Kids from all over the region attended the tournament, with kids from Castor's Gus Wetter and Theresetta School, Stettler Middle School, Erskine, Donalda, Botha, Big Valley, Halkirk, Brownfield, Coronation, and Forestburg competing, to name a few.
The gymnasium at Gus Wetter School was busy on Wednesday, April 22, as the hundred or so kids filtered to and fro on the benches and bleachers, and sitting area out in the main lobby. Parents and friends cheered their teams as they took to one of the four courts on the floor.
In Grade 7 boys' singles, 12 boys competed, with the final match being between Bryant Bullee from Theresetta in Castor against Andrew Kneeland of Donalda, with Bullee winning.
Grade 7 Girls' singles had nine girls readying their racquets. Twyla Damant of Gus Wetter came out ahead of Morgyn Jordahl, also from Gus Wetter, to win.
Mignione Vogel and Chase Cheater of Stettler Middle School beat out Taylor Kobi and Corbin Bredy, also of Stettler Middle School, to win the Grade 7 mixed doubles, with four teams competing.
Big Valley's C. Warren and K. Hiemstra defeated T. MacGillivray and C. Neufeld from Mother Teresa in Halkirk to win the Grade 7 boys' doubles, out of 11 competing teams.
In girls' Grade 7 doubles, D. Johnson and B. Musgrove of Mother Teresa won over X. Sierra and K. Hansel out of a field of 13 teams.
Results from Grade 8 singles and doubles, and Grade 9 singles, weren't available at press time.
Grade 9 boys' doubles saw N. Bauer and B. Schaffner of Gus Wetter triumphing over J. Kuefler and T. Bagshaw of Theresetta, out of seven teams.
Nine teams registered for Grade 9 girls' doubles, with M. Jaffrey and J. Nelson of Donalda out-racquetting J. Kellough and J. Spady from Gus Wetter.
In Grade 9 mixed doubles five pairs registered, with C. Zimmer and E. Brown of Coronation defeating Theresetta's D. Steinwand and J. Wilson.
The next middle-school badminton tournament takes place in Stettler with the CARA tournament today, April 28.