BAINBRIDGE – Once again, the Bainbridge-Guilford School District hosted the Section IV Badminton and Table Tennis championships. Section IV is one of only two sections in New York State to host such a tournament.

On Saturday, March 10, a total of 14 teams across Section IV made the trip to Bainbridge to compete for a sectional championship in 10 different events.

This year, Maine-Endwell and Sidney shared top honors at the two schools complied a total of 19 points from their athletes placing in the top four of their respective events.

Local schools that competed were Bainbridge-Guilford, Norwich, and Greene. The Bobcats finished fourth while the Purple Tornado squad placed seventh and the Trojans came in at 10th.

Zoe Mennig of Waverly was awarded the Paul Girolamo Award, which is handed out to the Most Outstanding Badminton Player of the tournament.

Below are the results of the top-four finishes in each category:

Badminton

Boys Singles: 1-Freddy Parpara (Maine-Endwell), 2-Evan Hyzer (Bainbridge-Guilford), 3-James Martuscello (Corning), 4-Brandon Evans (Sidney).