“A” Section finals set at PEI Credit Unions Provincial U18 Ch’ships

The 10 am Saturday “A” section finals of the boy’s and girl’s modified triple knockout draws are set at the PEI Credit Unions Provincial Under 18 Curling Championships, which got underway on Friday at the Silver Fox in Summerside, with four boy’s and five girl’s teams participating.

The Emily Sanderson rink from the Cornwall Curling Club will face the Lauren Ferguson squad from the Cornwall, Crapaud, and Charlottetown clubs in the girl’s “A” final, while Chase MacMillan and his Charlottetown team will take on Cornwall’s Mitchell Schut foursome in the boy’s.

Sanderson beat clubmate Sydney Howatt 7-3 in her opener, aided by a three-point fourth end and a stolen deuce in the fifth. She then downed another Cornwall team, the Clara Jack rink, by a 10-1 score, taking four points in the second end, stealing singles in the next two, and deuces in five and six to bring the game to an early conclusion. Ferguson had only one game, beating Cornwall’s Rachel MacLean team 4-1. 

MacLean suffered her second loss in the evening draw, losing 8-2 to Howatt, and needs a win at 2 pm on Saturday to remain in the competition. Howatt and Jack faceoff at 10 am Saturday in the “B” section.

There was only one draw in the boy’s division, and both games were extremely close, with Chase MacMillan edging Devin Schut of Cornwall 4-3, with Schut getting all his points in the last two ends, and Devin’s brother Mitchell coming back from a 4-3 deficit against the host club’s Cruz Pineau rink, who scored a triple in the fifth end, recording a tying single in the seventh, and stealing the final end for a 5-4 win.

Besides the 10 am “A” final, the Schut brothers square off in one game, with the Pineau facing MacMillan in the other, in 2 pm Saturday “B” section matches. 

With the “modified” knockout format, teams competing in section finals drop down to the next section, and can win more than one section. The “B” finals go at 6 pm on Saturday, with the “C” on Sunday at 2. The boy’s and girl’s championship rounds go on Monday at 10 am and 2 pm. If a team wins all three sections their championship round won’t be needed.

A double section winner will have a “double life” in the championship round, winning the event if they take either game, while their opponent would have to win both.

This year’s winning teams advance to the 2018 Canadian Under-18  Boys and Girls Curling Championship, April 9-14 in St. Andrews NB.

Live, end by end results from the provincial event are available at PEICurling.com.

 

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