Rosetown competitors fall short at badminton provincials

The provinces best with a birdie were in attendance in Nipawin over the weekend. After Rosetown held the SHSAA Region A badminton regionals on May 4, two of their teams, and three players total made up the west-central representatives in the categories of girls doubles and girls singles at provincials on May 11. SHSAA Badminton hosts regionals in Rosetown As you can see below, Rosetown Central High School had a special send-off for their athletes last Friday. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/wco-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1632277500385-bbm1'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1632277500385]) s.addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().refresh([s], {changeCorrelator: false}); } }); Starting with the girls doubles team, the opening game for Weber & Fischer of Rosetown saw them lose 2-0 (21-8, 21-13) to LeBoldus. After that the second game of the day was closer as they lost to a Nipawin qualifier 2-1 (18-21, 21-15, 21-18). That tight loss put them behind the eight ball headed into the second match against Lloydminster, where they lost 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) to end their day with a fourth place finish in Pool B. For girls singles, Rosetown (Green) was the lone local competitor. Rosetown lost a close game to Indian Head in the opener 2-0 (21-18, 23-21). Rosetown's next match against host Nipawin saw another 2-0 loss (21-13, 21-11), and then the competition stayed high as Rosetown started good against Tommy Douglas, but eventually lost once again 2-0 (21-17, 21-12) to finish fourth in Pool A. googletag.cmd.push(function() { if($(document).width()<900) { s = googletag.defineSlot('/50748803/wco-all-bigbox', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-1632277500385-bbm2'); s.setTargeting('URL', [window.location.pathname]); s.setTargeting('position', [1632277500385]) s.addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().refresh([s], {changeCorrelator: false}); } }); View the provincial winners from the weekend below, posted by the SHSAA on social media Saturday night.