Martin on track for Continental Cup
It looks like Kevin Martin has made a “reasonable” recovery from his hernia surgery at Vancouver on Dec. 11. Martin said at the time that his doctors told him it was “reasonable” to set the Continental...
View ArticleCrocker, Sweeting in NACA women’s A Event final
To no one’s surprise, the Saville Centre’s Laura Crocker and Val Sweeting advanced to Saturday morning’s A Event final in the Northern Alberta Curling Association’s women’s playdown at Cold Lake....
View ArticleNot all brushes are EQual
The 2013 Edmonton men’s playdown at the Jasper Place Curling Club will be known for a weird draw, where at least two teams played the same opponent in consecutive games, complaints about tricky ice and...
View ArticlePlaydown Sundays end of a marathon
For teams like Val Sweeting in the Northern Alberta Curling Association women’s playdown and Wade White and Glen Kennedy in the Edmonton men’s playdown, Sunday marked the end of a gruelling weekend....
View ArticleScoffin, Flory at top of leaderboard at Alberta juniors
Thomas Scoffin’s Saville Centre rink got off to a good start at the Alberta junior men’s curling championship at the Thistle on Wednesday. Scoffin won both of his games on the first day of the...
View ArticleProvincial junior playoff teams all but set
Thomas Scoffin of the Saville Centre, Michael Roy of Airdrie and Daylan Vavrek of Sexsmith all knew they were already in the playoffs heading into Saturday morning’s final round-robin draw at the...
View ArticleScoffin, Rocque in provincial junior curling finals
Thomas Scoffin and Kelsey Rocque clinched berths in the Alberta junior curling championship finals at 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the Thistle Curling Club. Scoffin finished all alone in first place in...
View ArticleNedohin loses Glynhill Invitational final
Heather Nedohin’s reigning Canadian women’s curling championship rink had a successful run at the Glynhill Ladies Invitational bonspiel at Glasgow, Scotland. Nedohin lost Sunday’s final 8-1 to...
View ArticleLots of Hearts
Three of the top four seeded teams lost their first game Wednesday night at the Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Wednesday night at Lethbridge. Tiffany Game and her Crestwood Curling Club rink...
View ArticleSonnenberg first to qualify for playoffs
Every 10 years or so, Renee Sonnenberg seems to win an Alberta curling championship or two. The longtime Grande Prairie skip won two provincial junior women’s titles out of Edmonton in 1989 and 1990,...
View ArticleCrocker wins Alberta Scotties B Event
Laura Crocker’s young Saville Centre rink will play on Saturday for a berth in the Alberta women’s curling championship final. Crocker, whose team includes three-quarters of her two-time Canadian...
View ArticleCrocker last Edmonton rink standing at Alberta Scotties
Laura Crocker and two of her teammates moved to Edmonton only last summer, but they represent the last city team still alive at the Alberta women’s curling championship at the Lethbridge Curling Club....
View ArticleMoore surprise Alberta Scotties champ
No one expected Kristie Moore to do anything at the Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, especially the curlers themselves. Moore’s Grande Prairie rink of Blaine de Jager, Michelle Dykstra and Amber...
View ArticleScoffin rink fails first test at Canadian junior curling championship
Thomas Scoffin’s University of Alberta rink spent the past week working on class assignments, so they didn’t fall behind while playing at the Canadian M&M Meat Shops junior curling championships,...
View ArticleScoffin rebounds with two victories at Canadian juniors
Thomas Scoffin’s Alberta team bounced back from a disappointing opening day loss to Ontario with a double-victory Sunday at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championships Sunday at Fort...
View ArticleAlberta wins Scoffin Bowl at Canadian junior championships
Thomas Scoffin earned bragging rights Monday night with a 6-4 victory over former teammates Mitch Young and Will Mahoney and his father Wade, the Yukon coach, at the Canadian junior men’s curling...
View ArticleThomas Scoffin sails into championship pool; Karynn Flory battles in tiebreakers
Karynn Flory’s Alberta junior women’s team delivered big when it was needed the most Tuesday night. Flory and her Crestwood Curling Club crew of Holly Jamieson, Klara Smiley and Katie Roskewich jumped...
View ArticleKarynn Flory eliminated from championship pool at Canadian junior curling
Karynn Flory’s Crestwood Curling Club rink lost Wednesday morning’s tiebreaker game to New Brunswick’s Jessica Daigle and drops into the seeding pool at the Canadian junior championships in Fort...
View ArticleJames Pahl, Brent Bawel win first games at Alberta men’s curling championship
It was either be the hero or go home when James Pahl of the Strathcona Curling Club attempted a cross-house double takeout for four in the ninth end of his opening game at the Boston Pizza Cup Alberta...
View ArticleThomas Scoffin tied for first place at Canadian junior men’s curling...
Thomas Scoffin’s Alberta rink is in a three-way tie for first place at the Canadian junior men’s curling championship at Fort McMurray. Scoffin, who represented Yukon each of the last six years,...
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