Titans send six to WOSSAA badminton

  College Ave walks away with South-East senior team title

  April 19, 2024

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ST. THOMAS - Six Central Elgin Titans are heading to WOSSAA senior badminton.

Two doubles teams and two singles players, finished in the top four at the Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South-East senior badminton championships, today at Parkside C.I.

Emma Westbrook and Rebecca Nurton, in girls' doubles, Brandon Dews and Brady Hunter in boys doubles, Reina Walters in girls singles and Liam Miskelly, in boys singles.

Woodstock College Avenue Knights walked away with the team crown, having the girls doubles and boys doubles winners and the runner-up, in girls singles and boys doubles.

One point away from the mixed doubles title, East Elgin Eagles Hunter Norris and Ellery Beilhartz saw Woodstock CI's Max and Mya Wilson comeback, winning twice in the final to take the gold medal.

The top four in each of the five disciplines head to WOSSAA, April 25 at the Stratford Agriplex.

Top two in each discipline at WOSSAA advance to OFSAA, the high school provincial championships.

Could this be the year a St. Thomas school is represented at OFSAA. It has been 15 years.

Last time was Central Elgin Titans mixed doubles team of Kari Huras and Brian Duquette, bringing home the bronze medal in 2009.

The pair finished third, after dropping a marathon gold medal match, two games to one, the third game in extra points, to Stefanie and Ryan Lau. Exhausted, the Titans fell in a challenge match for silver, to Jasmine Fan and Oliver Chow.

That same year Glencoe's Shawn Bogart and Kelly Grant won C flight in mixed doubles at OFSAA. It was the Bogart's third of three consecutive trips to OFSAA in mixed doubles, with three different partners. Kelly Wills and Emily Paterson were Bogart's first two partners.

In 2012, Glencoe's boys doubles team of  Greg Gosnell and Nick Moxam qualified for OFSAA.

    South top four

Girls Singles

1.  Payton Cowan (Woodstock Huron Park)
2.  Avery Prangley (CASS)
3.  Emelie Dlouhy (Parkside)
4.  Reina Walters (Central Elgin)

Girls Doubles

1.  Taylor Allcock & Chloe Jones (CASS)
2.  Emma Westbrook & Rebecca Nurton (Central Elgin)
3.  Jocelyn Pollard & Emily Devine (Dorchester)
4.  Arianna Pastour & Liza Strik (CASS)

Mixed Doubles

1.  Max Wilson & Mya Wilson (WCI)
2.  Ellery Beilhartz & Hunter Norris (East Elgin)
3.  Roxanne McDonald & Caleb Racz (Glendale)
4.  Cody Johnson & Elise Donaghy (St. Joe's)

Boys Singles

1.  Nate Law (Ingersoll)
2.  Walker (Woodstock St. Mary's)
3.  Liam Miskelly (Central Elgin)
4.  Mike Watson (Ingersoll)

Boys Doubles

1.  Jack Lee & Noah Paulsen (CASS)
2.  Ryan Atkinson & Devon Fordham (CASS)
3.  Bryce Hampton & Ryan Willmore (Parkside)
4.  Brandon Dews & Brady Hunter (Central Elgin)

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