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The 2024 AIA Badminton State Championships gets underway this weekend and continue next week. Division I and II singles and doubles matches begin Friday afternoon on Oct. 25 and continue on Saturday at Independence High School.
Division I and II team championship matches begin on Monday (Oct. 28) and conclude Nov. 2 Here are first-round matches for the team tournament, along with team seedings and regular season records. All opening-round matches take place Monday at 4 p.m., at the higher-seed’s home court. Winners advance to the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
DIVISION 1 TEAM
No. 16 Liberty (6-8) at No. 1 Hamilton (14-0)
No. 9 Pinnacle (9-5) at No. 8 Basha (8-5)
No. 12 Highland (10-4) at No. 5 Perry (10-4)
No. 13 Mesa Mountain View (Mesa) (12-2) at No. 4 Xavier Prep (11-3)
No. 14 Westwood (8-6) at No. 3 Desert Vista (13-1)
No. 11 Sandra Day O’Connor (9-5) at No. 6 Mountain Ridge (9-4)
No. 10 Red Mountain (8-6) at No. 7 Chandler (9-5)
No. 15 Mesa (7-7) at No. 2 Sunnyslope (13-1)
DIVISION 2 TEAMS
No. 16 Shadow Mountain (8-6) at No. 1 Chaparral (13-1)
No. 9 Raymond S. Kellis (10-4) at No. 8 Paradise Valley (9-5)
No. 12 Greenway (10-4) at No. 5 Sunrise Mountain (11-3)
No. 13 Combs (9-4) at No. 4 Prescott (13-1) at Prescott Preparatory.
No. 14 Horizon (7-7) at No. 3 AZ College Prep (12-1)
No. 11b Thunderbird (9-5) at No. 6 Verrado (12-2)
No. 10 Campo Verde (9-4) at No. 7 Mesquite (10-4)
No. 15 Deer Valley (7-7) at No. 2 Ironwood (12-2)