Manitoba men miss out on gold

By: Tim Gall Posted: 1:00 AM CST Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

NAPANEE, Ont. -- Manitoba missed out on gold again at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships when the Kyle Doering rink earned bronze.

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NAPANEE, Ont. -- Manitoba missed out on gold again at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships when the Kyle Doering rink earned bronze.

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NAPANEE, Ont. — Manitoba missed out on gold again at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships when the Kyle Doering rink earned bronze.

Doering and his squad of Colton Lott, Derek Oryniak and Lucas Van Den Bosch lost the semifinal Sunday afternoon to Northern Ontario’ Brennan Wark, who went on to lose the final Sunday night to Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher.

“They played really well,” Doering said of Northern Ontario, which scored three points in the third end en route to the 7-3 semifinal victory. “We didn’t play our best. I don’t think I got one break on my hits. I must have hit and rolled out on about five shots. When you do that, it’s really hard to win.

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“I give them full credit. They made everything and we really didn’t play our game. We just kind of struggled.”

Wark made it a 5-2 game with a pair in the sixth. He secured the victory with two more points in the ninth end.

“Right now, I’m still a little disappointed, but I’m sure I’ll feel good,” said Doering. “We got the bronze and we’re the youngest team here, so that’s a pretty good accomplishment.”

On Saturday, on the junior women’s side of the event, the Manitoba rink of Shannon Birchard, Selena Kaatz, Kristin MacCuish and Moriah Mondor lost the gold medal match to Alberta.

“I’m really proud, we came so far, and a silver medal is still awesome,” said skip Birchard after the loss. “We’re still happy that we made it this far,” she said. “We can’t really say anything bad because Alberta is going to represent Canada very well.”

The two championship teams will compete for the world titles March 3-11 in Sweden.

One province swept both the men’s and women’s championships for the third straight year. Alberta’s Jocelyn Peterman of Red Deer won the women’s final over Manitoba 12-6 on Saturday. She will also represent Canada at the junior championships.

In 2011, Saskatchewan’s Braeden Moskowy and Trish Paulsen won Canadian titles in Calgary, while in 2010 in Sorel-Tracy, Que., Ontario’s Rachel Homan and Jake Walker won their respective championships.

— With files from The Canadian Press