Illinois Section Results

#1 posting 5.5.2006

ILLINOIS ACTION
Here are the winners in the Illinois sections. These players advance to the Illinois State Tournament. The list is from the Chicago Sports section of the Chicago Tribune. You may need to register to read http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/cs-badmintonsectionals,0,5744840.htmlstory?coll=cs-highschool-utility
West Aurora's double team of Jenny Nguyen and Courtney Brooks will take a 36-1 record into the state tournament. Brooks was 4th in last year's tournament with another partner. This is Nguyen's first trip. The Beacon News fills in the blanks http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/sports/2_2_AU05_BADMINTON_S1.asp
Lindsey Gibbel, Prospect, is adding space to her trophy case. Last night she added section championship to her awards. Here is the Daily Herald with more http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/story.asp?id=185512

MINNESOTA ACTION
Burnsville lost to Arlington 5-2 on Monday and beat Washburn 7-0 on Wednesday. Burnsville took the first two singles against Arlington, but did not take any more. Here is the This Week paper with the action http://www.thisweek-online.com/2006/May/5badminton.html
Minneapolis
Edison, on the heels of their upset of Henry on Tuesday, beat Southwest 6-1.
Henry rebounded with a 7-0 sweep of South. Both Edison and Henry tied for the city championship.
St. Paul
Humboldt got back on the winning track for the first time since April 11 with a 6-1 win over Highland Park. Earlier HP beat Humboldt 5-2. HP has lost six in a row.
Johnson squeaked a win over Como Park 4-3. It was Johnson's fifth win in a row. Earlier Johnson won over Como Park by the identical score.
Non conference
Burnsville picked up win number seven with a sweep of Minneapolis Roosevelt 7-0. It is Burnsville's sixth win against a Minneapolis school, and fifth sweep.

THOMAS/UBER CUP
China is dominating both sides of the Thomas/Uber cup. The women will face the Netherlands for the Uber Cup championship. China will play Denmark or Malaysia for the Thomas Cup championship. Here is the Ohmy News from South Korea http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=f10600&no=290083&rel_no=1
China dominated Indonesia 3-0 in the Thomas Cup. Here is the Xinhua press release on the match http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/05/content_4511591.htm
Here is the official site for the Thomas/Uber cup http://www.yonex-tuc.com/english/index.html

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