OLDS — Students from two Olds and area schools have qualified to compete in badminton provincials, which will be held May 3-4 in Edmonton.
École Olds High School (ÉOHS) student Christian Persson will represent the school and zone 2 after winning a silver medal in Grade 12 boys singles during zones, held April 26 in Airdrie.
Two Grade 10 students from Olds Koinonia Christian School – Marielle Padiernos and Silas Miller – also qualified in mixed doubles.
Zones for Grades 10 and 11 were held April 27. Zones for Grade 9s will be held May 8 in Okotoks.
Sixteen ÉOHS students qualified to compete in zones during divisionals. To do so, they had to finish in first or second place. They include:
Grade 9
Ryder Persson – boys singles – gold
Melanie Weinans – girls Singles – gold
Nate Reist / Blair Dowland – boys doubles – gold
Jordan Graham / Mateya Sept – mixed doubles – gold
Anastasia Plowman / Royanne Dixon – girls doubles – silver
Grade 10
Andre Bumbasi / Carmela Gamboa – mixed doubles – silver
Grade 11
Melody Fuller – girls singles – gold
Peal Regeg – girls singles – bronze
Danika Bohnet / Hannah Zurken – girls doubles – gold
Grade 12
Christian Persson – boys singles – gold
Devyn Rice / Clair Andrew – girls doubles – gold
2024-05-02 12:00:00
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