It was a good weekend for the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs curling teams, who played at the Power Dodge Curling Centre at the Pepsi Youth Bonspiel.
The rink skipped by Jamison Keating won the C side for the event over Gainsborough’s Hannah McCannell 7-2. They qualified for the C final after earning a 1-2 record in their pool in the round robin.
“I’m really pleased with the kids,” said coach Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud. “They’ve been working really hard. They’ve been practicing every week, they’ve been playing once or twice a week, we’ve gone to a couple of ‘spiels. They’re really putting in the time and effort. Today it really showed. They really played as a team.”
The win included a pair of steals of one in the second and third end and then a steal of three in the fourth. The team looked more confident in their shotmaking abilities. Shot control and weight control were part of an increase in skill, she said.
The other ECS team performing at the youth bonspiel was led by skip Caitlyn Green and included third Hailey Wallin, second Meghan Parson and lead Kali Soreson. They went 0-3 in their pool.
Their goal will be to do well as Districts in Radville on Feb. 9-10.
“We do have one of our members Jamison Keating, who is joining some of the boys in Lampman next weekend for qualifying for the Winter Games,” Ziehl-Grimsrud said. “That will be going on too, but our focus for the ECS teams is on districts in February. From there, we’re going to be doing some Curl Sask events too at the end of February. We’ve got a busy schedule in front of us.”
In the U15 division the ECC rink skipped by Katelyn Zukewich went 0-3. That rink also has Kristen Carlson, Brandon Ludtke, Kody Campbell and Logan Yurkowski. The other ECC rink was skipped by Seth Bohlken and had Abby Renkas, Lily Haygarth and Alex Spencer.
“They don’t actually curl as teams on a weekly basis,” Ziehl-Grimsrud said. “They just do lessons and they curl. So this is the first time most of them have been in a bonspiel and others have only been in one once before. So for them to come out and form teams, they did really well.”
