Seven of the top eight seeds in singles advanced Friday to the quarterfinals of the state badminton tournament at Independence High School.

All singles quarterfinal matches begin Saturday at 1:30 at Independence with the #8 Swetaleena Dash (Horizon) facing #1 Callie Branyan (Gilbert); #5 Monique Vermillion (Millennium) vs. #4 Jessica Michael (Xavier; #6 Kaelin Packer (Prescott) vs. Amandine Joannesse (Red Mountain) and unseeded Taylor Jones (Westwood) vs. #2 Chandler Begay (Chandler).

Doubles action saw five of the top-eight seeded teams advance to the quarters. Saturday's doubles matchups at 1:30 at Independence are: #8 Emily Dahl-Chandler Andrews (Shadow Mountain) vs. #1 Kiyoko Hashimoto-Vaishnari Koka (Mountain Pointe); unseeded Allison Gordon-Hannah Lewellen (Chaparral) vs. unseeded Alison Kelly-Carina Arellano (Xavier); unseeded Erin McKenna-Jaime Hulsey (Xavier) vs. #3 seed and defending champs Courtney Foltz-Alex Hoffman (Chaparral) and #7 Sabrina Martinez-Geneva Heinkel (Mountain Pointe) vs. #2 Michelle Teichert-Tarina DeRito.