SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Two Saint Thomas More Academy students won big at the Scholastic Chess of Indiana championship tournament, with one taking first place.

John Bentrup, a senior at Saint Thomas More, won first place in the high school category, earning a $2,000 scholarship.

Max Meng, a fourth-grade student at Saint Thomas More, took home second place in the elementary school category.

According to Saint Thomas More Academy, both Bentrup and Meng plan on representing the academy again at the GM Arnold Denker National Tournament of High School State Champions in August.