Leader curling team advances to championship
By Valerie Gordon
Junior curling sectional playoffs were held on the Feb 11/12 weekend. The top two teams from each section advance to the Junior SWAC Championship on March 4 / 5 hosted by Fox Valley.
Rolling Hills Open:
1st - SCCHS (Troy Oakman, Aryn Thibault, Levin Weibe, Mitchell Friesen, alternate: Emily Phan).
2nd - Ponteix (Blake Cloutier, Alyssa Thingudd, Nick Severson, Rory Scully, alternate Collin Scully)
Rolling Hills Boys:
1st - Gull Lake (Tyler Lamarre, Zach Dysart, Lucas McMillan, Trusten Kirwan, Cohen Haithwaite)
2nd - Ecole Centennial (Jake Wiebe, Perrin Lemire, Isaac Siemens, Coleman Nelson)
Rolling Hills girls:
Ecole Centennial (Daphne Dyck, Lily Ferguson, Nicole Pelletier, Lillian Radtke)
Cypress Hills Open:
1st Maple Creek (Dayton Cronkite, Luke Moorhead, Bradyn Unger, McKenzie Ouffie)
2nd Hazlet (Tessa Todd, Braden Baumann, Teagan Emms, Arianna Berg, alternate: Aimee Brown)
Cypress Hills Boys:
1st Maple Creek (Cooper Udal, Peyton Moorhead, Robert Parsonage, Cecil Baynton)
2nd Fox Valley (Brock Schell, Hunter Glass, Lucas MacPhail, Ashton MacPhail)
Cypress Hills Girls:
1st Leader (Grace Wickenheiser, Kyra Strutt, Rachel Cocks, Sam Silbernagel)
2nd Maple Creek (Kellee Parsonage, Emelie Baynton, Maisey Cronkite, Kate Bandy, alternate: Bracelyn Bowyer)
Whitemud Open:
1st Val Marie (Elizabeth Legault, Ashlyn Mything, Ethan Mything, Dominic Andrea, alternate: Deverick Beauchamp)
2nd Eastend (Beau Barton, Izzy Gordon, Jewels Armstrong, Pheonix Den Hollander, alternate: Gabby VanSandt)
The Fox Valley girls will also participate in the upcoming Swac junior girls curling championship (as host).
Skip Kierra Herter, 3rd Grace Bosch, 2nd Kelsey Hoffart, lead Amara Weiss.
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Photo: Grace Wickenheiser, Kyra Strutt, Rachel Cocks, Sam Silbernagel with coach Jennifer Wickenheiser
