Badminton: Garden Grove’s Hoang favored in girls’ singles

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Competition is underway at the Southern Section-Toyota individual badminton championships today at the Orange County Badminton Club in Orange.

Up first are the girls. The favorite to win in singles is Garden Grove’s Thuy Hoang, who’s the top-seeded player. Hoang, a junior, is looking for her first career singles title after losing to La Quinta’s Jamie Subandhi in the finals the last two years. Hoang won her first career high school title Thursday when she paired up with Thinh Nghi to take the mixed-doubles championship.

Some of the boys’ singles players are passing the time playing cards. Others are eating yogurt or talking with teammates.

-- Jaime Cardenas

--Image by Jaime Cardenas