Photo by Candace Boyne.

By Curtis Galbraith

Curling

Playoff match-ups decided at curling provincials

Jan 7, 2022 | 10:01 PM

The playoff teams have been decided at the Best of Alberta women’s and men’s curling provincials being played at the Bonnetts Energy Centre.

Kelsey Rocque will play Casey Scheidegger at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the women’s semi-final. This will be a rematch from the final round-robin draw Friday afternoon where Rocque scored three coming home to beat Scheidegger 7-6. Grande Prairie’s Kristi Moore and Cary-Anne McTaggart are on Team Scheidegger.

The winner will play Laura Walker in the final Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Walker won her final round-robin game 8-4 over Selena Sturmay.

Walker, Rocque and Scheidegger all finished the round-robin with 6-1 records.

Melissa Pierce finished 2-5 on the tournament after beating Elysa Crough 9-4. Spirit River’s Kelly Erickson is the Pierce team’s lead.

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Kayla Skrlik will wind up 1-6 after a 5-2 loss to Adele Kezama-Purcell. Skrlik and her lead, sister Ashton Skrlik, are originally from Nampa.

The last two men’s playoff teams were decided in the C Event qualifiers Friday evening.

Ted Appleman beat Scott Webb’s Sexsmith-based rink 9-3 in seven ends and Karsten Sturmay won 8-5 over Ryan Jacques. Dawson Creek product Tristan Steinke is on the Sturmay team. They now meet Appleman in the 3-4 Page playoff game.

Former Grande Prairie resident Kevin Koe and his team play Jeremy Harty in the 1-2 game.

Both will be played at 9 a.m. Saturday.