Valley Christian Badminton Sisters Eye NorCal Title
Chace Bryson, provided by SportStars Magazine
May 19, 2023
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Nationally-Ranked Players, Sumaswara And Suneri Chinthalapati, Take No. 2 Seed Into CIF Doubles Tournament For Valley Christian Of San Jose • PICTURED ABOVE: Sumaswara Chinthalapati (Inside Left) And Her Sister Suneri Show Off Some Of Their Championship Hardware With Coaches Mark DeLuca (Far Right) And Davis Gunter. (Contributed Photo)After years of leading many high-caliber boys basketball teams at various Bay Area schools, Mark DeLuca once again finds himself leading a top team into the CIF regional tournament.
Just not in a sport he would’ve ever expected to be doing so.
After hanging up the hoops whistle a few years back, DeLuca was asked to help out with badminton for the 2022-23 season. And has subsequently found himself doing whatever he can to get the word out about sisters Sumaswara and Suneri Chinthalapati.
Sumaswara is a Cornell-bound senior who USA Badminton has ranked as high as No. 8 nationally in the 19U division. Suneri, a freshman, has already topped the national rankings for the 17U division.
“Their play all year long has been at the elite level,” DeLuca said. “I’ve had former athletes go onto the NFL, NBA and had teams advance to the state championship games, and I must say the sisters’ pure dominance is on par with any of my former great athletes or teams.
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