Two draws are in the books after opening day play at the Sylvan Learning Provincial 17 and Under Curling Championship, being played at O’Leary’s Maple Leaf Curling Club. Two of the five women’s teams, and two of the six men’s teams taking part are still undefeated,  and have advanced to the A finals of this triple knockout event, Saturday morning at 9.

In the women’s A final, the Veronica Smith foursome from Cornwall, last year’s 15 and Under champs, will face the Amanda MacLean Canada Games rink from the host Maple Leaf club.  Smith and her team downed Summerside’s Jenny McLean rink  11-2 in opening day play, while the MacLean rink took a five pointer in the opening end, and picked up four points in the third in a game against Montague’s Carolyn Rose rink, with the teams shaking hands in the fifth end.

The men’s A final will see  Cornwall’s Jeffrey Taylor team play the Alex Matters rink from Charlottetown. Taylor edged defending champion Matthew MacLean from the host Maple Leaf club 4-3 in an extra end in his opener, and went on to shade Tyler Smith and his Canada Games team from the Silver Fox, in a 6-5 come from behind decision, also in an extra. Taylor was trailing 5-1 after six ends, but scored a triple in the seventh, and stole singles in the eighth end, and  the extra end to pull out the victory.

 Matters had only one game,  a 10-2 routing of the Daniel McCarthy rink from the Western Community and Charlottetown clubs.

Saturday and Sunday draws are at 9 am and 1 and 5 pm, with the A finals at 9, and the B at 5 on Saturday, and the C finals Sunday at 5. The two game championship round goes Monday at 9 am and 1 pm, with the event winners advance to the Sylvan Learning Atlantic 17 and Under Championships, April 15-17 at the Charlottetown Curling Club.