Chaparral doubles team pulls badminton surprise
October 23, 2010
by
Don Ketchum,
AZPreps365
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By Don Ketchum
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Scottsdale Chaparral won the Class 5A team badminton championship on Thursday (Oct. 21), so it was no surprise that the Firebirds would have one of their two-player teams in the Division I doubles title match on Saturday (Oct. 23). "="">
The real surprise was that the team playing for the title was not the top-seeded duo of Stacey McGuire and Ashleigh Foltz. Instead, it was unseeded Alex Hoffmann and Courtney Foltz, Chaparral’s No. 2 team.
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Hoffman and Courtney Foltz pulled off an upset of sorts, defeating No. 5-seeded Callie Branyan and Brianna Layser of Gilbert, 15-0, 15-10 at Glendale Independence High. Branyan and Layser had defeated McGuire and Ashleigh Foltz in the semifinals, 15-13, 15-12.
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Phoenix Xavier Prep’s Cate Welch captured the singles title with an 11-2, 11-8 victory over Goodyear Millennium’s Stephanie Vermillion. Welch was the top seed, Vermillion No. 3.
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“To win the state team title was a great feeling and so is this,’’ said Courtney Foltz, a sophomore. “We played with a lot of heart. We wanted it, and we played our best.’’
