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Badminton: Long Beach Poly’s Lam and Laure Win Arcadia Consolation Bracket

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It was a great weekend for Long Beach Poly badminton as the Jackrabbits’ doubles team of senior Danny Lim and junior Joshua Laure.

The duo won the consolation bracket at the Arcadia badminton tournament to continue an impressive season for the pair. After losing their opening round contest the pair landed in the consolation bracket needing to win three matches to make it to the consolation finals. 

Lam and Laure did just that as they defeated Arcadia’s Sean Wu and Austin Chin 21-19, 21-13 before advancing to the quarterfinals for where they defeated Pasadena Poly 21-15, 21-4.

In the semifinals, the duo won a thriller defeating San Marino’s Sean Trisandi and Joseph Li 21-8, 15-21, 21-8.

In the consolation final they defeated Marina’s Jeffrey Nguyen and Eric Nguyen 21-14, 21-8 to finish as the consolation champions.

Along with their win, the duo is also undefeated in Moore League action this season.

Matt Simon
Matt Simon has been covering sports since 2013. During his time at Long Beach State, he served as sports editor for the Daily 49er while completing his degree. Since then, he has reported extensively on athletics throughout Southern California for multiple publications. He also served as an assistant editor at The Maui News before joining The562.org as a correspondent. In 2025, he was brought on as an assistant editor.
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