By paNOW Staff

Saskatchewan’s Ackerman drops to 0-2 on second day of curling action

Jan 20, 2019 | 1:08 PM

The second day of competition at the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships was a rough one for Saskatchewan’s Skylar Ackerman and her Moose Jaw-based rink.

Ackerman fell to Kira Brunton and her Northern Ontario rink by a score of 7-1 after nine ends. With the loss, the host team drops to 0-2 at the tournament. The Northern Ontario rink improves to 1-1 in the tournament.

Meanwhile, on the next sheet over at the Art Hauser Centre, Selena Sturway and her Alberta rink made short work of Sadie Pinksen and her Nunavut rink by a score of 14-2 after eight ends. With the win Alberta improved their record to 2-0, while Nunavut dropped to 0-2.

In the last of the women’s games, Nova Scotia’s Kaitlyn Jones and her rink improved their record to 2-0 after they beat Ontario’s Thea Coburn and her team by a score of 8-5. Ontario now sits at 0-2.

On the men’s side in a battle of Maritime provinces, Owen Purcell and his Nova Scotia rink beat Jack Smelter and his team from New Brunswick by a score of 8-5 after nine ends. With the win, Nova Scotia improved their record to 1-1 while New Brunswick’s dropped to 1-1.

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On the next sheet over, Daniel Bruce and his Newfoundland and Labrador rink cruised to an 11-4 victory over Trygg Jensen and his Yukon rink. Newfoundland and Labrador improved to 1-1 while Yukon dropped to 0-2.

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