10/25/23

UNLIKE IN MONDAY’S OPENING ROUND OF STATE, TUESDAY’S QUARTER-FINAL MATCH BETWEEN THE PRESCOTT AND MESQUITE BADMINTON TEAMS HAD TO BE SETTLED IN DOUBLES. RILEY CROCKETT – THE STATE SINGLES CHAMP – AND CLAIRE LONG WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE WILDCATS DUO AND MANAGED TO PULL OUT THE FIRST SET 22-20. IN THE SECOND SET, CROCKETT AND LONG GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM AND WON 21-16 TO GIVE PRESCOTT THE 5-2 TEAM WIN. 

ABIGAIL DANIELS WON HER SINGLES MATCH IN A THIRD SET TIEBREAKER, WINNING THE FINAL SET 22-20. CROCKETT, LONG, AND REESE SORENSEN ALSO WON THEIR SINGLES MATCHES, ALL BY SCORES OF 2-0. 

PRESCOTT TAKES THE DAY OFF TODAY. TOMORROW, THEY ARE ON THEIR HOME COURT TOMORROW FOR THE FINAL FOUR OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT VERSUS CHAPARRAL, WHO DEFEATED SUNRISE MOUNTAIN 5-4.