SWAC Senior Badminton Sectionals were held in Hazlet, Swift Current, and Eastend over the weekend with athletes from 12 southwest schools advancing to districts.
 
In the Hazlet-hosted Cypress Hills Section, it was an evenly represented list of athletes advancing.
 
Girls Singles:
 
1. Cassendra Benson (Hazlet) 
2. Kaitlynn Bradford (Cabri)
3. Braelynne Heck (Hazlet)
4. Lauren Fyke (Leader)
 
Boys Singles:
 
1. Riley Hughes (Hazlet)
2. Dallyn Jamieson (Cabri)
3. Bobby Hudec (Fox Valley)
4. Justin Bos (Cabri)
 
Girls Doubles:
 
1. Kyla Tumbach/Payton Stimson (Leader)
2. Megan Tumbach/Kerstyn Wenzel (Leader)
3. Kaylyn Eremenko/Kayla Eng (Maple Creek)
4. Victoria Briggs/ Lori-Ann Briggs (Maple Creek)
 
Boys Doubles:
 
1. Carson Leach/Jordan Mastel (Leader)
2. Mason Mass/Kayden Gramlich (Fox Valley)
3. Ethan Bosch/Sam Ganert (Fox Valley)
4. Brandon Deering/Riley Feiffer (Leader)
 
Mixed Doubles:
 
1. Matthew Ganert/Kenna Anton (Fox Valley)
2. Nicholas Ehnisz/Rebecca Chou (Fox Valley)
3. Erik Scory/Payton Wilkinson (Leader)
4. Morgan Bock/Connor Drever (Maple Creek)
 
Meanwhile in the SCCHS-hosted Rolling Hills Section, it was much of the same.
 
Girls Singles:
 
1. Sara Kendall (Ponteix)
2. Teagan Ruf (Herbert)
3. Kelly Brestrop (Herbert)
4. Jewelya Murray (Gull Lake)
 
Boys Singles:
 
1. Mason Smeby (Swift Current)
2. Shayde Lee (Ponteix)
3. Oakley Stewart (Swift Current)
4. Robert Lacher (Ponteix)
 
Girls Doubles:
 
1. Justine Bennett/Lara New (Swift Current)
2. Ashely Bakus/Carmen Hildebrand (Herbert)
3. Madison Weinbender/Precious Barraquio (Herbert)
4. Tia Gorril/Kayla Walters (Ponteix)
 
Boys Doubles:
 
1. Dustin Kendall/Tanner Kendall (Ponteix)
2. Jayesh Budhrani/Austin Wiebe (Swift Current)
3. Tyson Peterson/Ryelee Bekker (Hodgeville)
4. Tyson Goffinet/Kim Mendoza (Ponteix)
 
Mixed Doubles:
 
1. Grady Rogers/ Monica Torales (Swift Current)
2. Teagan Newton/Ben Dyck (Hodgeville)
3. Rylan Schommer/Sierra Pleasance (Swift Current)
4. Jordyn Lacher/Jaedon Perkins (Ponteix)
 
And finally, the Eastend-hosted Whitemud Section didn't have a full 20-team contingent advancing to Districts in what will be a heavy Frontier and Eastend representation.
 
Girls Singles:
 
1. Madison Bertram (Frontier)
2. Tiara Armstrong (Eastend) 
 
Boys Singles:
 
1. Garret Mitchell (Frontier)
2. Cameron Kluzak (Frontier)
3. Rylan Egland (Eastend)
4. Ayden Kopp (Eastend)
 
Girls Doubles:
 
1. Kim Loyola/Kristine Escueta (Frontier)
2. Shanenia Pineda/Nicole Rapsing (Frontier)
3. Maisy Lyke/Sarah Ardent (Eastend)
4. Julia Dixon/Amber Duke (Eastend)
 
Boys Doubles:
 
1. Brody Dumontel/Oakley Honey (Frontier)
2. Frank Knelsen/Austin Norheim (Frontier)
 
Mixed Doubles:
 
1. Jyllian Kaliciak/Landon Jarmon (Frontier)
2. Harlee Dube/Erick Monreal (Frontier)
3. Camryn Barton/Will Bandford (Eastend)
4. Bailee Humphrey/Barton (Eastend)
 
SWAC Senior Badminton Districts will be hosted at SCCHS this Saturday. The top two athletes from each of the five pools will be advancing to SHSAA Regionals the following weekend.