SHSAA Badminton hosts regionals in Rosetown

Regional badminton moved the province's top players one step closer to competing for a provincial gold medal.

Rosetown held the competition for Region A over the weekend. Competitors were in play across boys doubles, boys singles, mixed doubles, girls doubles, girls singles.

The top two teams/players from each round of regionals officially qualified for provincials taking place this upcoming weekend in Nipawin. Coming out on top in each category were the following:

Regional champions in bold. Complete Region A results HERE 

Girls Singles

Maple Creek (Whitefish) and Rosetown (Green)

Girls Doubles

Gravelbourg (Simonsen & Tucker-Bellaire) and Rosetown (Fischer & Weber) 

Mixed Doubles

Maple Creek (Frey and Buss) and MJ Central (Salido-Porter and Nguyen)

Boys Singles

Val Marie (Schmidt) and MJ Central (Quimio)

Boys Doubles 

Rosthern (Klassen and Wu) and Assiniboia (Hillmer and Reid)

The three Rosetown competitors will travel to Nipawin with the chance to bring home two gold medals. Rosetown's girls doubles team will play Leboldus first, Nipawin second, and Lloydminster last from L.P Miller in Nipawin. Looking at singles, Rosetown's contender Green will play Indian Head, Nipawin, and Tommy Douglas in a round robin.

The girls will compete to finish either first or second in their pool for a chance to play in Saturday afternoon's playoff. The losers will face off in the bronze medal game, while the gold medal match goes at the same time.

View the official provincial brackets HERE.