In the York City Sr. Badminton tournament, co-hosted by Sacred Heart and the Yorkton Regional the Sacred Heart Saints continued to gear up towards the city playoffs in what was a tune up for the official road to provincials. With all SHHS teams placing, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in their pools, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd advancing to playoffs there was some good action going on between the Raiders and Saints badminton programs.
In girls singles both Rita Fetsch and Morgan Shymanski had some tough matches. Morgan finished 1st in her pool, getting a bye into the semi-finals. Rita missed being first in her pool by two points. Rita easily won the quarter final and advanced to play Morgan, in what seems to have become a SHHS tradition of playing off against each other in final matches. In a bracket that featured very close games, Morgan moved on to the finals, where she eventually ran out of steam, earning herself a silver medal after beating her teammate in Fetsch. In mixed doubles, after finishing 3rd in their pool, the duo of Riana Skikewich and Justin Guy fought their way through the quarter finals against the YRHS and eventually went on to win gold to wrap up the notable SHHS finishes.
After the York City Sr. Badminton tournament the Saints and Raiders did battle once again, this time in the city playoffs with spots to districts on the line the tournament had an added win or go home element to it with both the Raiders and Saints eager to get as many of their teams to the district rounds as possible and continue their seasons. In what was a disappointing day for the Raiders the Saints busy season seemed to have paid off at the city final much to the chagrin of the hosts. Seven out of ten possible spots went to the Sr. Saints. In girls singles Morgan Shymanski placed second. Colin Shewchuk had some close matches and placed second in boys singles. In boys doubles Caleb Sutter and Jake Perepeluk placed second. In the girls side Sacred Heart had its best successes in girls doubles and mixed doubles. In girls doubles Brooke-Lyn Somogi and Christina Mentanko placed second, losing to Katlin Inglis and Allison Kruger who placed first. In mixed doubles Colton Kitzan and Chloe Mryozowich placed second, with Justin Guy and Riana Skikewich placing first with the win. These teams will now advance to district playoffs next Monday, April 29th, at YRHS.
