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2017 State Singles

 

Butte, MT – April 2, 2017

 

 

Butte’s Brett Badovinac defeated Missoula’s Moe Johnson 21-9, 21-6 to capture the 2017 Montana State Singles Open Handball Championship at the Elks in Butte on Sunday. It is Badovinac’s first open division title.

 

Other division winners were Mike Hitchcock of Butte in the Golden Masters (50+), Jay Spooner of Fargo, North Dakota in the Super Golden Masters (60+), Dan Scilley of Luther in the Diamond Masters (70+), Maleki McKell of Billings in the A division, and Dylan Urbani of Bozeman in the B division.

 

Complete Results:

Open Division
First round

Nate Guza, Missoula, def. John Winston; Cole Salo, Butte, def. Dylan Urbani, Bozeman; Jared Wierson, Missoula, def. Maleki McKell, Billings; Sky Peters, Missoula, def. Connor Salo, Glendive 21-8, 21-7
Quarterfinals
Brett Badovinac, Butte, def. Guza; Sean Sandau, Missoula, def. Salo; Don Foley, Butte, def. Wierson; Moe Johnson, Missoula, def. Peters
Semifinals
Badovniac def Sandau 21-12, 21-7; Johnson def. Foley 20-21, 21-10, 11-9.
Third place
Foley def. Sandau 21-14, 21-16
Championship
Badovinac def. Johnson 21-9, 21-6

A Division
Semifinals

Urbani def. Winston; McKell def. Salo
Third place
Cole Salo def. Winston by forfeit
Championship
McKell def. Urbani (injury default)

Open Consolation
Semifinals
Connor Salo def. Guza; Weirson def. Peters
Third place
Peters def. Guza 21-12, 21-9
Championship
Salo def. Weirson 21-10, 21-18

Golden Masters
Quarterfinals

Mike Hitchcock, Butte, def. Nick White, Bozeman; Jeff Armstrong, Billings, def. Steve Maier, Missoula; Kirk Johnson, Missoula, def. Don Schmidt, Missoula 18-21, 21-16, 11-3; Dave Montelius, Missoula, def. Todd Timboe, Seeley Lake
Semifinals
Hitchcock def. Armstrong 21-12, 21-16; Montelius def. Schmidt 21-13, 9-21, 11-1
Third place
Armstrong def. Schmidt 21-17, 13-21, 11-6
Championship
Hitchcock def. Montelius 21-16, 21-12

Golden Masters Consolation
Semifinals
White def. Maier (Injury default); Timboe def. Johnson (Injury default)
Championship
White def. Timboe 21-16, 16-21, 11-4

Super Golden Masters
First round

Tom Madrazo, Butte, def. Randy Jolliffe, Lolo; Frank Cikan, Bozeman, def. Robin Peters, Missoula; Scott Salo, Butte, def. Steve Birrell, Bozeman; Garth Kallevig, Sidney, def. Rick Harrington, Missoula
Quarterfinals
Jay Spooner, Fargo, N.D., def. Madrazo; Mike Hitchcock, Butte, def. Cikan; John Larson, East Helena, def. Salo; Kallevig def. Mike Meyer, Billings
Semifinals
Spooner def. Hitchcock 21-20, 21-12; Larson def. Kallevig 21-6, 21-8
Third place
Hitchcock def. Kallevig by forfeit
Championship
Spooner def. Larson 17-21, 21-12, 11-5

Super Golden Masters A Consolation
Semifinals
Cikan def. Madrazo by forfeit; Salo def. Meyer (injury default)
Third place
Madrazo def. Meyer (injury default)
Championship
Salo def. Cikan

Super Golden Masters B Consolation
Semifinals
Jolliffe def. Peters: Harrington def. Birrell
Third place
Birrell def. Peters
Championship
Harrington def. Jolliffe

Diamond Masters
Quarterfinals

Paul Polzin, Missoula, def. Joe Urbani, Bozeman, 21-5, 21-17; Tom Morris, Billings, def. Sandy Gagnon, Bozeman; Dan Scilley, Luther, def. Wally Page, Florence, 21-6, 21-8; Jim Lambert, Bigfork, def. Russ Whitten, Red Lodge
Semifinals
Morris def. Polzin; Scilley def. Lambert
Third place
Polzin def. Lambert (injury default)
Championship
Scilley def. Morris 21-18, 21-6

Diamond Golden Masters Consolation
Semifinals

Gagnon def. Urbani; Page def. Whitten
Third place
Whitten def. Urbani
Championship
Gagnon def. Page

B Division
Quarterfinals

Dylan Urbani, Bozeman, def. Andy Zdinak, Butte; Vinny Chinikaylo, Missoula, def. Kale Guldseth, Butte; Eric Schmide, Missoula, def. Skyler Criscuolo, Butte, 21-11, 21-12; Marcus Madrazo, Butte, def. Andrej Kiriehenko, Missoula
Semifinals
Urbani def. Chinikaylo 21-11, 21-12; Schmidt def. Madrazo 21-15, 17-21, 11-4
Third place
Madrazo def. Chinikaylo by forfeit
Championship
Urbani def. Schmidt 21-17, 12-21, 11-4

C Division
Semifinals

Guldseth def. Zdinak; Kiriehenko def. Criscuolo
Third place
Criscuolo def. Zdinak 21-7, 21-10
Championship
Guldseth def. Kiriehenko by forfeit