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Jacobson rink wins with three

The club and town was buzzing
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From left; Jason Jacobson, Dustin Kalthoff and Jake Hersikorn.
WADENA - On Sunday Team Jacobson took the top spot in the ‘Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty Bonspiel’ in Wadena with a comeback win in the final.  

The Saskatchewan Curling Tour Men’s event saw two undefeated teams do battle with Jacobson facing Knapp for the championship.  

Knapp jumped out to a 4-0 lead but Jacobson picked away at the lead and eventually took the game to an extra end with the last rock advantage. 

Playing three-handed all weekend Jason Jacobson, Dustin Kalthoff and Jake Hersikorn defeated Surthland, Deis, and Pomedli, on their way to qualifying for Sunday and defeated Gamble and Pomedli again to reach the final.  

The team of Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong and Trent Knapp took a similar route to the final defeating Goertz, Gamble and Howard to Quincy out of the A as well and topped Woloschuk and Howard to make the final.  

You can watch the entire game on YouTube… search ‘Wadena Curling Club’.
On the local front, Wadena Junior Team Pomedli had a great showing making a semi-final.  

Team Deis with Garret Springer (Foam Lake), Dustin Mikush (Wadena) and Dallan Muyres (St. Gregor) qualified for the playoffs but lost to Scott Howard in the quarters.  

Team Comfort (Wadena) and Zuravloff (Buchanan) both lost qualifying games Saturday evening.  

The event was a successful one for local organizing committee with plenty of fans and support from volunteers, the curlers and more.  

The club and town was buzzing the economic impact of the event to the club and community were a welcome bright spot after a tough season last year.