Two members of the Estevan Comprehensive School senior badminton team are headed to provincials.
Carter Daoust and Harley Doerr posted a 3-0 record at the regional tournament held Saturday in Wilcox.
They now advance to the provincials held this weekend in Melfort.
Daoust and Doerr opened regionals with a 21-17, 21-17 win over Balgonie.
They then defeated Regina LeBoldus #2 21-18, 21-14 and followed that up with a 21-17, 12-21, 21-18 win over Yorkton Sacred Heart.
Meanwhile, the district playoffs for junior badminton were held Saturday at ECS.
The boys’ doubles pairing of Cam Biette and Bailey Lonsberry struck gold, defeating St. Michael’s School from Weyburn in the final.
Kristen Skjonsby earned bronze for ECS in girls’ singles.
Eight athletes advanced to the districts by finishing first or second in their events at the junior sub-district championship held May 1 at ECS.
Biette and Lonsberry finished first in boys’ doubles, as did the mixed doubles team of Ryan Smith and Keena McKnight.
Jaime Collins was second in boys’ singles and Skjonsby was second in girls’ singles.
The girls’ doubles team of Maddie Ouellette and Macy Earl also finished second.
ECS sends doubles team to badminton provincials
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