Staff
It was a tough opening day for a pair of Muskie badminton teams at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury.
The senior boys’ pairing of Tim Desjardins and Rory Bagacki fell from the ‘A’ bracket with a loss to John Pham and Brandon To of the ROPSSAA.
But they rebounded in the ‘B’ bracket this morning with a three-set win over Garrett Duff and Hans Agnihotri of NOSSA by scores of 21-16, 16-21, and 21-18.
“It was a really competitive, back-and-forth game with long rallies,” coach Manami Alexander noted.
“They were really on in the third game and played well.”
The duo were due back on the court this afternoon against an opponent that hadn’t been determined yet as of press time.
Meanwhile, the Muskie girls’ pairing of Chelsea Carlson and Kimika Alexander dropped their opening two matches yesterday, starting with a loss to Faith Lau and Bowie Chiu of the York Region Athletic Association.
Their second match saw them fall to Chris Pinto and Charlene Yiu of Toronto.
The duo must win their ‘C’ bracket showdown this afternoon versus Chineze Nwebube and Amie Bogford (Hamilton) in order to stay alive.
