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The Swift Current Comp. Colts and Ardens grade 9 badminton team attended the junior Ponteix tournament on Saturday March 9. All seven teams made it to the playoffs and four teams came home with medals.
Boys Singles – Navjeet Singh finished second in his pool with a 2-1 record. In the quarter final game, he defeated Gull Lake 21-5 and 21-5, which advanced him to the semi-final. Singh lost a close match to Ponteix, 21-15, 13-21, and 15-21.
Girls Singles – Chloe Shumaker finished second in her pool with a 3-1 record. Hillary Lacelle finished first in her pool with a 3-0 record. Shumaker and Lacelle crossed over to play each other in the semi-final. Lacelle won 21-15, and 21-17. The final was a very close match. Lacelle defeated Kincaid 23-21 and 22-20, and was awarded the gold medal in girls singles.
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Boys Doubles – Carson Schapansky and Brady Watson finished second in their pool with a 2-1 record. In the quarter-final, they defeated Ponteix 21-9 and 21-16. In the semi-final, the boys battled hard, but lost in three to Gravelbourg (21-15, 20-22, and 16-21).
Girls Doubles – Kirsten Hanson and Hailey Carlson finished first in their pool with a 3-0 record. In the playoffs, the girls played three different teams from Ponteix. They won their quarter final 21-7 and 21-9. They won their semi-final 21-5 and 21-6. Unfortunately, they were unable to defeat the third team from Ponteix in the final match. Hanson and Carlson were awarded the silver medal in girls doubles.
Mixed Doubles – Kadence Pavely and Connor Frohlich finished first in the single mixed doubles pool with a record of 5-0. Melodie Torales and MuNay Htoo finished second in the mixed doubles pool with a record of 4-1. The two SCCHS teams met again in the final. Pavely/Frohlich defeated Torales/Htoo for the gold medal, 21-13 and 21-17. Torales and Htoo were awarded the silver medal in mixed doubles.
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The next action for the SCCHS badminton team will be on Saturday March 16. The team will be attending the senior tournaments in Rosetown and Ponteix.