SHAWINIGAN, Que. – Thursday was a tough day for P.E.I. teams at the 2018 New Holland Canadian junior curling championships.
Lauren Lenentine’s rink from the Cornwall Curling Club dropped two games in the championship round, and the Alex MacFadyen squad from the Silver Fox in Summerside lost a high-scoring decision in its only game of the day in the seeding round.
Lenentine, after a 5-0 (won-lost) start, now has an overall record of 5-4 while MacFadyen is 3-5
Women
New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau rink took advantage of last-rock advantage against Lenentine in the morning draw. Comeau scored three deuces and one three-ender with the hammer en route to a 9-6 victory.
Lenentine then dropped a 9-4 decision to Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik (5-3). A four-ender in the third end gave Alberta a 5-2 lead, and they would not trail the rest of the way.
The P.E.I. women’s team faces Laurie St-Georges (7-2) of Quebec on Friday morning.
Men
Parker MacFadyen is the lead for Alex MacFadyen’s rink from the Silver Fox in Summerside. – Jason Simmonds
In men’s play, Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter (4-5) stole deuces in the sixth and eighth ends en route to an 8-6 win over MacFadyen, who will face New Brunswick’s Liam Marin (4-4) on Friday afternoon. [Martin’s team includes PEI’s Tyler Smith].