A heartbreaking 21-19 loss in their bronze medal game meant a pair of H.J. Cody Lakers badminton players had to settle for fourth place at a tournament in Red Deer Saturday.
Brayden Bystrom and Tyler Steenbergen won gold at the Chinook’s Edge Northern Athletics Association (CENAA) tournament the previous weekend, qualifying them for a place in the CWAJHAA (Central Western Alberta Junior High Athletics Association) tournament at Lindsay Thurber.
Coach Jason Chatwood said the duo finished first in their pool and “lost a tough one in the semi-final and a very close bronze medal game”.
The played very well throughout the tournament, he said.