Korah has strong showing at NOSSA Badminton (Updated)

Thanks to a strong effort on Saturday, the Korah Colts will be well represented when the OFSSA Championships for badminton take place in Timmins beginning on May 3rd.

Korah won three senior events while finishing in top spot in the Midget and Senior overall results to wrap up a strong weekend of competition at the Northern Ontario Secondary Schools Association (NOSSA) championships hosted by White Pines. The Colts also finished third in the Junior Division.

In senior action, Suzy Yan of Korah won the Ladies' Singles title over Leeza Church of Widdifield Secondary School, winning the match in three sets. In Ladies' Doubles action, Brittany Hogan and Kayla Odorizzi of Korah defeated Lo-Ellen's Glendy Lin and Jovana Milaninovic in straight sets. Caping off the strong senior performance by Korah was Ben Ginter and Meghan Roney, who scored a three-set victory over Alyson Tyndall and Zak Whissell of Lo-Ellen.

In other senior action, Mike Stanford of Lo-Ellen won the Men's Singles title over Andrew Jeffrey of Manitoulin Secondary School in straight sets while Lasalle's Dan Mines and Mike Delfante defeated Ian Conell and Brett Davey of Sir James Dunn in three sets in the Men's Doubles final.

Junior Division action was not quite as kind to local schools as only Scott Hopkins and Liz Gagnon of Korah won the Mixed Doubles title over Kelly Tyndall and Scott Wiseman of Lo-Ellen in straight sets. Dustin Groudin and Ryan Pietrzakowski of Korah did manage to make an appearance in the Men's Doubles final, but fell in straight sets to Antonio Radford-Paz and Justin Richardson.

Brianne Perron and Janelle Courchesne of Sturgeon Falls won the Ladies' Doubles while Julie Vasseur and Corey French, both of Lo-Ellen, capped off straight sets victories in the Ladies' and Men's singles events respectively.

Korah had another strong showing in the Midget Division with victories in three events. Ian Roney defeated Adam D'Agostino of St. Mary's in Men's Singles action while Vivienne Steele defeated Veronique Charbonneau of Notre Dame in Ladies' Singles. Erik Allen and Scott Cudmore defeated MacDonald Cartier's Adam Constantineau and Mat Dovgalev in Men's Doubles action. Lo-Ellen's Karl Walker and Sylvie Dalcourt won the Ladies' Doubles while LaSalle's Genna Lang and Tyler Bethune win the Mixed Doubles events.

*** FINAL RESULTS:

SENIOR

Men's Singles

1. Mike Stanford (LoEllen - Sudbury) 2. Andrew Jeffrey (Manitoulin) 3. Kyle Cormier (Korah)

Ladies' Singles

1. Suzy Yan (Korah) 2. Leeza Church (Widdifield – North Bay) 3. Natalie Racette (LaSalle – Sudbury)

Ladies' Doubles

1. Brittany Hogan/Kayla Odorizzi (Korah) 2. Glendy Lin/Jovana Milaninovic (LaSalle - Sudbury) 3. Sophie Gouley/Sophie Lalonde (Notre Dame - Sudbury)

Mens' Doubles

1. Dan Mines/Mike Delfante (LaSalle) 2. Ian Connell/Brett Davey (Sir James Dunn) 3. Mathieu Snedden/Camil Gaudette (Algonquin – North Bay)

Mixed Doubles

1. Meghan Roney/Ben Ginter (Korah) 2. Alyson Tyndall/Zak Whissell (LoEllen) 3. Alex Steele/Lee Skinner (Korah)

JUNIOR

Mens' Singles

1. Corey French (LoEllen) 2. Matt Jodouin (F.J. McElligot - Mattawa) 3. Marc LaBelle (St. Joseph/Scollard Hall – North Bay)

Ladies' Singles

1. Julie Vasseur (LoEllen) 2. Emily Buecli (Sturgeon Falls) 3. Lauren Lidstone (Bawating)

Ladies' Doubles

1. Brianne Perron/Janelle Courchesne (Sturgeon Falls) 2. Stephanie Desrochers/Jillian Callahan (Algonquin) 3. Lauren Wonzy/Sarah Ooi (St. Basil)

Mens' Doubles

1. Antonio Radford-Paz/Justin Richardson (McDonald Cartier - Sudbury) 2. Dustin Grondin/Ryan Pietrzakowski (Korah) 3. Nicholas Hanna/Josh Landry (Espanola)

Mixed Doubles

1. Liz Gagnon/Scott Hokins (Korah) 2. Kelly Tyndall/Scott Wilson (LoEllen) 3. Rhianna Johns/Graeme Hutchinson (Sir James Dunn)

MIDGET

Mens' Singles

1. Ian Roney (Korah) 2. Adam D'Agostino (St. Mary's) 3. Mike Huneault (Notre Dame – Sudbury)

Ladies' Singles

1. Vivienne Steele (Korah) 2. Veronique Charbonneau (Notre Dame – Sudbury) 3. Liz Celantano (Widdifield – North Bay)

Ladies' Doubles

1. Karly Walker/Sylvie Dalcourt (LoEllen) 2. Lissa Lahaie/Janelle Fortin (French River) 3. Kylie Spadafora/Shannon McInnis (Korah)

Mens' Doubles

1. Erik Allen/Scott Cudmore (Korah) 2. Adam Constintineau/Mat Dovgalev (McDonald Cartier) 3. Patrick Houle/Brad Dupuis (French River)

Mixed Doubles

1. Genna Lang/Tyler Bethune (LaSalle) 2. Casandra Woods/Alex Rancourt (Algonquin) 3. Megan Jefferies/Stan Proctor (Espanola)

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