07/23/2026
๐ธ๐บ๐ธ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก! ๐บ๐ธ๐ธ
"It takes a village to raise a champion." Last week, at the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ.๐ฆ. ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ โ the biggest stage in junior badminton โ Team ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ (๐๐๐) & ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ (๐๐๐) went to Wichita, KS and stood on the national podium. ๐ฅ
๐ฅ 1 Gold ยท ๐ฅ 3 Silver ยท ๐ฅ 2 Bronze
8 semifinals ยท 4 finals ยท plus 2 fourth, 5 fifth & 3 sixth-place finishes across the draw ๐ช
โญ NATIONAL CHAMPION โญ
๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ต โ U17 Girls' Doubles GOLD โ a U.S. National title! ๐
๐ฅ SILVER
๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ถ โ U11 Boys' Singles (a national singles final at just 11!)
๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฟ & ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ โ U11 Boys' Doubles โ an all-academy pair straight to the final! ๐
๐ฅ BRONZE
๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ โ U19 Girls' Doubles
๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ โ U17 Mixed Doubles (+ 6th in U19 Boys' Singles, playing up! ๐ช)
๐ AND MORE FIGHT ON THE BOARD
โข ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ โ U15 Boys' Doubles, 4th
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฟ โ U11 Boys' Singles, 4th
โข ๐๐๐๐๐ธ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ถ โ U11 Boys' & Mixed Doubles, 5th
โข ๐๐ฑ๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ท๐ถ โ U19 Boys' Doubles & Mixed Doubles, 5th
โข ๐๐๐๐๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ โ U11 Boys' Singles 5th & Mixed Doubles 6th
โข ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ โ U11 Girls' Doubles, 6th (ABA! ๐ต)
But the medals are only half the story.
To our ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ โ the early mornings, the late nights, the belief you never stopped giving. Every rep showed up on those courts in Wichita. ๐
To our incredible ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ โ the flights, the hotel days, the nerves, the cheering. You carried this team to Nationals. None of this happens without you. โค๏ธ
To the whole ๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ โ thank you for building a home where kids can dream big and go chase it on the national stage.
A special shout-out to our strength & conditioning partner, ๐๐น๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ & ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ โ the conditioning, mobility, and recovery work behind the scenes kept our athletes powerful and match-ready all the way to Nationals. ๐ช
And to our ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฆ โ you represented your academies against the best juniors in the country and you belonged there. This is just the beginning. ๐ช๐ธ
This is what a village looks like. This is FBA & ABA. ๐ต๐ก
Congratulations, team โ we are SO proud of you! ๐