Dukes’ badminton team competes at state

The York girls badminton team had the maximum of six players competing at the recent IHSA girls state badminton finals in Charleston.
In singles, Linnea Dierksheide won two matches. She opened with a 21-10, 21-14 win against Lockport and then lost 21-13, 21-19 to Lake Forest. Dierksheide was a 21-7, 21-14 winner over a Hinsdale Central player in her third match. Dierksheide was eliminated after a 19-21, 21-14, 21-18 loss to a Rolling Meadows player.
Laura Hyink lost 21-9, 21-3 to a Naperville North player and then dropped a 21-12, 21-17 decision to a Lockport player.
In doubles, Jenna Gallichio and Samantha Reed made it to the fifth round of the consolation bracket. They won their first contest 21-10, 21-10 against Thornton Fractional South and then lost 21-12, 21-16 to a DeKalb team. Gallichio and Reed won their third match 22-20, 21-15 against Downers Grove North, won their fourth match 21-12, 20-22, 21-16 against Homewood-Flossmoor and then won their fifth match of the tournament by a count of 21-16, 19-21, 21-12 against Hinsdale Central. Gallichio and Reed lost 23-21, 21-13 to an Elgin team in the fifth round of the consolation bracket.