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12-13-09 Cancelled - Diversity's Winter Scholastic Chess Quads at the Woman’s Club of Arcadia.

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10-30-09 Check out the October issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

10-25-09 Congratulations to Justin Tay for taking first place in Diversity's Fall Scholastic Chess Tournament. Justin already qualified for the 2009 Diversity Scholastic Chess Championship so 2nd place winner Sam Aycock qualifies as the Winter Champion. Other winners include Dakota Jones- 3rd place, Dante Peterson- Top U1200, Jacky Quan - Top U1000, Liam Theiring - 1st place Reserve Section, Daniel Yap - 2nd place Reserve Section, Gia Peterson- 3rd place Reserve Section, Rachel Hong- Top U800, Alan Salazar- top U600, Danjoseph Quijada - 1st place Booster Section, Narek Galstyan - 2nd place Booster Section, Alex Liu - 3rd place Booster Section, Luca Olivieri - Top Unrated.

08-23-09 Congratulations to Nicholas Hammond for taking first place in Diversity's Summer Scholastic Chess Tournament. After about a year and a half hiatus, Nicholas comes back true to form to win and also qualify for the 2009 Diversity Scholastic Chess Championship at the end of the year. Other winners include Jennifer Lu- 2nd place, Shelley Anthopoulos- 3rd place, Leo Creger- Top U1200, Mick Peterson - Top U1000, Danial Asaria - 1st place Reserve Section, Brian Cheng - 2nd place Reserve Section, Jason Brown- 3rd place Reserve Section, Jordan Flores- Top U800, Khachik Minasyan- top U600, Raghav Ramanujam - 1st place Booster Section, Jessica Lopez - 2nd place Booster Section, Kyle Kirk - 3rd place Booster Section.

7-30-09 Check out the July issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

6-30-09 Check out the June issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

5-31-09 Congratulations to Albert Lu for taking 1st place in the Spring Scholastic Chess Tournament. Albert qualifies for the 2009 Diversity Chess Championship.
5-27-09 Check out the May issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

4-30-09 Check out the April issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

3-31-09 Check out the March issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

3-01-09 Congratulations to Justin Tay for taking first place in Diversity's Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament. Justin also qualifies for the 2009 Diversity Scholastic Chess Championship at the end of the year. Other winners include Annie Wang - 2nd place, Winston Zeng - 3rd place, Shelly Anthopoulos - Top U1200, Gagik Papoyan - 1st place Reserve Section, Harrison Chen - 2nd place Reserve Section, Jacky Quan - 3rd place Reserve Section, Ryan Balandran - Top U800, Dylan Palasek - top U600, Alexand Chan - 1st place Non-Rated, Stanley Cheng - 2nd place Non-Rated, Johnathan You - 3rd place Non-Rated.

2-28-09 Check out the February issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

2-15-09 HFHS Varsity fell to Sacred Heart by six points, missing the playoffs but closing out a much improved regular season with bright hopes for the future.

2-13-09 HFHS JV Basketball finished the season 6-2, defeating Alverno 27-20 last Wednesday. JV is co-champions with Sacred Heart and San Gabriel Mission. Varsity lost to Alverno last Wednesday but still has a chance for the 3^rd and final playoff berth. Varsity plays Sacred Heart, also 4-4, today at 7pm.

2-9-09 HFHS JV Basketball is now 5-2. We lost to San Gabriel Mission on January 31 by 23 points. Varsity won their game, again, continuing the reverse trend. On Tuesday, February 3, the JVs studied hard for their rematch against San Gabriel Mission and edged the Pioneers by two, 32-30. Varsity started a new type of trend by winning 38-30. On Saturday, February 7, both teams won again against Bishop Conaty. Varsity snapped Bishop 31-game Horizon winning streak. Bishop Conaty, 7-1 this year, has been undefeated in league play for the past three years. This year would have made it four but Holy Family worked hard to see to it that it did not happen. Next up is Alverno on Wednesday, February 11 where the JVs go for a 6-2 record, and Varsity goes for a playoff berth and a 2^nd place Horizon league finish.

2-9-09 Check out the January issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

1-30-09 HFHS JV Basketball is 3-1 winning the last two games against Bishop Conaty (32-19), and Sacred Heart (34-29). Varisty continues the reverse trend, losing to Bishop >Conaty by 6 points, and to Sacred Heart by 3 points. Next up is San Gabriel Mission this Saturday, January 31 at Pacific Park in Glendale.

1-16-09 Horizon League is underway and HFHS JV Basketball is 1-1 losing to Sacred Heart on Jan. 6 by 6 points and winning against Alverno on Jan. 14 by 5 points. Varsity, on the other hand, won against Sacred Heart by 5 points and lost to Alverno by 6 points. Talk about a complete reversal. Our next stop is Bishop Conaty on January 20.

12-23-08 Holy Family High School JV Basketball’s record is 2-1 to finish the pre-season with a winning percentage. Varsity Basketball finished the pre-season with a 3-6 record, playing some really tough teams along the way. Not to worry… a good beating simply serves to expose your weaknesses so you can improve for the next game. We look forward to JV and Varsity’s season opener against Sacred Heart of Jesus on January 6, 2009!

12-23-08 Congratulations to Albert Lu, 2008 Diversity Chess Scholastic Champion of Champions. Below are winners of the Scholastic Quad Sections:

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

1st place

Justin Tay

Bill Kang

Rianne Sanchez

Henrik Wang

Jack Barrett

Emily Zheng

2nd place

Annie Wang

Shelley Anthopoulos

Justin Yong

Patrick Miller

Angela Qiu

Danny Li

Congratulations to Non-Rated Winners, Wesley Chang (1^st), Jennifer Yu (2^nd)

10-26-08 Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Fall Scholastic Chess Tournament:

Open Section

Reserve Section

Booster Section

K-6 Non-Rated

K-3 Non-Rated

1st place

Aaron Householder

Kyle Brown

Kevin Yao

Justin Lee

Brandon Jia

2nd place

Minas Badikyan

Felix Gao

Justin Yao

Wesley Chang

Kelly Chang

3^rd place

Albert Lu

Bill Kang

Nipun Nair

Gavin Chen

Top U1200

Austin Chang

N/A

N/A

Top U1000

Shelley Anthopoulos

N/A

N/A

Top U800

N/A

Jason Brown

N/A

Top U600

N/A

Matthew Kawakami

N/A

Top Unrated

N/A

N/A

Trevor Jung

Congratulations to Aaron Householder for qualifying for the 2008 Diversity Scholastic Chess Championship!

10-01-08 Check out the September issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

09-29-08 Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Fall Scholastic Chess Quads:

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Non-Rated

1st place

Aaron Householder

Evan Anthopoulos

Sebastien Whetsel

Abraham Niu

Anna Qiu

Alfred Zhang

Justin Yang

2nd place

Winston Zeng

Annie Wang

Alex Householder

Wayne Chien

Winfred Wang

Angela Qiu

Brandon Jia

and to the top three of the newly added Scholastic Elite Section: Gore Badikyan (3-0), Minas Badikyan (2.5-0.5), and Justin Tay (2-1). Special thanks to Coach Jay for being on-hand at the tournament and to all the parents who helped clean up and bring chairs in.

09-02-08 Check out the August issue of “The Chess Parent.” I know it is September but better late than never, right? J. If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

07-31-08 Check out the July issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

07-31-08 Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Diversity Summer Scholastic Chess Tournament:

Open Section

Reserve Section

Booster Section

1st place

Gerard Boberg

Albert Lu

Paolo Da Silva

2nd place

Christopher Lopez

Dakota Jones

Casey Duan

3^rd place

Tonly Kukavica

Rianne Sanchez

Kyle Brown

Top U1200

Sebastien Whetsel

N/A

N/A

Top U1000

N/A

Girish Balaji

N/A

Top U800

N/A

Mitchell Wang

N/A

Top U600

N/A

Stephanie Shao

N/A

07-18-08 I (Coach Roel) am pleased to announce that I will be JV Basketball Coach at Holy Family High School. I am currently assisting Coach Siy in HFHS’ summer basketball program. These new duties are in addition to everything else that’s going on now so, that means that there will still be chess lessons, chess tournaments, and Friday Chess League.

07-18-08 Check out the June issue of “The Chess Parent.” If you would like to subscribe please send me an email

07-18-08 Congratulations to the winners of the Spring Scholastic Chess League (sorry for the late post)

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Division 4

1st place

Justin Tay

Albert Lu

Justin Lee

Kelly Chang

2nd place

Max Cheng

Annie Wang

Wesley Chang

York Wang

3^rd place

Matthew Ung

Jennifer Lu

Anderson Wu

Joshua Yu

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