ESTEVAN - Three Estevan Comprehensive School athletes were at the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association’s badminton provincials in Unity on May 13.
In boys’ singles, Dongjun Won went 0-3. He started with a 2-0 (21-7, 21-6) loss to Jon Kozak from Regina’s LeBoldus High School. Then he dropped a 2-0 (22-20, 21-13) decision to Jaa 小蓝视频gate from the North Battleford Comprehensive High School, and 2-0 (21-9, 21-9) game to Barry Xie from Saskatoon’s St. Joseph High School.
Kozak went on to defeat Xie for the provincial title.
In boys’ doubles, the team of Jayden Kuchinka and Dongkyu Won went 1-2. They opened with a 2-1 loss (19-21, 21-10, 21-2) to Campbell Collegiate out of Regina. They recovered to pick up a close 2-1 win (21-13, 15-21, 22-20) over Lloydminster, but then lost 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) to Saskatoon’s Walter Murray Collegiate in another tight game.
