The Chessnuts,
Archbishop Quigley's Chess team, wound up their season in grand style by
capturing the Conference Championship at the playoff tournament held at De La
Salle on April 11. Their regular season resulted in a second pla
ce finish with
only one loss to the undefeated
team from St. Ignatius Prep.
As the second seed in the playoffs, the team first played De
La Salle and scored a convincing win. They then faced a young but talented team
from Luther South and after a hard fought set of games managed another win to
set up the championship match with first seed St. Ignatius. After wins by Mike
Zigulich on board 1 and Andy Kirchoff on board 8, followed by a loss on board 7
with
Kevin Lowe, the coach from St. Ignatius, Sean Bradley, informed his
remaining
boards that they needed wins to gain a victory. When Quigley's fifth
board, Joe Frey, scored a victory it was all over and Quigley defended its
championship of the conference for the fourth year in a row.
Eric Randleman-'09-3/29/06