10/23/23

PRESCOTT HIGH SCHOOL HAS A STATE CHAMPION! BADMINTON’S RILEY CROCKETT MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE DIVISION TWO SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SATURDAY, TAKING ON HANNAH WINSCHEL OF SUNRISE MOUNTAIN. THE FIRST SET WAS A CLOSE ONE, WITH CROCKETT PULLING IT OUT 21-17. SHE THEN DOMINATED THE SECOND SET, WINNING IT 21-4 TO STAND AT THE TOP OF THE PODIUM. IT'S THE FIRST TIME PRESCOTT HAS HAD AN INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION IN BADMINTON SINCE KRYSTA MARTINEZ BACK IN 2001. 

MEANWHILE, ON FRIDAY, THE PRESCOTT BOYS GOLF TEAM WON THE SECTION VII CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR. THE BADGERS FINISHED WITH A TEAM SCORE OF 309, SEVEN SHOTS BETTER THAN BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN. EVAN CROSS WAS THE INDIVIDUAL SECTION CHAMP, SHOOTING A 73. BRADSHAW’S JEREMY REYNOLDS PLACED FOURTH WITH A SCORE OF 76, AND PRESCOTT’S JONATHAN TSO CAME IN FIFTH AT 77.

****PHOTO OF STATE CHAMP RILEY CROCKETT, #1 ON PODIUM (FROM PRESCOTT BADMINTON FACEBOOK PAGE)