The Twin Rivers Curling Club hosted another big early-season event on the weekend with the U21 Big Sky Slam.
The event, part of the Junior Slam series, ran Sept. 7 to 9 at Northland Power Curling Centre, North Battleford. It wrapped up Sunday with the conclusion of playoffs in both the men’s and women’s championship divisions.
In the women’s championship it was the Ashley Thevenot rink, from Sutherland Curling Club, winning over the Rachel Erickson rink of Callie Curling Club by a 4-1 final score.
The Thevenot rink, which included third Paige Engle, second Kaylin Skinner and lead Mary Engel, finished with a perfect 7-0 record. In the playoffs, they defeated the rinks of Amy Remeshylo 9-7 and Brooklyn Fahl 7-5 en route to the finals.
In the men’s championship, the Brayden Stewart rink defeated the Rylan Kleiter rink by a 5-3 score. The Stewart rink also curls out of Sutherland Curling Club and includes Jared Latos, Matt Taylor and Domenic Neufeld.
Stewart’s team defeated Brett Reddekopp 6-4 and Tyler Camm 3-2 in the playoffs to reach the final. Their win in the finals gave the Stewart team a 7-1 record in the competition.
