The Northland Power Curling Centre was home to some high-calibre curling over the weekend.
Especially from Team Korte of Saskatoon.
Korte’s rink went undefeated en route to securing their spot at the 2016 Mixed Canadian Championships in Toronto Nov. 7-14.
The event began Wednesday with all 16 teams taking to the ice in the A event.
Two locals got off to opposite starts, as Team K. Hartung featuring North Battleford native Aaron Shutra defeated Team Desormeau 6-4.
Team Tenetuik, with Battleford native Cole Tenetuik, dropped their opening game 6-4 to Team Hall.
Other A event first rounder winners were Ackerman, Dutton, Himmelspach, Korte, Martens and J. Hartung.
Ackerman, Korte and both Hartung rinks won their second round A matchups.
The A semi-final saw K. Hartung and Korte advance to the final in which Korte would win 8-5 to secure a spot in the semifinal Saturday evening.
In the B event Thursday and Friday, Tenetuik won his first three matchups advancing to the semi-finals against Ackerman.
Their momentum was halted there, as they dropped a 10-4 decision dropping them to the C event
The other B event semifinal saw Team Eberle defeat K. Hartung.
The B final Saturday morning saw Ackerman defeat Eberle 5-3, securing a semifinal matchup with Team Korte later that evening.
Tenetuik and all three Hartung teams played in the C event semis, looking for a spot in the C final to advance to the page playoff round.
Tenetuik and K. Hartung faced off in the first C final, with Tenetuik grabbing a 6-1 victory.
The other C final had J. Hartung downing Eberle 7-1, setting up a “win and you’re in” scenario Saturday evening.
Tenetuik’s tournament was ended in that game as they lost to J. Hartung 7-3.
At the same time as that matchup, the first semifinal game between Korte and Ackerman was taking place.
Korte took the lead with a single in the second, but Ackerman responded with singles in the third and fourth to take a 2-1 lead.
Korte quickly answered, scoring a pair in the fifth to retake the lead.
The back-and-forth game continued as Ackerman tied the game at three with a single in the sixth.
A scoreless seventh saw the teams head to the eighth, both looking to advance to the final Sunday afternoon.
Korte scored one, and Ackerman couldn’t respond sending Korte to the final with a 4-3 win.
Sunday morning Ackerman was back on the ice taking on J. Hartung with another chance to advance to the final.
They came out flying, scoring four in the second to take a 4-0 lead.
The team exchanged two points in each of the next three ends, with Ackerman taking a 6-4 lead into the sixth.
They scored a single in the sixth to take a 7-4 lead, and a scoreless seventh sent Ackerman to the final for a rematch against Korte.
While they were looking for revenge, they would have no such luck.
Korte scored three in the second before Ackerman responded with one in the third.
But Korte was determined, and they scored five in the fourth to end the game and seal their championship.
With that, another curling season at the Northland Power Curling Centre has come to a close.
