Skip Chaelynn Kitz, Oxbow, third Rikki Schick, Pleasantdale, second Taylor Marcotte, Torquay, and lead Rachel Erickson, Maryfield, are curling out of the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon.
Team Kitz started off their curling season playing in the Saskatchewan Women's Curling Tour (SWCT) Ladies Saskatoon Co-op Curling Classic.
In round-robin play Kitz faced Team Stewart and took a loss in a very close game with Stewart having to draw the four foot on her last stone to capture the win by a score of 4-3. Kitz's next game was against Team Martin where Kitz pulled off the win in an extra end with the final score being 8-7.
The third and final game of the round robin was against Team Hersikorn from Saskatoon where they suffered their second loss. Kitz finished fourth in their pool with one win and two losses.
In the consolation round they played Team Tokarz from Saskatoon. Kitz and her team won this game in seven ends by a score of 7-2, advancing them to the semifinal where they would face Team Selzer. Kitz and company lost this game ending their play in their first ever SWCT event.
This past weekend the team was back in action in Saskatoon in the Junior Curling Classic. They started round-robin play on Friday night against Team Grabarczyk from Regina.
This was a close back and forth game until Kitz stole two in the seventh end to put them up by three, coming home without the hammer. Grabarczyk was only able to score a single in the eighth to give Kitz the in by a score of 7-5.
Saturday morning Kitz faced Team Thevenot from Saskatoon. Kitz scored a single in the first end and stole a single in the second, third and fourth ends to make the score 4-0.
Thevenot got on the board with a deuce in the fifth end. Kitz made a draw for three points in the sixth. In the seventh Thevenot only scored a single and decided to shake hands and gave Kitz the win by a score of 7-3.
In their final game of round-robin Kitz played Team Fesser from Saskatoon. Team Kitz struggled in this game and suffered their first loss. Kitz finished the round-robin with a record of two wins and one loss placing them second in their pool and advancing them to the quarter-final game where they played Team Grabarczyk again.
After two ends of play the teams were tied at 1-1. In the third end Kitz made a draw to the eight foot to score three. Grabarczyk scored a single in four. The two teams traded singles in the fifth and sixth ends to make the score 5-3.
Grabarczyk stole one in the seventh. Kitz, having the hammer in eighth, had an open hit to score three capturing the win by a score of 8-4 and advancing them to the semifinal.
Kitz faced Team Kerr from Esterhazy in the semifinal. In the first end Kitz made an open hit to score her deuce.
Third Rikki Schick made a nice double takeout to get the team out of trouble and forced Kerr to a single. Kerr missed an open hit in the third leaving Kitz a draw for two.
In the fourth Kitz stole two more making the score 6-1. Kerr got a single in the fifth and in the sixth Kitz made a draw to score four more and got the win by a final score of 10-2 advancing Team Kitz to the final.
Kitz played Team Fesser in the final game of the Junior Classic. The first and second ends were blanked. In the third Team Kitz was forced to take a single.
In the fourth end Fesser made a draw to score her deuce. In the fifth Fesser racked on a guard, so Kitz made a draw to score her deuce making the score 3-2 for Kitz.
In the sixth end Fesser made a delicate tap back to score her deuce putting her back on top by a score of 4-3. In the seventh Kitz made a double takeout on her first rock to keep the attempt alive and peeled out the stone in the house on her last rock to keep the hammer coming home in the eighth.
Team Kitz was drawing to tie the game and go to an extra end, but she was a touch heavy on her last stone giving up the steal of one and finished in second place in the Junior Classic.
