Leader teams do well in SWAC Curling

By Valerie Gordon

Junior district curling was on February 28-March 1 commissioned by Abby Watson from Cabri (hosted at Abbey Rink). Thank you to the Abbey Rink, and special thanks to the ice tech and ice official who worked the event.

Junior Curling Leader Open

Junior Curling Leader Girls

Junior Curling Leader Boys

Teams qualifying for junior girls were Herbert, Ponteix, Leader and Cabri. Qualifying teams for junior boys were Herbert, Gull Lake, Maple Creek and Leader.  Val Marie, Frontier, Leader and Maple Creek vied for the Junior open title. 

The Junior Girls curling champion is from Leader School (Rachel Cocks, Rene Butt, Samantha Silbernagel, Hailey Wagenaar, Catherine Dietrich, Coach John Butt).  In the final, they defeated Cabri (Delaney Prentice, Brielle Christianson, Haiyn Prentice, Pia Roiferio, Coach Abby Watson).

The Junior Boys curling champion is from Maple Creek (Milo Christie, Paden Robertson, Coy Cronkhite, Zach Moorhead, Coach Jessica Christie).  In the final, they beat the team from Leader (Brody Ausmus, Colden Dale, Jace Ausmus, Grant Smith, Coach Clint Ausmus).

The Junior Mixed/Open curling champion is from Leader (Austin Janke, Patrick Dietrich, Halle Smith, Jesse Butt, Cooper Ausmus, Coach John Butt). Frontier placed second in the championship (Derrick Beauchamp, Leah Mitchell, Jalynn Babiak, Evan Shirley, Coaches Anne Beauchamp/Shantel Balfour).