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Fremd Places Second at State Badminton Tournament
Fremd and Palatine high schools competed at the state badminton tournament last weekend.
Local qualifying girls high school badminton teams competed last weekend for the state title.
Locally, Fremd High School's badminton fared the best, tying with Naperville High School for a second place finish at the state tournament with 12 points, according to the Illinois High School Association website. Thornton Fractional South in Lansing won the state title with 16.5 points.
Fremd's Angela Wu was among the top finishers in the singles badminton competition. She finished in sixth place overall. Fremd's Kelly Owens also competed in the singles competition, making it to the semifinals of the consolation bracket before being knocked out by Wu.
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In the pairs competition, Fremd's Rina Seo and Momoka Shimizu made it to the semifinals of the consolation bracket before losing to Buffalo Grove High School's Julie Jambrone and Mary Zawlocki.
Palatine High School also competed at the state badminton tournament this past weekend. The team finished 20th overall out of the 39 teams that competed.
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