Coach names Dream Teams for Feb 20 !

Anyone can sign up for the tournament February 20 either by
going to the schoolchess.org website and registering or showing up
at Metcalf Jr High in Burnsville before 8:30 on February 20.
You will need $10 for the entrance fee, $5 for lunch and a ride
to the Metcalf Jr. High by 8:30 and home again at about 4:00. Carpool with someone else on the list.
I'm going to try to have the school pay half.
Don't worry if your name is not on my list. You cannot hurt our team score by not doing well.
You will play 5 games (perhaps 4 in 7th or 8th grade with more time per game)

If you haven't played in a year, don't worry. You have matured and actually will play a lot better than the last time you touched a chessboard. I've been coaching a long time and have found this to be true.

Encourage your friends to come out for chess club and see if we can make a dream come true.
If you see a friend's name on this list, tell them they made Mr. Heinemann's dream team!

DREAM TEAMS (we need 3 for a team)

8th grade
 980 Shyion Bonner
 742 Pahlee Thao
 714 Bobby Fraser
 677 Ethan Yang
 612 John Schray

The top three comprise the team that took 2nd place in the state last year. The addition of Ethan and John will make this a powerful team. There are better players out there, but are there better teams?

7th grade
732 Victoria Vang
657 Caleb Gamez
532 Sirichai Thao
522 Pengxu Xiong
519 Steven Estrada
495 Ahmad Oatis
Not as strong as the 8th grade team, but this team could score 7 points - is that good enough??

6th grade
 810 Caleb Vang
 653 Bailey Arrigoni
 647 Annabel Yang
 555 Michael Davis
I'm excited to see what this team could do. 8 points maybe

5th grade - no dream team

4th grade
 741 Luche Yang
 492 Elvis Schiung
 344 Anly Lee
 289 Wameng Thao
 287 Dealir Lee
The top two are solid players who can score 5+ points can we get 1.5 or 2 from someone else?

3rd grade - no dream team but I'd like to see how some of our top 3rd graders can do.