thanks to the Trinity parent/faculty volunteers that helped make this event a huge success.