Saturday 14 January 2012

Steinke and Whittemore advance from tiebreakers

In Saturday evenings tiebreaker, Jordan Steinke of Dawson Creek grabbed three points heading into the 5th end break and never looked back. Steinke led 4-3 at the point, and after forcing Smith to a lone single, kept the house clear, blanking until the final point was needed in the tenth end. Steinke won the game 5-4 and will face Dylan Gousseau in tomorrow mornings semi-final.


In women's action, Brittany Whittemore stole her way to a 4-0 lead and held on defeating Athena Sturmay 6-4. With the win, Whittemore advances to the semi-final and will face Edmonton's Keely Brown.


Awaiting the women's semi-final is Jocelyn Peterman of Red Deer who finished round-robin action in first place with a 6-1 record. Meanwhile, Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton is awaiting the winner of the men's semi-final due to his first place finish as result of a 7-0 record. The semi-final is scheduled for 9:00am and the championship-final scheduled for 2:00pm. The winner will represent Alberta at the 2012 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.

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