ST. PAUL – The top athletes from the St. Paul Athletics Association (SPAA) badminton championships held at Glen Avon School and St. Paul Regional High School on April 16 have moved on to compete at the Northeast Alberta Schools' Athletic Association zone tournament.
Zones are taking place April 23 at the Bold Centre in Lac La Biche.
SPAA results
In the Junior Boys Singles category, Braylee Lesyk of F.G. Miller placed first, with Dailynn Lagimodiere from St. Paul Regional High School taking second place.
Kali Janz and Taylor Kissel both from Glendon respectively placed first and second in the Junior Girls Singles category.
Brooklyn Deschamps and Irelyn Loughran from St. Paul Regional placed first in the Junior Girls Doubles, while Xaraya Rajoo Hailey Axley from Two Hills tail took second place.
Competing at Junior Boys Doubles, two pairs from St. Paul Regional will move on to the zones tournament. Tate Wilson and Cohen Roche placed first, and Ryder Lee and Seth Martin placed second.
In the Junior Mixed Doubles category, Joe/Makenna also from St. Paul Regional won first place, while Jacob/Kaylee from F.G. Miller won second.
Intermediate
Hawke Cardinal from Kehewin Community Education Centre placed first in the Intermediate Boys Singles category but he will not be attending zones. Henry Goertzen from Two Hills Mennonite School placed second, and Silva Watchmaker also from Kehewin placed third. Goertzen and Watchmaker will be competing at zones.
In the Intermediate Girls Singles category, Natalie Leroux and Riann Henderson both from Regional, respectively placed first and second, and will be attending zones.
Erin Mari and Dagne St. Arnault, and Koreana Weimer and Laura Rying, both pairs from St. Paul Regional, also respectively placed first and second in the Intermediate Girls Doubles.
St. Paul Regional earned the top two spots in the Intermediate Boys Doubles and Intermediate Mixed Doubles, as well. Anicio Alvarez and Mathew Zarowny took first place in the Boys Doubles, while Robert Sandmeyer and Kaiden Gratton took second place. Bo Dallaire and Annalise Morton placed first in Intermediate Mixed, while Carl/Porscha won second.
Senior
In the Senior Boys Singles category, Kurt Poulin from École du Sommet placed first, while Vaughn Ockerman from F.G. Miller placed second.E
Aubrey Sorochan from Two Hills School and Katelynn Jacula from Ashmont School respectively placed first and second in the Girls Singles.
Two pairs from Two Hills School won the Senior Girls Doubles. Raeanna Krahn and Miranda Mandryk won first place, while Daisy Steinbrecker and Ava Toma won second.
In Boys Doubles, Holden Kwiatkowski and Chris Feland from Glendon won first place, while Kingston Williams and Kayden DeSchover from St. Paul Regional won second.
Kayl Warawa and Sebastian Ang from St. Paul Regional claimed first place in Senior Mixed Doubles, while Alexander Kennedy and and Trish Labrie claimed second.
