Badminton squads advance to Regionals
Badminton was the focus of our SWAC athletic programs this weekend. We ran four junior sectional tournaments and the senior district championship on Saturday in gyms across the southwest.
The top two teams from our senior playoff advance to the SHSAA Regional tournament on May 4 in Regina. That is the qualifying tournament for Provincials. We hope our teams do well so they can compete on ‘home turf’, as Swift Current is the host site for the provincial championship on May 11.
Top three results from the SWAC SENIOR Championship:
Girls Singles:
1. Hillary Lacelle (SCCHS)
2. Kaitlynn Bradford (Cabri)
3. Judith Geick (Vanguard)
Boys Singles:
1. Frank Chou (Fox Valley)
2. Garrett Mitchell (Frontier)
3. Kai Haubrich (SCCHS)
Boys Doubles:
1. Jayesh Budhrani/Grady Rogers (SCCHS)
2. Kim Mendoza/Tyson Goffinet (Ponteix)
3. Sam Ganert /Joseph Bosch (Fox Valley)
Girls Doubles:
1. Kerstyn Wenzel/Megan Tumbach (Leader)
2. Justine Bennett/Lara New (SCCHS)
3. Logan Mastel/Sarah Arendt (Leader) Mixed Doubles:
1. Connor Drever/Morgan Bock (Maple Creek)
2. Jade Stimson/Ty Strutt (Leader)
3. Tia Gorrill/Jaedon Perkins (Ponteix) The top 4 Junior badminton teams from Cypress Hills and Whitemud, plus the top two teams from Rolling Hills A and Rolling Hills B will battle at the SWAC Junior District tournament on Saturday, May 4 in Swift Current. We have some of the top 4 teams unable to compete on May 4, so the roster was filled with the next highest players in the event
Junior Teams advancing out of Whitemud:
Girls Singles:
1. Jayden Voll (Shaunavon)
2. Kiana Ham (Frontier), plus Briley Ham (Frontier), Darci Egland (Eastend) Boys Singles:
1. Wyatt Smith (Shaunavon -unable to attend district)
2. Burke Osinski (Eastend), plus Zach Smith (Shaunavon), Cowen Souey (Frontier), TJ Allen (Shaunavon) Girls Doubles:
1. Raliegh Newman/Martina Brown (Consul-unable to attend districts)
2. Molly Richardson/Mya Girard (Eastend-unable to attend districts), plus Ava Nelson/Pagie Kutscall (Shaunavon), Madison Goldstein/Autumn Saunders (Shaunavon), Hunter Johnson /Bryce Sabados (Frontier), Sarah Beirbach/Reese Mackie (Consul) Boys Doubles:
1. Trey Hammond/Rylan Galey (Shaunavon)
2. Tygh Armstrong/Jesse Arendt (Eastend), plus Clay Lightfoot/Ryder Jensen (Frontier), Lucas McCuaig/Tash Armstong (Eastend).
Mixed Doubles:
1. Shay Erickson/Brette Tully (Consul)
2. Leshia VanSandt/Wyatt Mokelki (Eastend), plus Bodie Duke/Makayla Bjornsons (Eastend)
Junior Teams advancing out of Rolling Hills A:
Girls Singles:
1. Taylor Bestrop (Herbert)
2. Chloe Shumaker (SCCHS)
Boys Singles:
1. Navi Singh (SCCHS)
2. Carson Schapansky (SCCHS) Boys Doubles:
1. Ryan McCulloch/Dawson Spate (Herbert), Robert Laing/Jerry Martens (Waldeck)
Girls Doubles:
1. Melodie Turales/Kierstin Handon (SCCHS), Cassidy Funk/Kaylee Voth (Herbert)
Mixed Doubles:
1. Hailey Carlson/Munay Htoo (SCCHS) Junior Teams advancing out of Rolling Hills B:
Boys Singles:
1. Rhett Franklin (Ponteix)
2. Reid Carlson (Irwin)
Girls Singles:
1. Reziel Egoc (Ponteix)
2. Rachel Christensen (Ponteix) Boys Doubles:
1. Devin Walters/Cody Emms (Pontiex)
2. Brandon Inder/Parker Latimer (Irwin)
Girls Doubles:
1. Sierra Ross/Daniela Palaganas (Ponteix)
2. Kayla Deobald/Anida Teichroeb (Hodgeville)
Mixed Doubles:
1. Carter Munro/Reese Evjen (Irwin)
2. Brandon Siemens/Bo Wilson (Wymark)
Junior Teams advancing out of Cypress Hills:
Mixed Doubles:
1. Easteyn Jakubowski/Jacob Kobelsy (Leader)
2. Ryker Brown/Grace Ungrin (Maple Creek), plus Ben Rutherdale/Sam Snippshild-Duffee (Maple Creek), Cheyenne Gill/Mitchell Ehnisz (Burstall) Girls Singles:
1. Joren Gramlich (Fox Valley)
2. Gracey Rauch (Leader), plus Haley Anton (Fox Valley), Becca Marshall (Leader)
Boys Singles:
1. Mickey Bradford (Cabri)
2. Mayson Moffat (Cabri), plus Ryan Hudec (Fox Valley), Hunter Stock (Hazlet) Girls Doubles:
1. Kelsey Klippert/Haley Tumbach (Leader), Khali Delorme/Kahlen Delorme (Maple Creek), plus Kindi Opsal/Jillian Broderick (Maple Creek), Candice Anderson/Vanessa Flynn-Barr (Hazlet) Boys Doubles:
1. Noah Bosch/Gauje Conkin (Fox Valley)
2. Charlie Pawluk/Riley Desautels (Cabri), plus Adam Hudec/Kessler Hellman (Fox Valley), Reed Duncan/Ryder Wellbrock (Cabri)