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2 0 1 3 N S S C3rd with a 6-1 +588 record wereJacob Sass, a 7th grader from TX,and Kyle Imperato, an 8th graderfrom NY.Andy Hoang, winner in 2012 and 2009, coached hisbrothers Kenny (8th grade) and Eric (4th grade), whofinished 4th with a 6-1 +581 record. The brothers areshown here with their father, Danny Hoang.Smith MS (NC) 6th gradersGautam Sirdeshmukh andLaolu Charles were 5thwith a 6-1 +305 record.The additional games provided great excitement, with a number of teams still in the running inGame 7. Spread ended up making the difference for Kevin and Raymond, as they had a 198-pointwin in Game 7 to qualify for the final with a +717 spread. Their only loss had been in Game 3,where they lost to the California team of Bay SCRABBLE 1 by just 3 points. This is the second yearthe NSSC has offered 7 games, and it gives more teams a chance for the prize. In previous years asingle loss made it very difficult to make the finals. It would be great to see even more games helpdecide this championship in the future!Teams from the East Coast did particularly well. Five of the top-10 prize winners were from NorthCarolina, where coaches David Klionsky and Teresa Schaeffer have helped build a very strongprogram. Smith MS teams finished 1st, 5th, and 10th; Salem MS/ES finished 4th; and Seawell ESfinished 9th.Stefan Fatsis brought 22 teams representing the D.C. area, with his student Sam Masling finishing2nd and his 5th-grade daughter, Chloe Fatsis, finishing 8th with her partner, Ali Bauman. The15th-19th place teams were Stefan’s students from Janney ES and Deal MS.Andrew Crowell (8th) and SamuelBoysen (7th) of the EvangelicalChristian School (TN) finished 6thwith a 5.5-1.5 +330 record.Emma Baughman, a 6th grader from CT, andDeeAnn Guo, an 8th grader from NY, placed 7th witha 5-3 +901 record and won the Mixed Grade HighGame award with a 559, the tournament high game.Shown here with their coach, Cornelia Guest.5th grader Chloe Fatsis and 8thgrader Alexandra Bauman (DC)finished 8th with a 5-2 +519record. Stefan Fatsis, Chloe’sfather coached the two girls.28
2 0 1 3 N S S CCornelia Guest’s five teamsfinished 3rd, 7th, and 11th-13th,with her 7th-place team of 8thgrader DeeAnn Guo and 6thgrader Emma Baughman playingthe highest game of thetournament, 559, which won theprize for Mixed Team High Win).Another close finisher was theEvangelical Christian School 2team of Andrew Crowell (8thgrade) and Samuel Boysen (7thBryson Torgovitsky & Nathan Wagner (L)) from D.C. and Rajiv Nelakanti & VineetMudupalli from CA (above) each had 506 games to tie for 7th Grade High Win.grade) from Tennessee. They ended 6th with a 5.5-1.5 +330 record, losing only their final game toSmash’d an Atom (Thomas Draper and Sam Masling)--by a heartbreaking 9 points. These boyswere playing in their first tournament, but one of their mothers said they played online games “a lot.”Also in the top 20 were 8thgraders Josh Kattsir and SamShaffel (the 2013 Toronto SchoolSCRABBLE Champions), and theBay SCRABBLE 1 team of 7thgraers Rajiv Nelakanti and VineetMudupalli from San Francisco,who finished 20th. The BaySCRABBLE 1 team also tied forthe prize for Grade 7 High Winwith the Deal MS 10 team ofBryson Torgovitsky and NathanWagner with 506 games.Sportsmanship Prize winnersAlexis Eley (7th) & ZionThornton (8th) of the MountPleasant Christian School (MD).Jack & Nicholas Miklaucic from RandolphMiddle School (NC) scored 555 to earn theprize for 6th Grade High Win. The brothers areshown with their coach, Katya Lezin.The Grade 6 High Win went to the Randolph MS Team 1 (NC) of 6th grade brothers Jack andNicholas Miklaucic, who scored a 555. And no, the brothers are not twins--they’re triplets!The Grade 5 High Win went to the Pine Crest ES team of Aiden Cook and Simon Chervenak fromMaryland, who scored a 477.(L-R): Aiden Cook & Simon Chervenak (MD) won 5th Grade High Win; 5th graders Caleb Anderson & Ryan Cheney (DC) wonHighest-Scoring Bingo; 8th graders Alyssa Haniff & Edward Quaye (FL) won for 2nd Highest-Scoring Bingo; 7th graders TheoHolt & Thomas Brodey (NC) won the High Loss prize. 29
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