3rd Annual HOLIDAY FUN BOWL TOURNAMENT and AZ HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

AZ BOYS STATE TEAM CHAMPIONS - HIGHLAND HS

Photo: Mike Hilliard

3rd Annual HOLIDAY FUN BOWL TOURNAMENT & AZ HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dec 6, AZBC, Mesa...

The 3rd Annual HOLIDAY FUN BOWL & ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS combined tournament was the largest to date. More than 60 competitors including 12 high school boys representing 7 different high schools participated. More than 130 matches were played from 9am - 6pm, including the HS Boys Singles and Doubles, Men & Women 1/2 court singles, Men & Women Doubles, and Mixed Doubles events.

The tournament began with the high school boys competition along with the fun 1/2 court singles event for both men and women. The HS boys played a 12 player straight draw with Loris Pfammatter of Skyline dominating for the HS Singles Title. The Highland team of Jake Bingham and Harrison Faas (pictured above with Highland Badminton Coach, Gene Valocchi) won the hard-fought HS Doubles title and also each made it to the semifinals in the Singles to edge out Skyline for the overall BOYS STATE TEAM title. Tied for 3rd place overall were Desert Vista (Jeffrey Luo, Jason Truong) and Mesa (Josiah Acob, Tolga Oezsabunca). Hamilton (Alfred Chang) finished 5th, and Basis (Ray Del Gallo) and Campo Verde (Alex Decker, J.R. Halloway) finished tied for 6th.

The Holiday Fun Bowl events saw Seigo Hashimoto win the Men's 1/2 Court Singles, Emily Harris win the Women's 1/2 Court Singles, Alexis Mee and Kirielle Singarajah win the Women's Doubles, Guy Chadwick and Chin Khor win the Men's Doubles, and Art Solo and Kiyoko Hashimoto win the Mixed Doubles. There were also B, C, and Consolation division winners in the Men, Women, and Mixed Doubles. Special sportsmanship awards were also given to Mike Hilliard and Nga Le.