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St. Mary's badminton players Gian Dael (left) and Kasen Ireland play at the Mega Tournament Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Southridge YMCA and Notre Dame Academy.
The eighth annual Mega Tournament for local badminton wrapped up Saturday night with plenty of winners among the 669 athletes involved.
But it was Irvine School that claimed the biggest trophy of the event, named aggregate champion.
Led by four division champions, Irvine had more total points than anyone else in the two-day event, which took place at the combined Southridge YMCA and Notre Dame gymnasium.
Irvine’s Kyla Fox won her juvenile (Grade 9) age bracket over Notre Dame’s Francine Suba. Two Irvine teams won in the midget age group. Rielle Blackman and Raylee Robinson claimed the girls doubles crown, beating Vauxhall’s Joanna Park and Eganetha Thiessen in the final. Kierra Zentner and Axton Ferguson won mixed doubles over Dr. Roy Wilson’s Silas Currie and Audin Mettauer. And Levi Munsch won bantam boys, getting by Notre Dame’s Ryder Siegers in the final.
Badminton results
Top-three results from the Mega Tournament badminton meet at the Southridge YMCA and Notre Dame Friday and Saturday:
Bantam
Boys singles – 1. Levi Munsch, Irvine; 2. Ryder Siegers, Notre Dame; 3. Gerhard Knauer-Brava, Ecole les Cypres.
Girls singles – 1. Sofia Pachecl, Christ the King, Brooks; 2. Lena Bueckert, Burdett; 3. Addie Selk, Parkside.
Boys doubles – 1. Benedict Alfonso and Tom Ramos, Christ the King, Brooks; 2. Demetrio Garcia-Rivera and Diego Ramirez, Christ the King, Brooks; 3. Jack Schottenbauer and Drew Thompson, Duchess.
Girls doubles – 1. Chloe Schlosser and Regine Simublan, St. Mary’s; 2. Kadence Albrecht and Anna Schick, Schuler; 3. Ryeanna Jones and Quinn Olson, Irvine.
Mixed doubles – 1. Spencer Miller and Ella Dressel, Rosemary; 2. Gian Dael and Kasen Ireland, St. Mary’s; 3. Grace Matthews and Tytan Heisler, Irvine.
Midget
Boys singles – 1. Alan Janzen, Senator Gershaw; 2. Anil Thakurdeen, Brooks Jr High; 3. Jackson Bowal, Notre Dame.
Girls singles – 1. Samantha Racleb, St. Mary’s Taber; 2. Stephanie Flores, Christ the King, Brooks; 3. Haylee Elhart, Irvine.
Boys doubles – 1. Stas Khazov and Joel Lehr, Notre Dame; 2. Mathias Werkentin and Alex Makarchuk, DA Ferguson, Taber; 3. Justin Jager and Noah Hakkes, Irvine.
Girls doubles – 1. Rielle Blackman and Raylee Robinson, Irvine; 2. Joanna Park and Eganetha Thiessen, Vauxhall; 3. Jordan Weisgerber and Kylee Waldegger, Notre Dame.
Mixed doubles – 1. Kierra Zentner and Axton Ferguson, Irvine; 2. Silas Currie and Audin Mettauer, Dr. Wilson; 3. Breanna O’Neill and Caleb Garrecht, Notre Dame.
Juvenile
Boys singles – 1. Wyatt Davis, Brooks Jr High; 2. Tyler Miller, St. Mary’s; 3 Rylan Jackson, Seven Persons.
Girls singles – 1. Kyla Fox, Irvine; 2. Francine Suba, Notre Dame; 3. Gwen Newberry, Kate Andrews, Coaldale.
Boys doubles – 1. Brandon Granson and Dylan Granson, Kate Andrew, Coaldale; 2. Carter Peers and Dahves Lauber, Duchess?; 3. Rylan Millo and Kyler James, WR Myers, Taber.
Girls doubles – 1. Brooke Robinson and Isabella Paoletti, Chinook, Lethbridge; 2. Baylie Grunewald and Kathleen Lanctot, Alexandra; 3. Libby Bourassa and Kailey Duchscherer, Notre Dame.
Mixed doubles – 1. Antonina Dumanowski and Duncan Markie, St. Mary’s; 2. Nash Sta. Maria and Presley Mueller, St. Mary’s, Taber; 3. Poncho Dyck and Susie Froese, Chamberlain, Grassy Lake.
