City Tourney

The City Tournaments start on Wednesday. Considering the records some of our individuals had over the course of the regular season, we should do very well. Here are the rosters:

Varsity:

SINGLES

Dawn Vang

Mai Kou Lor

Kia Vang

KaLia Xiong

DOUBLES

Doua Thao / Da Chang

Melissa Vang / Nitsan Chang

Kelly Thao / Mai Tong Yang

Junior Varsity:

SINGLES

Sue Lee

Nancy Xiong

Mai Kou Thao

Hannah Johnson

DOUBLES

Maria DeLaundreau / Kris Neff

Mai Xiong / Panny Xiong

Mee Xiong / Chai Yang

I had a lengthy coaches meeting today to talk about the tourney. There are a few things that will be of interest to you:

Varsity:

• Both singles and doubles will have the same format. (No "pool play" like last year for doubles)

• Doua & Da earned the number 2 seed in doubles - congrats!!!

• A "bye" counts as a game - so if you loose after a bye game, you are done. Because of the numbers, there are 11 byes for doubles.

JV:

• They are trying a new format for JV this year. It involves several pools followed by elimination rounds. You will get it when you get there.

No matter what happens, forget about things you can not control. You can't change format, court, opponent, ranking, etc. If you continue to score more points than the other team you will advance no matter your/their rank or the format of the tournament. Have fun - you have earned a position in the 2009 St. Paul City Badminton Tournament.

Unless there were troubles we did not see, I only know the first match-ups for the Varsity:

Kia vs. Alana (Harding)

KaLia vs. May (Como)

Dawn vs. Kathryn (Hum)

Mai Kou vs. Yer (Hum)

Mel/Nit vs. Sha/Nai (Hum)

Doua/Da vs. Lauren.Kristina (HP) - in 2nd round, due to #2 rank bye

Kelly/Mai Tong vs. Mai Khou/Marina (Hard) - in 2nd round, due to luck of draw bye

The busses will leave around 2:30 for Harding (Var) and Johnson (JV). Bring some (healthy) snacks - it might take a little longer than a regular match.