Kevin Rice of Montague, and defending champion Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall, have each won both the A and B sections of the triple-knockout Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under Curling Championship, being played at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton.  In the B finals this afternoon, Fullerton downed Amanda MacLean of the Maple Leaf 9-1, grabbing four points in the opening end, while Rice beat Parker Clements of the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary by a 7-2 score, taking four points in the seventh.

In the A finals on Saturday, Fullerton stole two in the seventh for an 8-4 win, also over MacLean, while Rice got by defending champion Sam Ramsay,  of the host Western club, by a 5-3 score, aided by a 4th end triple.

The C finals go Monday at 10 am (weather permitting, as another storm is in the forecast for tonight). In C division play this afternoon, Veronica Smith of Cornwall beat Tiffany Sweet of O’Leary 8-6 in a come-from-behind game. taking five points in the last three ends, while Anita Casey of the Silver Fox downed Lindsay Hughes of Charlottetown 8-2 in the junior women’s section.  In the junior men’s, Sam Ramsay stayed alive, beating Matthew MacLean of the Maple Leaf club 5-3, while Clements beat Colton Griffin of the host Western club by a 7-3 score. Smith now faces Fullerton, while Casey meets Amanda MacLean at 7 this evening, with the winners advancing to the 10 am Monday junior women’s C final. In the Junior men’s C final, also at  10 tomorrow, Clements awaits the winner of tonight’s 7 pm game between Ramsay and Rice.

If  either Fullerton or Rice win all three divisions, they become the champion without a championship round; otherwise, the two-game championship is scheduled for Monday at 2 and 6 pm. As Rice and Fulleton have both won two divisions, they will take the title if they win either of the two championship games.

The winning teams advance to the Atlantic Under 18 Curling Championships,  April 10-13 in Cornerbrook NL.