Last weekend Karishma Kollipara entered her name into the Illinois State High School Badminton record books. Kollipara is the thrid player in the State Championships 32-year history to win three singles titles. She also helped her school, Hindale Central, to their first title victory.
Karishma Kollipara joins Linda French of York (1979, '81 and '82) and Erin Hois of Downers Grove South's (1998, '00 and '01) as the only badminton players to have won three singles championships.
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