WARSAW — Warsaw Community School students recently participated in the 31st annual Scholastic Chess of Indiana contest. The state finals were held on Saturday, Jan. 25, at Pike High School in Indianapolis. There were 80 students competing in the eighth and under middle school division. Andrew Potter, an eighth-grade student at Lakeview Middle School, won …read more.

“We thought it was a fluke and numbers would dwindle, but it’s stayed steady,” says Ann Schlabach. Schlabach coaches the chess team at Milford School, which has experienced record attendance during the 2013 school year. “We had about 25 students who came regularly last year,” she says. “We’ve been averaging 60 kids per week [this …read more.