2014 Canadian Junior Racquetball Championships

The 2014 Canadian Junior National Racquetball Championships happened last week in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The Boy's and Girl's U18 champions repeated from 2013, as Coby Iwaasa won the Boy's title and Michele Morissette the Girl's title.

Iwaasa and Morissette also won their respective U18 doubles titles. Iwaasa won with Matthew Swaine and Morissette won with Danielle Drury.

The top two finishers in the singles divisions are named to the Canadian Junior National Team that will compete at Junior Worlds in Cali, Colombia in October. Six of the players on the 2014 team were on the 2013 team that competed in Sucre, Bolivia, including Iwaasa, Morissette and Drury.

Also back for another year are Alexis Iwaasa, Coby's cousin, Annie Fisher and Nicolas Bousquet.

The new team members are Trevor Webb, Graham Frattinger, Chris Culhane, Simon Comeau, Jewel Sauvé and Alexandra Murray.

Racquetball Canada's annual awards for sportsmanship went to Ryan Bateman, as the Sherman Greenfeld Award winner and Callie Hunter as the Heather Stupp Award winner.

Also, Evan Pritchard was named the Marc Caoette Award winner for his contributions to junior racquetball development in Canada.

Racquetball Canada's next major event will be the Canadian Championships in Brossard, Que. May 18-24, 2014.

2014 Canadian Racquetball Championships - Grande Prairie, Alta.

Boy's U18 Singles

1st - Coby Iwaasa
2nd - Nicolas Bousquet
3rd - Sami Harb

Boy's U16 Singles

1st - Trevor Webb
2nd - Graham Frattinger
3rd - Devin Halko

Boy's U14 Singles

1st - Chris Culhane
2nd - Simon Comeau
3rd - Ethan Frigon

Girl's U18 Singles

1st - Michele Morissette
2nd - Danielle Drury
3rd - McKenzie Brayley

Girl's U16 Singles

1st - Jewel Sauvé
2nd - Alexandra Murray
3rd - Jessica Leduc

Girl's U14 Singles

1st - Alexis Iwaasa
2nd - Annie Fisher
3rd - Cassie Prentice

Boy's U18 Doubles

1st - Coby Iwaasa & Matthew Swaine
2nd - Nicolas Bousquet & Michael Leduc
3rd - Tanner Prentice & Graham Frattinger

Boy's U16 Doubles

1st - Beau Doricki & Mark Nelson
2nd - Michael Melnychuk & Jacob Mack
3rd - Ryan Bateman & Chris Thompason

Boy's U14 Doubles

1st - Jared Gudereit & Ian Frattinger
2nd - Chris Culhane & Josh Killins
3rd - Simon Comeau & Sean Sauvé

Girl's U18 Doubles

1st - Danielle Drury & Michele Morissette
2nd - McKenzie Brayley & Alexis Iwaasa
3rd - Callie Hunter & Annie Fisher

Girl's U16 Doubles

1st - Jewel Sauve & Jessica Leduc

Girl's U14 Doubles

1st - Juliette Parent & Marjolaine Parent

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