{"id":22242,"date":"2026-05-06T21:16:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=22242"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:16:03","slug":"out-about-day-one-of-the-st-paul-city-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=22242","title":{"rendered":"Out & About: Day One of the St. Paul City Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST DAY AT ST. PAUL CITY TOURNAMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first day of the St. Paul Conference tournament, a launching pad for state, presented a few surprises as the field was whittled down to the final fours in singles and doubles. #1 singles were toppled by #3 singles. A potential state semifinal was played in the quarterfinals in this event. There were an abundance of three setters too.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with upsets. Perhaps the biggest upset was Como Park\u2019s Nico Solheid, ranked #4 in the last poll, was taken down in three by Johnson\u2019s third singles Kelly Sheen, who a few weeks ago was toiling at fourth singles. Solheid had a bye in the first round while Sheen got in a match. Solheid wasn\u2019t the only first singles to go down. Humboldt\u2019s Kpru Paw (#8 ranked) \u00a0fell to teammate Lah Sher Poe, also a third singles. Poe won in two with extra points needed in set one 24-22, before finishing 21-19. Poe was dropped in the quarterfinals by #6 ranked Nica Johnson of Highland Park but it was three sets with the last set 21-18.<\/p>\n

Tsuki Solheid, Como Park\u2019s second singles (and #5 ranked), lost for the first time this season. The clock struck midnight on her unbeaten season in the quarterfinals. Her opponent? #1 seed and #1 ranked Gao Zhia Vue of Harding. That match lasted three sets too. This was a match up worthy of the state semis, but Solheid was the eighth seed in this tournament. There will be more on this tomorrow when the numbers are crunched.<\/p>\n

That means the final four will consist of two Johnson players (Sheen and #2 ranked Amanda Her), Vue and Johnson.<\/p>\n

There were six three setters in singles, four in doubles.<\/p>\n

The final four in doubles also include two Johnson groups #2 ranked Gaonou Vang and Angelina Thao and #4 ranked Shalisha Vang and Krystal Moua. Joining the Governors pairs are #12 ranked Lwe Paw and Way Ber Paw of Humboldt and #6 ranked Gray Mo and Cindy Yang of Harding.<\/p>\n

Other ranked pairs lost out at some point. #9 Kelly Yang and Lydia Vang of Harding lost in the quarters to the Hawk pair. #3 ranked Alice Verbrugge and Violet Solem Valentine of Highland Park fell to Vang & Moua. #5 ranked Cammie Yang and Aliya Vang of Johnson pushed Harding\u2019s Gray Mo and Cindy Yang in three sets in the second round. #8 Asta Ket and Lana Yang of Como Park lost in the second round in two sets.<\/p>\n

TOMORROW THE NUMBERS IN THE VUE \/ TSUKI SOLHEID WILL BE PUBLISHED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIRST DAY AT ST. PAUL CITY TOURNAMENT The first day of the St. Paul Conference tournament, a launching pad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8CdKT-5MK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21568,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21568","url_meta":{"origin":22242,"position":0},"title":"Badminton State Titles for Johnson's Meh & Edina's Coma & Peterson","date":"May 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2025 badminton season concluded with the individual tournament at Edina on Thursday with both number one seeds taking the top prize. Both had to win six matches in one day. In singles Johnson\u2019s Su Meh beat Gaozia Vue of Harding in three sets. Meh had to rally down one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Badminton"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21505,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21505","url_meta":{"origin":22242,"position":1},"title":"Badminton Out & About: #2 Como Park v #13 Roosevelt 5.6.2025","date":"May 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"TWIN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP #2 COMO PARK 7, #13 ROOSEVELT 0 The Twin City Championship series started in 1978 and continued until 1995, the year before the \u201cstate\u201d tournament started. The series resumed in 2016. Prior to 1995 Minneapolis was the predominant power with 13 of the 18 titles (three years\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Badminton"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21534,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21534","url_meta":{"origin":22242,"position":2},"title":"Badminton 2025 Final Individual Poll","date":"May 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the final individual poll. Some of the seeds had to be modified due to the parameters involved in the state tournament....for example no school will face an opponent from the same school until the semifinal round. That complicates some placements to avoid that scenario. Su Meh of Johnson\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Badminton"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19070,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=19070","url_meta":{"origin":22242,"position":3},"title":"Wednesday Badminton Results 4.14.2021","date":"April 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"ST. PAUL COMO PARK 6, EDEN PRAIRIE 1 SINGLES 1 Nag Poe, CP def Sani D 21-14, 21-9 2 Xee Lee, CP def Abbey L 24-26, 21-19, 21-18 3 Wendy Coreas, CP def Manushri I 21-15, 21-11 4 Kaya Solheid, CP def Ishani M 21-13, 19-21, 23-21 DOUBLES 1 Hser\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Badminton"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21304,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21304","url_meta":{"origin":22242,"position":4},"title":"Badminton Out & About: Como Park v Johnson 3.26.2025","date":"March 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"COMO PARK 4, JOHNSON 3 Scrambled Eggs. Log Jam. That describes the St. Paul City Conference race and also the fight for the #1 singles spot. For the second time this week the Como Park Cougars knocked off a perennial favorite in the SPC. This time it was Johnson 4-3.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Badminton"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21417,"url":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21417","url_meta":{"origin":22242,"position":5},"title":"2025 Badminton Poll #5","date":"April 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"After five weeks into the season all 30 schools are now active. Fridley was the thirtieth team to begin play this week when they traveled to Edison on Thursday. Two schools have double digit dual match wins so far this season---#1 Edina is undefeated at 11-0 and #2 Como Park\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Badminton"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22242"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22243,"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22242\/revisions\/22243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}