Thursday, April 12, 2012

High School Badminton Players advance to NWOSSA

Kenora badminton stars claimed five gold medals at the NorWOSSA championships in Dryden yesterday.

Patrick Van Bellingham from Thomas Aquinas placed first in the boys seniors division, while Alexis Lesperance from Beaver Brae won the senior girls crown.

Tyler Neil took the junior boys title, while the Broncos junior boys tandem of Rogers and Smith won the junior boys double division.

In the junior mixed event, Beaver Brae's Iverson and Sparkman also won gold.

The top two finishers in each division now move on to the NWOSSA finals next week in Thunder Bay.