News from the Juniors
Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton, clinched first place and a berth in Sunday evening’s final at the M&M Meat Shop Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee with a methodical 8-5 win over New Brunswick Friday morning.
Manitoba (Shannon Birchard of Winnipeg) and Alberta (Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton) are one win away from clinching first place and berths into their respective finals at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee.
They were the front-runners from the get-go at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships, until they lost their first game on Tuesday night to another hot squad, Manitoba, 9-5 in an extra end.
Several games Thursday morning at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships had major playoff implications for the teams involved, and when the dust had settled, there were some surprising developments.
With five draws remaining in the round robin portion of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the playoff picture is still a little cloudy.
They certainly didn’t come to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee as a team ‘Under the Radar’.
Both the Manitoba women (Shannon Birchard of Winnipeg) and men (Kyle Doering of Winnipeg) are on a roll at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee, Ontario.
There are now no unbeaten teams at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee. Tuesday evening, both the Alberta men and women tasted defeat for the first time.
Even though the Alberta men and women remain undefeated through 11 draws of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee, they’re not getting any breathing space.
Talk about a rally. Alberta’s Jocelyn Peterman of Red Deer, who entered Draw 10 Tuesday morning at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships with an unblemished 5-0 mark, stared down almost certain defeat before rebounding to defeat Newfoundland/Labrador, 10-9 in an extra end.
There were some changes to the leaderboard Monday night at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee.
Alberta, skipped by Brendan Bottcher, has sole possession of first place at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championship after demolishing Northern Ontario, 10-3 in Draw 8 Monday afternoon in Napanee.
While the undefeated Alberta and Quebec men and Alberta women enjoyed a Monday morning bye at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee, the Nova Scotia teams closed some ground on the leaders in Draw 7.
Three men’s teams and one women’s team remain undefeated after six draws of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee, Ontario.
Quebec, skipped by 17-year-old Félix Asselin of Montreal, has climbed into a share of the lead with Alberta’s 20-year-old Brendan Bottcher, both now at 3-0, through five draws of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Napanee.
