Badminton: Top seeds advance to quarterfinals

October 21, 2016 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


Only four top-8 seeds out of 32 in Division I and Division II failed to reach the quarterfinals Friday after two rounds of the 2016 state badminton singles and doubles tournaments at Independecne High School.

Quarterfinals semis and finals are set for Saturday (Oct. 22) at Independence. Competition begins at 10 a.m.

Here are Saturday's quarterfinal pairings for each each division -- singles and doubles"

DIVISION I 

Singles -- Unseeded Gabrielle Nakada (DVista) v. #1 Denise Nieves (Skyline); #5 Riya Karla (CDS) vs. #4 Maya Shikanti (Des. Mtn.); #3 Alexis Mees (CHAN) vs. #6 Sidney Nguyen (Mtn. Ridge); #7 Sonia Velu (DVista) vs. #2 Mackenzie Whitten (Mtn. Ridge). Doubles -- #8 Allison Price-Hannah Kirby (Mtn. Ridge) vs. #1 Kiana Valentova-MacDonald- Emily Woodrow (XAV); #5 Dominque Garcia-Tori Albin (Perry) vs. #4 Lana Le-Maggie Trias (SKY); #6 Tatum Clarke-Annie Kamps (XAV) vs. Amber Beeney-Ashley Church (Mtn. View); #7 Aarzoo Kumar-Marina Mehling (DVista) vs. #2 Jillian Lagasca-Katie Cross (Perry).

DIVISION II

Singles -- Unseeded Madison Duyck (QCreek) vs. #1 Natalie Weber (MESQ); #5 Jasmine Morales (IRON) vs. #4 Lauren Rusk (CVerde); #6 Bindi Darjee (WASH) vs. #3 San Bracken, (CHAP);  Unseeded Nicole Osteen (Cactus) vs. #2 Aimee Clifford (SSLOPE). Doubles --  #8 Katherine Luo-Jerikah Davis (CHAP) vs. #1 Kelsey Decker-Isabel Holloway (CVerde); #5 Bria Dominguez-Nicole Rearick (INDEP) vs. unseeded Cindy Szeto-Mannat Kattar (North Canyon); #6 Abbie McRae-Alyssa Ward (LIB) vs. #3 Justine Gardner-Rebecca Farias (MESQ); #7 Sienna Case-Riley Chaisson (SSLOPE) vs. #2 Katie McNelly-Elizabeth Havrilla (IRON).