Kaitlyn Lawes and her Fort Rouge team (Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin McCuish, Coach Connor Njegovan) have won the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME.
Team Lawes jumped out to a 4-1 lead after three ends but Beth Peterson and her Assiniboine Memorial team fought back to tie 7-7 after eight. A Lawes deuce in the ninth end set the stage for a dramatic tenth when Peterson had a chance to draw through a narrow port to the four foot circle for a pair and a tie. She navigated the port but slid a few inches too deep and scored just a single and final 9-8 score in the Lawes victory.
The Lawes deuce on the ninth came on one of the finest shots of the event when Kaitlyn Lawes faced two and played a re-direct hit, just rubbing off a Peterson stone in the front of the eight foot circle and doubling out the second stone on the centre line in the back of the eight foot circle.
The Peterson team matched shots throughout the game with the #1 seed and CTRS #4 ranked Lawes team.
It continued a run which began when they qualified for the championship round with a 3W-2L round-robin record. They were the only team to win all three championship round games and then played a precision control game to win the semi-final over #2 seed Kate Cameron (Granite).
Team Lawes will represent Manitoba as Team Manitoba at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts in February, joining Team Canada Kerri Einarson and CTRS #2 ranked Jennifer Jones as teams for Manitoba curling fans to cheer for.
Six teams have advanced to the Championship Round of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME in Morden.
Kaitlyn Lawes (Fort Rouge) and Kate Cameron (Granite) solidified a hold on a Sunday playoff position by improving their perfect records to 6W-0L to lead the way.
Trailing by three after giving up a four-ender to Kate Cameron, Kristy Watling fought back to tie with a steal of two on the eight end. Watling made two great draws (red) behind a Cameron stone biting the front four foot circle and Cameron (yellow) slid by to give up the steal. It was not enough as Cameron took two back on the ninth end enroute to victory
Lawes defeated Zoey Terrick’s Heather team while Cameron was a winner over Kristy Watling, scoring a four on the sixth end for a three point lead and then scoring two on the ninth after Watling had tied the score. Terrick and Watling have 3W-3L records.
Beth Peterson (AMCC) pulled even with Jolene Campbell (AMCC) and both are in the playoff chase after Peterson’s evening win over her clubmate gave both a 4W-2L record.
The top three teams in each pool advanced from the preliminary round-robin to play each of the teams from the other pool. They carry their records forward and after the three game round, the top three will advance to a playoff round with the top team earning a bye to the Sunday afternoon final.
Earlier Friday to wrap up the round-robin, Kaitlyn Lawes (Fort Rouge), with a last round win over Beth Peterson (AMCC), and Kate Cameron (Granite), with a last rock draw to win 6-5 over Jolene Campbell (AMCC), topped their pools respectively. Zoey Terrick’s young Heather team had a last round win over Lisa McLeod to earn the third championship round spot behind Cameron and Campbell.
Behind Lawes in her pool, three teams were tied for second place with 3W-2L records. Beth Peterson (AMCC) and Kristy Watling (East St. Paul) advanced while Shaela Hayward’s U-18 Champions from Carman were outside looking in after the tiebreaker last stone draws tally was implemented.
FINAL ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS: ASHAM BLACK POOL 5-0 Kaitlyn Lawes (Fort Rouge) 3-2 Beth Peterson (AMCC) 3-2 Kristy Watling (East St.Paul) 3-2 Shaela Hayward (Carman) …. finish fourth in the pool on draw-to-button ranking 1-4 Emma Jensen (Heather) 0-5 Emily Cherwinski (AMCC)
FINAL ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS: ASHAM EXPRESS RED POOL 5-0 Kate Cameron (Granite) 4-1 Jolene Campbell (AMCC) 3-2 Zoey Terrick (Heather) 2-3 Lisa McLeod (Portage) 1-4 Tiffany Armstrong (Dauphin) 0-5 Rachel Kaatz (AMCC)
Three teams remain undefeated after two days of play at the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME in Morden.
Shaela Hayward’s U-18 Manitoba champions have gained great experience this week at the Scotties. At the same time, the young team is within a win of advancing tot he next round of play at the Scotties – an impressive first appearance at this level.
The top three seeds, Kaitlyn Lawes (Fort Rouge), Kate Cameron (Granite), and Jolene Campbell (Assiniboine Memorial) all won their two games on Thursday to improve their records to 4W-0L. The three are assured of being among the six teams who will advance beyond the preliminary round-robin.
Behind Lawes in the Asham Black pool are Beth Peterson (AMCC) with a 3W-1L record and Kristy Watling (East St. Paul) and Shaela Hayward (Carman), both with 2W-2L records.
Behind Cameron and Campbell in the Asham Express Red pool are Zoey Terrick (Heather) and Lisa McLeod (Portage), also both with 2W-2L records.
Based on the results in the final round of play Friday morning, two of Peterson, Watling and Hayward will advance to the next round and either Terrick or McLeod will advance.
The top three teams from each pool carry their round-robin records forward and play three more games, against the three teams from the other pool. If needed, a single tiebreaker game will be played Saturday evening. The Sunday playoff round will feature the second and third place teams facing off with the winner advancing to play the first place team.
ASHAM BLACK POOL STANDINGS: 4-0 Kaitlyn Lawes (Fort Rouge)
Only three teams survived the opening day with two wins at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME in Morden’s Access Event Centre.
First seed Kaitlyn Lawes and her Fort Rouge team is the only unbeaten team in the six-team Asham Black Group. In the Asham Express Red Group, #2 seed Kate Cameron (Granite) and #3 Jolene Campbell (Assiniboine Memorial) both won their opening day pair of games.
It was a bold first end attempt by Kate Cameron – playing an outside-in attempt to bump her own rock and roll on for a pair. The shot over-curled and stopped in the rings for a single point but it set the tone. A deuce on the 3rd end and two more on the 7th gave the Cameron foursome a 7-4 win and their second win of the day.
Fourth seeded Beth Peterson (Assiniboine Memorial) and fifth seeded Kristy Watling (East St. Paul opened with wins but lost their second games of the day. Watling lost to Lawes while Peterson lost to Manitoba’s U-18 champions, the Shaela Hayward team from Carman.
With Lawes in the Black pool are four teams with a win and a loss and one team with a pair of opening day losses.
It worked out in the second game of the day for Zoey Terrick (Heather) and Rachel Kaatz (AMCC). The two teams had lost the A-Side Scotties berth games Sunday morning but both bounced back to win berths on their second try.
Team Kaatz will be in Morden in January, thanks to a 7-5 win over Katy Lukowich (Heather) while the Terrick foursome posted a 12-3 short game win over Shae Bevan (St Vital).
(SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON) CHERWINSKI, JENSEN WIN SCOTTIES BERTHS: A comeback from five down and a “nearly” comeback from down two playing the last end made the Winnipeg Scotties regional playoff games great curling entertainment Sunday morning at Deer Lodge.
Trailing 6-1 after four ends, Emily Cherwinksi and her AMCC team scored three to draw close, and then outscored Rachel Kaatz (AMCC) 4-1 over the last half of the game to win 8-7 and earn a berth in the Manitoba Scotties in Morden.
The key was no doubt the seventh end. The Kaatz team blanked six and played a hit for three but jammed to give up another steal of one. Now down one, the Cherwinski foursome stole two more on the 8th, gave up the one on the 9th to come home tied. They didn’t have to throw their last stone on the 10th.
(l-r) Emily Jensen, Lane Prokopowich, Becky Friesen, Stephanie Feeleus
In the other game, Emily Jensen (Heather) led Zoey Terrick (Heather) 6-4 playing the ninth (and final) end. Playing wide on a tricky sheet of ice, Terrick had and angle raise takeout for a possible three and the win but she hit less of the target stone than needed and scored only one.
Two more Scotties berths will be awarded at Deer Lodge in games beginning at 2PM.
Yesterday, Tiffany Armstrong (Dauphin) and Shaela Hayward (Carman) won the first two spots awarded this weekend.
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(FRIDAY) REGIONAL SCOITTIES SET FOR THIS WEEKEND: Six teams repping three Winnipeg clubs will compete in Winnipeg regional Scotties playoffs at Deer Lodge this weekend. They will be playing for one of four available entries into the provincial Scotties in Morden.
Elsewhere in the province 2 teams will be playing in Clearwater for a berth. Two more will play in Dauphin for the sixth available berth this weekend.
As in the men’s championship, the provincial champions berth in Morden was vacated when the Jennifer Jones team was named as a pre-qualified team in the national Scotties. Entries into the Morden event have already been awarded to: ** Kristy Watling (Berth Spiel) ** Kaitlyn Lawes (CTRS) ** Beth Peterson (CTRS) ** Kate Cameron (CTRS) ** Jolene Campbell (MCT) ** Lisa McLeod (MCT)
The much anticipated final round meeting between Jennifer Jones and Kaitlyn Lawes lived up to the expectations of curling fans in the arena and tuning in for the game on CurlManitoba’s YouTube Channel.
The Abby Ackland team, skipped by Meghan Walter, lived up tot heir own expectations, winning a pair of game Saturday to force a late tiebreaker draw and then winning the tiebreaker to earn a spot in today’s 3-team playoff.
Rocks in play!!
The Jones team earned the bye to the Sunday 2PM final game but it wasn’t easy. On the opening end, with a routine draw for two as the easy choice, Kaitlyn Lawes elected to play a tough but makeable double kill for a possible four. A 2, a 3, or a 4 ender were all possible outcomes from curling ‘not quite enough’ or from curling ‘just a little too much’. The result was in-between and the Lawes thrown stone rolled across the top of the second stone without touching it – scoring just a single point.
From there, the teams traded deuces until Lawes was forced to a single on the eight, scored only because she called and made a big weight double between two centre lines guards which contacted both and continued through to remove a Jones stone on the four foot.
Always rocks in play!!
Jones and her St. Vital/Altona foursome finally jumped ahead with a deuce on the ninth and had Lawes apparently beaten coming home when Lawes tried one more highlight reel shot. Her attempted double raise double kill for two and a tie was “oh so close” – as her promoted stone sailed between the two Jones stones on either side of the button in the four foot circle.
It left curling fans wanting more but the only way they get more is if the Lawes Fort Rouge team wins the Sunday 9:30AM semi-final against the Walter/Ackland foursome.
Saturday began with Team Ackland facing the daunting task of winning three games – and two would be against Beth Peterson’s Assiniboine Memorial team – if Peterson lost her opening match to Jennifer Jones.
The Ackland team, who give the East St. Paul organizers a team representing their own club in the playoffs, built momentum throughout the day. They defeated Darcy Robertson while Peterson was challenging Jones in a game which went to the final end. The disappointing loss set the stage for a tough day for Peterson’s team. Team Ackland was on a roll, leading 6-5 after seven ends, they stole the eight and ninth for a victory and then dominated the late tiebreaker game against the same Peterson team.
No matter today’s results, Jennifer Jones and Kaitlyn Lawes and their teams will be going to the national Scotties, either as Manitoba champions or wildcard entries. Ranked #3 & #4 respectively on the Canadian Team Ranking they’ll be at the nationals in Kamloops. Team Ackland, who formal name by that time will be Team Walter, still have a very good chance of being there as well.
As #7 on CTRS, they can go as Manitoba champions if they beat Lawes and then Jones to day. If not, a wildcard invitaiton appears to be as simple as Rachel Homan winning the Ontario final today.
The current CTRS rankings are: #1 – Kerri Einarson (Team Canada) #2 – Rachel Homan #3 – Jennifer Jones #4 – Kaitlyn Lawes #5 – Clancy Grandy (BC Champion) #6 – Casey Scheidegger (Alberta Finalist – she’ll get a wildcard entry) #7 – Abby Ackland
With three wildcard spots available, the formula appears simple. Einarson & Grandy don’t need one and Scheidegger will have one – leaving two for four teams. Assuming a Jones-Lawes final, then one will be provincial champion and the other will get a wild card invitation – leaving one for two teams, either Homan or Ackland.
So Team Ackland will be cheering for Homan – but when the day begins at East St. Paul they can also just focus on the task of beating Lawes and then Jones, an accomplishment which would earn them the champions’ berth at Kamloops and create a legendary finish to be talked about for years.
FYI: Homan in Ontario, like Jones in Manitoba, has advanced to the final and awaits the semi-final winner (Hollie Duncan vs Danielle Inglis)
For several months, Manitoba curling fans have been looking forward (predicting actually) a Scotties Tournament of Hearts final between the new teams of Kaitlyn Lawes and Jennifer Jones.
That could happen tomorrow in East St. Paul. Meanwhile, the two teams will meet in the final game of the Manitoba Scotties Championship round today (Saturday, January 28). Based on the pattern of play so-far, the game will determine first place and the bye to the Sunday afternoon final.
Lawes with sweepers Jill Officer and Kristin MacCuish
Lawes (Fort Rouge) and Jones (St. Vital/Altona) both completed the preliminary round with perfect 5W-0L records. They each won their first championship round game (Jones over Darcy Robertson, Lawes over Abby Ackland), they both scored 12 points in their first champion ship round game. The teams appear to be that even.
It promises to be a classic!!
Jennifer Jones
Seeded #1 (Lawes) and #2 (Jones) coming into the Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Rocky Mountain Equipment, even if the two teams somehow lost both games today, they will both advance to the three-team playoff round. Only the third team is still in some question.
Third seed Chelsea Carey never got the stones rolling for her this week in East St. Paul. The hybrid prairie team of players from Alberta (Carey-birthright), Saskatchewan (Rachel Erickson-birthright and Jolene Campbell-import) and Manitoba (Liz Fyfe) ended with a disappointing 1W-4L record.
Of the six teams who advanced to the championship round, five still have a chance to advance. Only former champion Darcy Robertson, who limped into the second round with only two wins, has been eliminated.
Best positioned to advance is Beth Peterson who impressed as a wildcard national Scotties entry in the covid bubble. Currently at 5W-1L, Peterson needs one win today to advance but it won’t be automatic as her Assiniboine Memorial team plays Jones and Granite’s Abby Ackland team (skipped by Meghan Walter). A loss to Jones is predictable, although far from guaranteed. If Team Ackland beats Darcy Robertson on the morning draw, and Jones beats Peterson at the same time, it will set up an Ackland-Peterson afternoon game to create a third place tie.
Beth Peterson
Lisa McLeod (Portage) can also be in the tiebreaker mix – with wins today over Robertson and Lawes.
The 10AM (Central) draw has the games between Ackland & Robertson, Lawes & McLeod, and Jones & Pete4rson. The 4PM games are the ones between Jones & Lawes, McLeod & Robertson, and Peterson & Ackland. If needed a tiebreaker game will go at 8PM.
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The feature game on CurlManitoba’s UTube Channel at 10AM will be the Ackland-Robertson game. The 4PM game will be the Lawes-Jones game.
It is exciting for me to anticipate those two games, with the implications of both, and know that I will have the privileged opportunity to watch them from the commentator’s booth. Barry Gorlick and I have done six games so far with four to go (and possibly five if there is an evening tiebreaker draw).
Resby Coutts with Barry Gorlick (r)
I have been in the broadcast booth since my first experiences doing radio broadcasts of Mel Logan’s 1982 Brier in Brandon and Brian Fowler’s 1987 Brier in Edmonton (alongside Ron Arnst). Also a radio broadcast of the 1994 Thompson Tankard final between Dave Smith and Doug Armour (along side Bob Picken) and a lot of Shaw Cable work over several years with Bob Picken, Ralph Bagley and Cathy Gauthier. There is no better seat in the house for these two games today.
I have enjoyed working with Barry, a friend and sometimes teammate, who is a student of what I have called both the art and the science of curling. He studies the game in much greater depth than most curling fans and is very articulate in his analysis.
If you can’t be in East St. Paul to enjoy the games today, I hope you enjoy our efforts to describe them to you.
Looking at the other teams draws for the day, a gambler might be inclined to say Acklands’ odds of two wins are best and that there is at least a chance of the tie happening, as only Ackland does not have to play the undefeated teams on Saturday.
(Curl Manitoba Release) CurlManitoba has announced the top five seeds for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Rocky Mountain Equipment which will be played January 24-29 at East St. Paul. The seeding of the draw is done by the curlers with the some weighting for each team’s CTRS rankings.
The host East St. Paul Curling Club has three teams representing them in the championship and two of those teams have been ranked in the event’s top five.
Including CTRS #1, Kerri Einarson and her Gimli Team Canada, Manitoba has three teams in the CTRS top five and four in the CTRS top ten teams in Canada. Not surprisingly the three are the top three teams in the draw seeding. Team Canada earned an automatic berth in this year’s national Scotties by winning a year ago.
The top three seeds go slightly against traditional patterns where the defending champion team has often been accorded the first seed.
Seed #1: Representing Fort Rouge CC: Kaitlyn Lawes (Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin MacCuish, Jill Officer) – With a very brief pause for the birth of Kaitlyn Lawes’ baby, the team has focussed this season on the week at East St. Paul. All former champions, their season has justified the top seed position. They have qualified in nine events, reached the final three times and won two championships in their first season together. They are currently ranked CTRS #4. They qualified as the November 2022 CTRS leader.
Seed #2: Representing St. Vital CC/Altona CC: Jennifer Jones (Karlee Burgess, Mackenzie Zacharias, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine) – Currently ranked CTRS #3, the defending champion Mackenzie Zacharias team has added the many times Manitoba and Canadian champion Jennifer Jones to the roster. The season’s performance also includes qualifying in nine events with two final appearances and two championships. They hold the defending champion’s berth.
Seed #3: Representing East St. Paul CC: Abby Ackland (Meghan Walter, Sara Oliver, Mackenzie Elias, Kaitlyn Jones) – The top seed among a talented group of highly regarded aspiring young teams, they are currently ranked CTRS #8. Their season performance includes a championship and a finalist finish in tour events along with a finalist finish in the CurlManitoba berth bonspiel. They are a Manitoba Curling Tour Points qualifier for the Scotties.
The 4th and 5th seeds are the other two Manitoba teams currently in the CTRS top 25. In ranking these two, their fellow competitors have acknowledged the past Scotties championships as a consideration.
Seed #4: Representing East St. Paul CC: Chelsea Carey (Jolene Campbell, Liz Fyfe, Rachel Erickson) are currently ranked CTRS #25, qualifying in 2 events this season. A former Manitoba champion and a twice Canadian champion from Alberta, Chelsea Carey returns to Manitoba and the Carey-Peters partnership evokes the success of their fathers curling together as Manitoba Men’s champions in the 90’s. They were untested in qualifying through the CurlManitoba Winnipeg regional playoff.
Seed #5: Representing Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club: Beth Peterson (Jenna Loder, Katherine Doerksen, Melissa Gordon, Robyn Njegovan) –They are currently ranked CTRS #21, the Peterson team qualified twice this season and reached the semi-final once. Three members of the team (Peterson, Loder, Doerksen) were impressive in a 2021 national Scotties Wild Card appearance which saw them finish with a 7W-5L record, one placement out of the playoffs. While playing a lesser schedule than the more high profile teams above them, they are a strong aspiring Manitoba team. They qualified by winning the CurlManitoba berth bonspiel.
The draw for the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by RME is available now at curlmanitoba.org.
The remaining teams in the competition, listed alphabetically are:
WINNIPEG: Grace Beaudry (St. Vital) WESTMAN: Alyssa Calvert (Carberry) WINNIPEG: Emma Jensen (Heather) WINNIPEG: Katy Lukowich (Granite) MCT Champion: Lisa McLeod (Portage) WINNIPEG: Darcy Robertson (AMCC) 2021-22 Season CTRS: Kristy Watling (East St. Paul)
Darcy Robertson’s AMCC team (Gaetanne Gauthier, Rachel Kaatz, Kadriana Lott, Coach Cathy Gauthier) AND Grace Beaudry’s St. Vital junior team (Emily Ogg, Madelyn Hollins, Mackenzie Arbuckle, Alternate Shaela Hayward, Coach Cal Edie) have won the final two entries into the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in East St. Paul.
Beaudry defeated the Manitoba Club champions skipped by Lisa Birchard (Pembina) while Robertson ousted another junior team skipped by Tansy Tober (Ft Garry) in the final berth games Sunday at Deer Lodge.
(December 17, 11PM) CAREY JOINS JONES, LAWES IN MANITOBA SCOTTIES ….With the exception of the absent Kerri Einarson Team Canada, ALL of Manitoba’s elite women’s teams have now qualified for the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts at East St. Paul, January 24-29, 2023.
Former champion Chelsea Carey, returning to Manitoba competition this season, was the first regional qualifier Saturday, December 17. Her East St. Paul team joins the defending champion Mackenzie Zacharias team, now lined up with Jennifer Jones, and Kaitlyn Lawes whose team had pre-qualified on CTRS points. They will be joined by the best young teams on the Manitoba scene.
Kristy Watling, Abby Ackland, and Beth Peterson (all in the CTRS top 30) were also pre-qualified prior to regionals. Watling (CTRS points 2021-22), Peterson (Minnedosa Berth Bonspiel), and Ackland (MCT points) were joined by MCT Champion Lisa McLeod in advance qualifying – leaving six regional berths to be played for this weekend.
In Western Manitoba, Alyssa Calvert-Carberry won a best of three series with Seniors Champion Terry Ursel to earn a Scotties berth. Joining Team Carey as Winnipeg regional berth winners on the Saturday evening draw were teams skipped by Katy Lukowich-Granite and Emma Jensen-Heather.
Lukowich fought from behind to tie 6-6 after five ends then stole the sixth for a one point lead. After trading deuces with veteran Darcy Robertson, Lukowich led by one, without hammer, playing the ninth and final end. The key shot of the end was draw by third Lauren Rajala who drew past a centre guard to be fully buried just short of the four foot circle – the eventual winning point.
For Jensen, it was a more dominating effort. The Heather team led 6-3 after five ends but ended the game with some great shotmaking, aided by timely misses, to score four on the sixth end.
The final two Scotties berths will be determined Sunday on a Noon draw at Deer Lodge when the crests will be handed to the winners of Lisa Birchard, Pembina vs Grace Beaudry, St. Vital AND Darcy Robertson, AMCC vs Tansy Tober, Fort Garry.
SCOTTIES QUALIFIED TEAMS: CHAMP: Jones/Zacharias – St. Vital/Altona CTRS 2021: Kristy Watling BERTH BONSPIEL: Beth Peterson MCT Champion: Lisa McLeod MCT Points Berth: Abby Ackland CTRS Nov 22, 2022: Kaitlyn Lawes Westman Alyssa Calvert – Carberry Winnipeg Chelsea Carey – East St. Paul Winnipeg Katy Lukowich – Granite Winnipeg Emma Jensen – Heather Winnipeg Regional – Darcy Robertson – AMCC Winnipeg Regional – Grace Beaudry – St. Vital
Neepawa’s Viterra Championship host committee was a winner before the second berth game began today in Minnedosa. Either Kelly Marnoch would be bringing Carberry fans to Neepawa OR Jeff Stewart would be bringing Gladstone fans – a definite win to have a “local” team in the field so early, opening up possibilities of one extra local team later on.
And it was Kelly Marnoch (fourth Bart Witherspoon, Branden Jorgenson, Dean Smith) who earned the berth, joining Jordon McDonald’s Deer Lodge team who had beaten Marnoch earlier in the day to win the first available berth.
The interesting play was almost all at the away end of the rink!
With a string of stones in play up the centre line, and three biting the button, Marnoch played the last stones of the fifth end as if he had two counters. When Stewart’s team was unable to move them, the measuring stick came out and Marnoch was proven correct.
However, the game was won on the seventh end – a completely different end from the fifth. Facing four Stewart counters, Marnoch’s fourth shooter Bart Witherspoon made a triple kill and rolled to count a single point. Up 4-2 at that point, the lead help up. Marnoch led 5-3 coming home.
But – proving he could also throw the delicate shot, Witherspoon broke the Gladstone team’s hearts with an angle tap from the front of the eight foot to the button, nestled against Stewart’s shot stone – leaving Stewart nothing but an unlikely double-angle, double-raise backward through a port. Final score, Marnoch over Stewart 6-3.
In the Scotties Berth event, Beth Peterson’s Assiniboine Memorial team (Jenna Loder, Katherine Doerksen, Melissa Gordon, alternate Robyn Njegovan) won the invitation to compete in the provincial Scotties at East St. Paul in late January.
As top seed, the team had a first round bye in the 7-team ‘spiel and needed to win only three games to earn their provincial entry.
The final, against Abby Ackland’s AMCC team was tied at two after three ends but a Peterson hit through a port scored a three on the fourth end and Team Peterson clogged the centre of the rings on the fifth, scoring another big end and concession.
Earlier in the day, Peterson had beaten Ackland to advance to the final while Ackland had to win over Grace Beaudry to move on to their third game of the day.
Team Peterson joins the defending champion Mackenzie Zacharias team (with Jennifer Jones added to the line-up) as the first two teams in the 12 team provincial Scotties field.
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