Island junior curling team picks up third win
(by Tim Gall) Tyler Smith and his Cornwall Curling Club team had a statement game Thursday at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships.
Smith and his rink of Alex Sutherland, Alex Jenkins, and Jonathan Schut whipped the Northwest Territories 12-3 to improve its record in Fort McMurray, Alberta to 3-5.
Vice-skip Sutherland said the team picked it up a notch on Thursday.
“We were all really focused on our shots and… we had our weight and line down. After two days of rest and antibiotics, Alex Jenkins is almost at 100 per cent and it really brought up the team’s energy having him back.”
Sutherland indicated the rink’s inexperience has been a factor throughout the week. “A lot of these teams have been together for a lot of years, while we have only been playing with Tyler for less then a year. Overall, I believe we are playing really well for the limited time we have had together.”
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P.E.I.’s Chloe McCloskey and Sabrina Smith sweep a rock as skip Veronica Smith calls the line during junior women’s play earlier this week at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta.
In junior women’s action, the rink of Veronica Smith, Katie Fullerton, Sabrina Smith, and Chloe McCloskey were idle during the day, but were set to play in the late game Thursday night [they won it 7-6 in an extra end over Alberta]. The team had a 1-6 record heading into the evening game and still believed they were capable of better things at the national event.
“The team has definitely played better then our record shows,” said skip Smith, who is not related to Tyler, skip of the junior men’s team. “We have had a lot of good games, but we’ve just been falling a little short when it comes to pulling out the win.”