SHSAA badminton playoffs continue
April 28 was a busy day of badminton as both the juniors and seniors continued their playoffs. The seniors gather at Swift Current Comp. to compete in the SWAC District championships. The teams were divided into two pools with the top two in each pool advancing to the playoffs. The semi finals were followed by the third place and gold medal matches. The results were as follows:
GIRLS SINGLES:
Gold medalist - Sara Kendall (Ponteix) over 2nd place Cassandra Benson (Hazlet) 21-19, 10-21, 22-20.
3rd place - Kaitlynn Bradford (Cabri) over 4th place Madison Bertram (Frontier) 21-19, 21-15.
BOYS SINGLES:
Gold medalist - Bobby Hudec (Fox Valley) over 2nd place Dallyn Jamieson (Cabri) 21-9, 21-12.
3rd place - Riley Hughes (Hazlet) over 4th place Garret Mitchell (Frontier) 21-14, 21-18.
GIRLS DOUBLES:
Gold medalists - Payton Stimson/ Kyla Tumbach (Leader) over 2nd place Megan Tumbach/kerstyn Wenzel (Leader) 21-7, 21-13.
3rd place - Lara New/justine Bennett (Swift Current Comp.) over 4th place Ashley Bakus/carmen Hildebrand (Herbert) 25-27, 21-19, 21-10. BOYS DOUBLES:
Gold medalists - Carson Leach/jordan Mastel (Leader) over 2nd place Sam Ganert/ethan Bosch (Fox Valley) 21-19, 22-20.
3rd place - Mason Mass/kaden Gramlich (Fox Valley) over 4th place Dustin Kendall/tanner Kendall (Ponteix) 18-21, 21-18, 21-14.
MIXED DOUBLES:
Gold medalists - Matthew Ganert/ Kenna Anton (Fox Valley) over 2nd place Nicholas Ehnisz/rebecca Chou (Fox Valley) 21-15, 21-11.
3rd place - Erik Scory/payton Wilkinson (Leader) over 4th place Morgan Bock/connor Drever (Maple Creek) 21-19, 21-16.
Thanks to our host school Swift Current Comp. as well as the commissioner Houston Doig (Leader) and special thanks to the Swift Current Comp. badminton team and head coach Janna Walker for all their work in hosting the event!
The top two will now advance to SHSAA regional badminton, which will be held May 5 at Moose Jaw.
There will be six teams in each category at regionals – two from SWAC, two from the West Central district and two from the South Central district. They will play a round robin with the top two advancing to Provincials in Wilkie on May 12.