The Sacred Heart High School (SHHS) Saints hosted the Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS) Raiders in city senior badminton playoffs. The event saw many tough matches with extremely competitive play.
The Saints took seven out of the 10 positions that were available for advancement to districts.
In girls' singles Brittany Brenzen of YRHS defeated Brandi Blahut from YRHS in three games to place first.
In boys' singles Darren Tillman from YRHS defeated Justin Poirier from SHHS to place first.
In girls' doubles, Brianna Ostafie and Eilish Stranaghan defeated Kaitlin Inglis and Allison Kruger, both from SHHS, in three games to place first.
In boys' doubles it was SHHS facing off with Anthony Fetsch and Dylan Johnson defeating Nathan Guy and Jaedon Pellat claim first place.
In mixed doubles play, SHHS faced off with Emily Kruger and Preston Liebriecht defeating Riana Skikewich and Justin Guy in three games to win first place.
Winners advanced to district playoffs hosted by YRHS.
SHHS coaches Jim Grela and Jeanne Fetsch as well as YRHS coach Shawn Redmond enjoyed the fantastic matches.
The SHHS senior badminton team participated in district playoffs hosted by YRHS. SHHS had seven teams advance, including a boys' singles team, two boys' doubles teams, two girls' doubles teams and two mixed doubles teams.
Justin Poirier played in the boys' singles matches, with Nathan Guy and Jaedon Pellat representing the second boys' doubles team.
In girls' doubles the team of Allison Kruger and Kaitlin Inglis finished first in their pool, with the team of Brianna Ostafie and Eilish Stranaghan finishing second in their pool. The two teams would playoff against each other in the semi-finals.
Ostafie and Stranaghan defeated Kruger and Inglis to advance to the gold medal match. Kruger and Inglis played a tough match of three games and came away with a fourth place finish.
Ostafie and Stranaghan also had a tough three games and came away with a silver medal.
In mixed doubles the pair of Emily Kruger and Preston Liebrecht finished first in their pool while the second team of Riana Skikewich and Justin Guy also finished second in their pool.
The pool placing meant another head to head match for SHHS in the semi-finals. Liebrecht and Kruger defeated Guy and Skikewich to play off for gold. Guy and Skikewich won the bronze medal while Liebrecht and Kruger claimed the silver medal.
In boys' doubles Anthony Fetsch and Dylan Johnson placed first in their pool. They advanced undefeated in playoffs to win the gold medal.
The gold and silver medal players advance to regional playoffs at Notre Dame in Wilcox on next weekend.
