Lyburn out of Safeway Championship

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BRANDON — Granite’s William Lyburn is the first high seed to depart the 2015 Safeway Championship, dropping a pair of games today to spell the end of his provincial championship.

Lyburn, who had been to the semifinals twice in the previous three years and was seeded fourth this year, bowed out of the double-knockeout preliminary round after a 7-6 extra-end loss to Evan Martin of East. St. Paul.

Lyburn lost 9-4 this morning to Richard Muntain of Pinawa.

The news was better early this evening for two other high seeds that lost this morning.

No. 3 Reid Carruthers of West St. Paul bounced back after a morning loss to stomp Stonewall’s Andy Stewart 10-1 in seven ends, and No. 5 Sean Grassie of Deer Lodge rebounded to take out Grant Brown of Thompson 9-4 in ine ends.

Lyburn took the blame for the loss to Martin, failing to put away a 3-1 lead with the hammer after five ends.

“It’s pretty disappointing because we’re a good team,” Lyburn said. “But in a day, you can’t just put yourself… you have to go and win on the ice. I myself, we as a team were underperforming this morning and then myself, I let the team down there in the last five ends and normally I don’t really miss those shots.

“And I did.”

Martin, Carruthers and Grassie will continue on the B side on Friday, needing two wins to reach the playoff round.

tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca