OPRF badminton closes out season 21st at state meet

Boys track wins WSC Silver championships

By MELVIN

TATE

Contributing Reporter

The Oak Park and River Forest High School badminton team finished in a tie for 21st with 3 points at the IHSA state tournament in DeKalb May 11-13.

Junior Lilianna Jasinska and sophomore Annika Gupta dropped their opening match to Rachele Cameli and Maria Jiao of Hins- dale Central 5-21, 13-21. But the duo then won three consecutive matches in the consolation bracket: 21-9, 21-15 over Joliet Central’s Analiese Gudeman and Audrey Rodriguez; 21-8, 21-19 over Christina Ukkan and Ashley Smith of Prospect; and 21-17, 21-18 over Lyons Township’s Aggie Driscoll and Elle Ownby.

Jasinska and Gupta were defeated in the fourth consolation round by Yilin Liu and Cynthia Zhang of Neuqua Valley 7-21, 10-21. Seniors Katherine DeHaan and Caroline Raducha defeated Buffalo Grove’s Julia

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