Johnson Picks up 5th in a row

#1 posting 5.2.2006

MINNESOTA ACTION
St. Paul Conference
Arlington beat Highland Park 5-2. Arlington has two wins over HP this season. HP is 1-7 the last eight matches.
Como Park shut out Humboldt 7-0. CP has two wins over Humboldt. It was Como's first shut out of the year. Humboldt is 3-8, but one of those wins was against Patrick Henry, the leader in Minneapolis.
Johnson beat Central 5-2. Johnson took a bit of revenge on Central since SPC beat Johnson in the first match up 4-3. Johnson is 7-1 and has won their last 5 matches.
Non Conference
Harding beat Eden Prairie 6-1. Last time Harding swept EP. This match also ended a four game sweep streak by Harding. Harding is still undefeated.

OLYMPICS APPROVE QUALIFICATIONS
The International Olympic Committee approved the International Badminton Federation qualification plans. Here is the legalese from the meeting from the USA Badminton press release http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?Page=News&iID=324

CANADIAN ACTION
Prince Edward Island
PEI held their provincal championships last weekend Elysia Atkinson of Colonal Gray won both the singles title and doubles title as well. Here are all the results courtesy of the Guardian which covers PEI like the dew http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=2451&sc=3

THOMAS/UBER CUP ACTION
New Zealand is done on both the men's and women's side. Here with the news is TV New Zealand http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/709346

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