Dispatches from the End of Ice by Beth Peterson

In the ninth, Menard crowded the house with rocks without a shot, Englot gave up a steal of two.īut Englot, who comes into the week as fourth seed, recovered to pick up a 10th end deuce and the win.

But after her team missed a slew of shots in the eighth, Menard’s foursome collected four. draw, Englot - who is based in Regina, and skipping the former provincial finalist Kristy McDonald team - recovered from a two rough ends against Dauphin’s Lisa Menard, to eke out a 9-8 win.Įnglot had controlled most of the play. Meilleur had opened Wednesday with a 7-4 win over MacKay, who is wrapping up her junior career.Įarlier in the day defending champion Kerri Einarson, veteran Cathy Overton-Clapham and third seed Michelle Englot opened their provincial women’s championship bid with victories, all of them over lower-ranked teams.Įinarson picked up a 5-3 win over West Kildonan’s Meghan Armit, while Overton-Clapham rode four straight steals to beat Portage la Prairie’s Tiffany McLean 8-5.Īlso in the 12:15 p.m. But she struggled against Briscoe, who stole three singles and scored three in the seventh end.Įlsewhere around the field, Brandon’s Reed upset fourth-seed Brianne Meilleur in the afternoon, leaving both at 1-1 on the day. The biggest upset of the group belonged to Briscoe, who toppled Shannon Birchard 7-3 in the day’s third draw.īirchard, a former two-time Manitoba junior champ and 2016 provincial bronze medalist, had thumped Kilgallen 9-2 in the opening draw. Skip Jennifer Jones (second from right) talks to Greg Ewasko the provincial ice technician (right) and teammate Kaitlyn Lawes (left) during practice Tuesday afternoon prior to the start of the 2017 Manitoba Scotties at the Eric Coy Arena.īut in the middle, four teams split their Wednesday games, finishing the day with a 1-1 record - and some surprises. MacKay and Kilgallen are still looking for their first win, after day one.

Only three draws into the week, and already the 2017 Manitoba Scotties looks like it could be in for a wild ride.Īt the top of the field, there was no surprise: Olympic champ Jennifer Jones went up 2-0 on day one, with dominant wins over Brandon’s Cheryl Reed in the morning and 21-year-old Fort Rouge skip Christine MacKay in the afternoon.Īlso undefeated in Jones’ round robin group was veteran Joelle Brown, who beat Thompson’s Jennifer Briscoe and East St. This article was published (2297 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.

Dispatches from the End of Ice by Beth Peterson