Saltus Grammar School won three of the four titles up for grabs at the BSSF Middle School Boys Badminton Tournament.
Chase McCrimmon won Double Gold in the Under 13 Division, McCrimmon won the Under 13 Singles Division after defeating schoolmate Ernie Ball 11-6, 11-3 in the final. McCrimmon and Ball then teamed up to win the Under 13 Doubles Final with an 11-7, 11-1 victory over the Warwick Academy pair of Nathan Carreiro and Finn Peters.
McCrimmon defeated Somersfield Academy's Brooklyn Barnett 11-1 in the Semi-Final with Ball winning 11-6 over Somersfield's number-one seed Aaron Lee. Lee then defeated Barnett 11-5 to claim the Under 13 Singles Bronze Medal.
The Warwick Academy pair of Tristan Smale and Michael Mohipp picked up the Under 13 Doubles Bronze Medal with an 11-8 win over Lee and Barnett in the third-place match. McCrimmon and Ball defeated Smale and Mohipp 11-3 in the Semi-Final and Carreiro and Peters edged past Lee and Barnett 13-11 in the other Semi-Final.
Playoff Results
Warwick Academy's top seed Michael Schrah defeated Warwick number two Jadon Spriggs in a three-set thriller 11-5, 9-11, 11-7. Schrah defeated Saltus Tristan Pettit 11-7 while Spriggs defeated Warwick's William Britten 11-6. Petit then won the Bronze Medal match 11-7
Pettit teamed up with Connor Hupman to lead Saltus to the Over 13 Doubles title with an 11-7 11-3 win over the Somersfield pair of Nate Thomas and Max Wallace. The champions defeated Warwick's Spriggs and Schrah 13-11 in the Semi-Final to reach the final. Thomas and Wallace defeated schoolmates Xavier Daponte and Jitshuen Liew in the other Semi-Final. Liew and DaPonte went on to win the Bronze Medal with an 11-7 win over Schrah and Spriggs.
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