May 10, 2023
LONDON, Ont. - Luka Palajsa had to settle for fourth place again. The Dorchester Beavers boys singles player just missed the podium at Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (WOSSAA) junior badminton, Tuesday at Mother Teresa secondary school. Palajsa dropped a close marathon match to a London Saunders player, 24-22, 21-18, to finish with a 4-2 record, in fourth place for the second consecutive year. Both losses were to the same player.
West Elgin Wildcats girls' doubles team of Jenna Mairleitner and Shana McKillop, went 2-2. Parkside Stampeders' boys doubles team of Alok Reni and Darren Hagerty and singles players Ryan Willmore, posted records of 1-2. Same for Central Elgin Titans girls doubles team Amaiah Dawdy and Reina Walters.
Glencoe's mixed doubles team of Adrian Baran and Cheyenne Cummings, finished 1-2. London Central won the team title, having the girls doubles and girls and boys singles champions.
May 4, 2023
LONDON, Ont. - Emma Foley and Bella Eckert had the best result from the Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South division, at Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (WOSSAA) senior badminton. Glencoe's girls' doubles team placed fourth, only losing to champions Precious and Princess Adu, from London Banting and bronze medalist Bailey and Avery from Medway, at the meet Thursday at Mother Teresa secondary school. Central Elgin Titans boys doubles team of Kalan Gillard and Liam Miskelly went 2-2.
April 25, 2023
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The Parkside Stampeders are South-East junior badminton champions. Led by boys doubles winner Alok Regni and Darren Hagerty, the Stampeders took the Thames Valley Regional Athletics conference team championship, Tuesday at Huron Park secondary school. Regni and Hagerty won a marathon match over Huron Park's Gavin Jenson and Parker McLeod, two games to one. Dorchester's Luka Palajsa won boys singles, defeating Stampeders Bryce Hampton in the final. Parkside's Ryan Willmore placed third. West Elgin Wildcats Jenna Mairleitner and Shana McKillop won girls doubles.
The top four in each of the five disciplines advance to WOSSAA, May 9 at Mother Theresa high school in London.
April 21, 2023
ST. THOMAS - The Central Elgin Titans are South-East senior badminton champions. The Titans capture the Thames Valley Regional Athletics conference team title, by winning boys doubles and mixed doubles, finishing second in ladies singles and third in boys singles, April 20, at Parkside Collegiate. Top four in each of the five disciplines advance to WOSSAA, May 4 in London. Emma Westbrook and Mac Ferguson won mixed doubles defeating teammates Brody Johnston and Lexi Baker in the final.
Kalan Gillard and Liam Miskelly won boys doubles beating Dorchester's David Johnston and Ben Steyaert. Dorchester's Samantha Heng edged Titans Rebecca Nurton in the girls singles final.
Titans Carter Lawrence was third in boys singles.
April 18, 2023
ST. THOMAS - The East Elgin Eagles won two of the five titles while the Central Elgin Titans took seven of 20 qualifying spots. Grace McLean is the ladies singles while Eagles Noah Sleegers and Julian Mizon are the first place boys doubles team, at Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South junior badminton Tuesday at Parkside Collegiate. The Titans led the way with most top four finishes led by each of their doubles teams finishing second. Parkside Stampeders Bryce Hampton won boys singles, defeating teammate Ryan Willmore in the final. West Elgin Wildcats Jenna Mairleitner and Shana McKillop are girls doubles champs, while Glencoe Gaels' Cheyenne Cummings and Adrian Baron won mixed doubles. The top four in each discipline qualify for the South-East championships, April 25 at Huron Park high school in Woodstock.
April 13, 2023
GLENCOE, Ont. - Kalan Gillard and Liam Miskelly in boys doubles and Mac Ferguson and Emma Westbrook, in mixed doubles led the Central Elgin Titans, at Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South Division senior badminton.
May 3, 2022
LONDON, Ont. - Back in February, Luka Palajsa had never held a badminton racket and the only birds he knew were the ones chirping from the trees. Three months later, the Lord Dorchester Beaver was one step away from a medal, at the WOSSAA junior badminton championships, at Saunders Secondary School. Also placing fourth were the West Elgin Wildcats boys doubles' team of Josh Mosher and Jordan Timmermans.
May 1, 2022
STRATHROY, Ont. - The OFSAA drought continues for South Division schools. No one from the South or Lord Dorchester, advanced from the WOSSAA senior badminton championships, but two individuals and two teams did place in the top eight. Dorchester Beavers' Evan Boldt, in men's singles and Samantha Heng, in girls' singles, both finished eighth. East Elgin Eagles' girls' doubles team of Selecia Wall and Ella Cattrysse placed seventh.
April 26, 2022
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Luka Palajsa made quick work of the opposition in boys' singles, while mixed doubles' pair of Avery Henshal and Caleb Steyaert played as long as they could. Their results was the same, with Palajsa and Henshal and Steyaert taking gold, in their respective disciplines. The wins carried the Lord Dorchester Beavers to the team title, at the TVRA South-East junior badminton championships, at Huron Park secondary school.
April 21, 2022
ST. THOMAS - Selecia Wall and Ella Cattrysse have been best friends since early in their elementary school days. No surprise the self described "partners in crime since kindergarten" are a force in girls' doubles with the East Elgin Eagles. Wall and Cattrysse handily won the girls' doubles title, going 4-0 without dropping a game, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South-East Division senior badminton championships, at Parkside C.I. Dorchester Beavers' Samantha Heng and Evan Boldt took longer routes than Wall and Cattysse, but both left with gold medals and led Dorchester to the team title.
April 19, 2022
WOODSTOCK, Ont - Luca Palajsa and the mixed doubles team of Caleb Steyaert and Avery Henschel, will lead the Lord Dorchester Beavers to the South-East junior badminton championships.
April 19, 2022
ST. THOMAS - Rebecca Nurton led the Central Elgin Titans. The girls' singles winner was among seven Titans taking qualifying spots, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South Division junior badminton qualifier, Tuesday at Parkside C.I.
April 13, 2022
TILLSONBURG, Ont. - Samantha Heng and Cole Mclellan and Natalie Woods led the Dorchester Beavers at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) East Division senior badminton qualifier, at Glendale high school. Heng won ladies singles, while Mclellan and Woods, took the mixed doubles crown, as Dorchester qualifies eight for the TVRA South-East championships at Parkside C.I., April 21.
April 13, 2022
GLENCOE, Ont. - Seven doubles teams led the way for the East Elgin Eagles. The Eagles grabbed seven of the 12 qualifying positions in girls, boys and mixed doubles play, led by gold medalists Ella Cattrysse and Selecia Wall, in girls doubles and Holly Van Gorp and Seth Bommel, in mixed, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South Division senior badminton championships, at Glencoe high school.
April 30, 2019
LONDON, ON. - The Elgin East Eagles' ladies doubles team of Selecia Wall and Ella Cattryse had the top result for the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South Division, at the Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (WOSSAA) junior badminton championships, at Saunders Secondary School. Cattryse and Wall placed fifth, with a record of 3-2.
St. Joseph's Ram Connor Dupuis also went 3-2 in men's singles. Dupius was the silver medalist at the District championships, losing the final match, two games to one to a London Christian player.
Going 2-2 at WOSSAA were both Eagles' Rachel Sawatzky and Central Elgin Titan Sherah Kuiper, in ladies' singles and Dorchester's Leaha Johnston and Eric McLellen,
in mixed doubles.
April 25, 2019
STRATHROY, ON. - Their remarkable career came to end just short of the desired goal. West Elgin Wildcats' girls' doubles team of Ashley Tucker and Katie Bradshaw placed fourth, for the second consecutive season, at the WOSSAA senior badminton championships, at Strathroy DCI.
Tucker and Bradshaw were the top result from the TVRA South-East division, finishing with a record of 3-2.
East Elgin Eagles' boys' doubles team of Matthew Abell and Brian Dyck, Dorchester's Victoria Quance and Kyle Morris and East Elgin's Alyssa Voros and Correy
Mantel, all went 1-2.
April 24, 2019
ST. THOMAS - Rachel Sawatzky (girls' singles), Selecia Wall and Ella Cattrysse (girls' doubles) led the East Elgin Eagles to the team title, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South-East Division junior badminton championships, at Parkside C.I. East Elgin led the way taking eight of the 20 total qualifying positions, also including Cameron Wall (boys' singles) and Kayla Voros and Jayden Vansevenant (mixed doubles).
April 18, 2019
ST. THOMAS - The East Elgin Eagles took four of five divisions at Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South Division junior badminton, at Parkside C.I. Ten Eagles move on to the South-East meet, led by their champions, Cameron Wall (boys' singles), Rachel Sawatzky (girls' singles), Selecia Wall and Ella Cattrysse (girls' doubles) and Kayla Voros and Jayden Vansevenant (mixed doubles), won gold.
The top four in each division, qualify for the TVRA South-East championships, April 24th, at Parkside. Glencoe's John Van Bilsen and Jackson Caron, in boys' doubles, prevented an Eagles' sweep of gold, winning the final against Nicholas Cowx and John Orlebar. The Central Elgin Titans advance four athletes, including Christian Vecchio and Kate Dejong, second, in mixed
doubles.
April 16, 2019
TILLSONBURG, ON. - There was no surprise with West Elgin Wildcats' Katie Bradshaw and Ashley Tucker repeating as ladies doubles champions.
Bradshaw and Tucker led the Wildcats to the team title, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South-East senior badminton championships, at Glendale high school.
East Elgin Eagles' Matthew Abell and Brian Dyck won boys' doubles title.
April 11, 2019
GLENCOE, ON. - The Parkside Stampeders won two of five divisions, while West Elgin Wildcats' girls doubles team of Ashley Tucker and Katie Bradshaw repeated as champions, at the Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South Division senior badminton championships, at Glencoe District high school.
The top four in each division, advance to the TVRA South-East tournament, at Glendale high school, in Tillsonburg,
on Tuesday, April 16th.
April 26, 2018
LONDON, ON. – Blake Willmore, from Parkside Collegiate Institute, accomplished his goal of a top four performance, placing third, in men's singles, at the WOSSAA junior badminton championship, at Saunders secondary school. Medway won the men's singles title, defeating London CCH, the only two competitors to beat Willmore, who finished with a 4-2 record.
The East Elgin Eagles ladies' doubles team of Abby DeCoutere and Mackenzie Wiebe, tied for seventh, with a 2-2 record. CCH won the team title, edging Listowel
District Collegiate.
April 23, 2018
TILLSONBURG, ON – Their time put in at practice is paying off for the East Elgin Eagles. Led by their WOSSAA qualifiers, Kayla Voros and Rachel Sawatzky, in girls' singles and four doubles teams, the East Elgin Eagles won Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South-East Division junior badminton team title.
April 19, 2018
STRATHROY, ON. – Katie Bradshaw and Ashley Tucker have established themselves as one of the top female doubles team, finishing fourth at the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) senior badminton championships, at Strathroy DCI.
April 18, 2018
ST. THOMAS – The East Elgin Eagles had 11 top four results, at least two from each division, at the Thames Valley Regional Association (TVRA) South Division junior badminton championships, at Parkside Collegiate Institute. The top four in each of the five divisions, advanced to the TVRA South-East tournament, at Glendale high school, in Tillsonburg, Monday, April 23rd.
April 17, 2018
ST. THOMAS – No one in the conference has been able to figure out how to defeat Lauren Wohlgemut. For the fourth consecutive season, the Lord Dorchester student won a Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South-East ladies' singles title, this year beating teammate Katie McDonald in the final, at the senior badminton championships, at Parkside Collegiate Institute.
Wohlgemut now owns a pair of TVRA South-East gold medals, from both the senior and junior levels. Fellow champions were: David Henshaw, LDSS, boys' singles; Katie Bradshaw and Ashley Tucker, West Elgin, ladies' doubles; Cooper Van Vlaanderen and Leah Moore, East Elgin, mixed doubles; Brayden Kelner and Rhys Jones, Woodstock CI, boys doubles.
The top four in each of the five divisions, advance to the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) tournament, Thursday, in Strathroy.
April 12, 2018
GLENCOE, ON – The East Elgin Eagles won three of the five divisions, at the Thames Valley Regional Association (TVRA) South Division senior badminton championships, at Glencoe District high school. The top four in each division, advance to the TVRA South-East tournament, at Parkside Collegiate Institute, Monday, April 16th. The Eagles led the South with seven athletes qualifying.
April 27, 2017
LONDON. ON. – The West Elgin Wildcats' girls' doubles team of Ashley Tucker and Katie Bradshaw are WOSSAA champions. Bradshaw and Tucker went undefeated, capping their run by beating Medway in the final, at the WOSSAA junior badminton championships, at Saunders high school.
April 20, 2017
STRATHROY, ON. - No one from Elgin County or Dorchester could break through for an OFSAA berth, at the WOSSAA senior badminton championships. Dorchester's Lauren Wohlgemut and St. Joseph's Jocelyn Delgado, led the way both going 3-2 in woman's singles.
April 19, 2017
ST. THOMAS – The West Elgin Wildcats and Lord Dorchester both have two champions, while the East Elgin Eagles qualified in each division, at the TVRA South-East division junior badminton championships, at Parkside CI. The top four in each of the five divisions, qualify for the Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association (WOSSAA) tournament April 27, at London Saunders.
April 13, 2017
ST. THOMAS – The West Elgin Wildcats won both the boy and girls' doubles titles, at the TVRA South Division junior badminton championships, at Parkside CI.
April 12, 2017
WOODSTOCK, ON – The East Elgin Eagles are taking their wings to the next level. East Elgin won two of the five divisions, en route to winning the team title, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) South-East senior badminton championships.
April 10, 2017
GLENCOE, ON – The East Elgin Eagles won three of the five divisions at the Thames Valley Region Athletics South conference senior badminton tournament.
Champions representing East Elgin were, Leo Centeno in men’s singles, the women’s doubles team of Kendra Cornelissen and Leah Moore and the mixed doubles team of Abby Taylor and Cooper Van Vlaanderen. Eagles’ Morgan Blair placed second, losing to Central Elgin Titans’ Miranda Gowdey, in the ladies’ singles final.
West Elgin Wildcats’ men’s doubles team of Garrett Dielman and Brandon Sadecky, beat Central Elgin’s Brady and Landon Johnstone, in the gold medal final.
The top four in each division, advance to the TVRA South-East
championships. Central Elgin and West Elgin, each have five of the 20 total qualifying positions.