Some of InuvikSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s best young curlers hit the ice in Yellowknife this past weekend for a couple of big events.
Mason MacNeil and his rink of Kaleb Picek, John Voudrach, Kolsen Church and coach Hilary Charlie were one of the four teams contesting the NWT MenSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Curling Championship. The big prize for the winning team was a trip to the Tim Hortons Brier in Lethbridge, Alta., next month and that went to Jamie Koe of Yellowknife, who emerged victorious after beating YellowknifeSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Greg Skauge, the defending champion. MacNeil and company ended up losing their quarter-final contest to Hay RiverSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s DSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™arcy Delorey.
Reese Wainman and her rink of Alex Testart, Brooke Smith, Whitney Kasook and coach Nick Saturnino were in a best-of-five battle with YellowknifeSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Cassie Rogers in the NWT U20 WomenSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s Curling Championship with the winner moving on to the Canadian U21 Curling Championships in Stratford, Ont., next month. Rogers would win in three straight.
HereSA¹ú¼ÊÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½™s some of the action from the playoff round on Feb. 12.
-text by James McCarthy