Rosthern Community School hosted the 2022 Provincial Badminton Championships on Saturday, May 14.
Davis Laskowski from Valley Christian Academy was the only athlete from Central Valley Athletic Conference to qualify for the provincials. He had a very strong showing with a fourth place finish, including taking on the eventual gold medal winner John Kozak to a 22-24 thriller in their semi-final playoff game. His first match of the day was a close 22-24, 17-24 loss to Keston Gerard (Sturgeon Landing), Undetererd Laskowki then battled his way into the playoff round with wins 21-19, 21-13 over Jung Cau (Regina Campbell) and 21-19, 22-20 over Navi Singh (Swift Current). In the bronze medal match he won the first game 21-10 and dropped the final two games 17-21, 16-21 to Keston Gerard (Sturgeon Landing).
Badminton Division Winners
Boys Doubles
Gold:Evan Hardy-(Brennan & Yu)
Silver: Centennial (Xu & Zhu)
Bronze: Carrot River (Trew & Shmyr)
Boys Singles
Gold: LeBoldus (Kozak)
Silver: Walter Murray (Sloboshan)
Bronze: Sturgeon Lake (Gerard)
Girls Doubles
Gold: Campbell (Liu & Cau)
Silver: Lloydminster (Brassard & Delima)
Bronze: Ponteix (Ross & Palaganas)
Girls Singles
Gold: O’Neill (Eng)
Silver: Shellbrook (Skavlebo)
Bronze: Choiceland (Chamberlain)
Mixed Doubles
Gold: Centennial (Chai & Ong)
Silver: Carrot River (Yurkowski & Drury)
Bronze: Lloydminster (Gow & Huerto)