Ryan and students continue Medical Lake chess tradition

After most Medical Lake Middle School students have left school for the day, several of their classmates sit quietly in a classroom, hovering over a chessboard and waiting for their opponent's move.

The Medical Lake Middle School Chess Club had its final meeting, March 30, with a mini-tournament where students showed off the skills they learned in the last couple of months.

Paul Ryan, a parent volunteer and the club's adviser started a chess club at the elementary school where his son Jeremy was a student. He later brought the club to the middle school where it's stayed ever since. Ryan has be...