2017 HOLIDAY FUN BOWL

The Sahuaro High School boys team from Tucson came in force and took the 2017 BOYS HS STATE CHAMPIONSHIIP TITLE!

2017 HOLIDAY FUN! BOWL...

Dec 9, 2017, Mesa... Always a great way to start off the Holidays, this year's HOLIDAY FUN! BOWL held 7 action-packed events, including the 6th annual BOYS HIGH SCHOOL STATE BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS, Open Men and Women's Doubles, B Women's Doubles, Senior Men's Doubles, and a first-ever CRAZY MIXED UP DOUBLES with 2-on-2 half-court wacky play!

The BOYS HS CHAMPIONSHIPS had 16 boys from 5 different schools vie for Singles, Doubles and the Team title. For the first time ever, Tucson entered a boys team from Sahuaro High School and came ready to play. Sahuaro took the Team title led by Boys Doubles Champions, Travis Cole & Landon Ogle, with additional teammates, Josh Bladh, Dominic Erickson, Parker Glasser, Sebastion Kanizsai and Ronald Sabatino all contributing points. Finishing 2nd was Perry HS led by Gabe Wilson who earned the Boys Singles title, along with teammates, Christian Copic, Griffin Haugen, Cooper Richter, and Jaden Tan. Finishing 3rd overall was Gilbert Classical Academy with Kaleb Thompkins, 4th - Marcos de Niza HS with Callahan Farr and Cameron Sordia, and 5th- Basha HS with Damon Nguyen.

The Open Women Champions were Ashley Nam and My Ta winning in the finals over Alexis and Jodyn Mee. "B" Women Doubles were won by Jordyn Mee and Rujuta Sane over Lucy Timothy and Tore Burton. Open Men's Doubles Champions were Avi Mammidanna and Tejas Ashani over Arvind Renukaradhya and Dean Glazeski. Senior Men's Doubles was won by Roger Goettl and Mike Hilliard over Richard Alcaraz and Doug Towne. And finally, the CRAZY MIXED UP DOUBLES was won by Avi Mammidanna and Byron Mee-- Byron's first tournament win under 10 years old!