Five Thompson athletes will be representing R.D. Parker Collegiate at the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association badminton provincials in Winkler May 1-2 after either winning their divisions or losing in the finals at the Zone 11 badminton championship at RPDC April 24-25.
RDPC’s Alyssa Campbell defeated Vienna Fetterly of Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute (MBCI) in The Pas in the varsity girls’ singles final to book her berth in provincials. Campbell was the only RDPC player to finish in the top three in boys’ or girls’ singles.
Noman Khawar and Savannah Szocs were RDPC’s other zone champions, defeating Ashontae Clemons and Keval Patel of MBCI in the senior mixed doubles final.
RDPC was also in the running for the senior girls’ doubles championship, but Paige Krentz and Kendra Hanson fell to Tori Lavallee and Trina Mitchell of Grand Rapids School in the final.
The A/AA team banner for the school whose athletes accumulated the most points based on their results went to Frontier Collegiate Institute of Cranberry Portage, which garnered 55 points, with Grand Rapids School second with 40 points and Gillam School third with 10 points.
RDPC finished on top of the AAA team rankings with 61 points, while MBCI had 37 and Hapnot Collegiate Institute of Flin Flon got 19.
In the junior varsity tournament, RDPC swept the junior girls’ doubles top three, with Blair Bodie and Kali Cummings defeating Logan Bobesko and Hannah Murray in the final, while Mikaela Koutecky and Kennedy Murray finished third.
Sheraz Butt and Daksh Vyas of RDPC got past schoolmates Cruz Mitchell and Jashan Sandhu to win the junior boys’ doubles title.
Camryn Turton and Jack Kennedy of RDPC lost to Maddy Lies and Jayden Laliberty of Hapnot in the junior mixed doubles final. Geri Darechuk and David King of RDPC were third.
