Kumon Learning and the Electrical Shop have moved on to play for first place in the Better Bodies squash league, after semi-final play Thursday evening.

Sterling Insurance earned sixth place on Thursday evening with a match-up against Northern Lights Optometry, who defeated them 12 to 10 for fifth.

Substitute Bryan Mancyniuk earned five points for Northern Lights in a 3-1 win over Alexis Hougen of Sterling, who took home two points.

Zain Syed won six points for Northern Lights in a tough match against Sterling's Mark Beese.

Syed was defeated in the first game, only to come back in the second and third.

The match was pushed to all five games to decide a winner, when Beese again put Syed's win in doubt by stealing the fourth game.

Beese earned two points for the effort.

Colin MacKenzie earned the only win for Sterling against Patti Flather for six points. Flather took away one for Northern Lights.

The final match between Therese Aberson and Randi Cave for Northern Lights and Sterling was decided by default.

The third and fourth place positions were decided on Thursday night as well.

Kumon Learning overtook Underhill to earn its spot in the final match, while The Electrical Shop downed Uniglobe Specialty Travel for the second final birth.

Kelly Panchyshyn defeated Underhill's Graydon McDonnell 3-2, after a tough match.

Panchyshyn won the first two games only to be beaten by McDonnell in the third and fourth games.

The round was finally decided in the fifth when Panchyshyn won 15-12. McDonnell earned three points for Underhill, and Panchyshyn took away six.

Coleman Newell earned the solo win for Underhill in a 6-0 victory over Will Parker of Kumon.

Eric Bardin flipped things back to Kumon Learning for the third match-up of the evening by winning 3-0 and earning six points against Underhill's Logan Small.

Small came away with one point for his team.

Denise McDiarmid of Kumon downed Marie Maratos three games to none for six points to finish up Kumon's night. Maratos earned one point as well for Underhill.

The final score was 18-11 for Kumon Learning, earning them a final birth. Underhill took fourth overall in the league.

The Electrical Shop earned the second final birth by defeating Uniglobe 19-11.

Karman Idress stood in for Anna Lee Jacobsen to win 3-0 against Uniglobe substitute Judy Ratcliffe. Idress earned five points for the Electrical Shop.

Emilie Herdes of Uniglobe stole a win against the Electrical Shop substitute Mustafa Syed. Herdes took the first game, and pushed the second to 17 points to get a win. Mustafa Syed came back in the third and won the next two, until Herdes sealed things with the fifth win.

David Buckler earned six points in his 3-2 rout of Shahid Syed, after losing the first two games.

Buckler returned in the third to win the remaining games. Shadid Syed earned three points for the challenge.

Joanne Heyes sealed the win for the Electrical Shop with a 3-1 win over Jada Kwok of Uniglobe.

The series went to four games after Kwok stole two points to win the third round 17-15. Heyes answered by winning the final game 16-14 for six points. Kwok earned two, and the Electrical Shop got their trip to the finals.

The final game will be played Tuesday, with a pizza party afterwards at Pizza Hut.