Tie Breaker Will Determine Champion

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This year’s league champion for the High School Boys Curling League will be decided by a tie-breaker. Both Team Servant from Superior Heights and Team Acorn from White Pines finished league play with identical 11-1 records, Each team’s only loss came at the hands of other team. Team Acorn is skipped by Brendan Acorn with vice Spencer Clark, second Gavin Bell and lead Aaron Soulliere.​ The Servant rink is skipped by Nick Servant along with vice Jake Glibota, second Michael Masters and lead James Mesich. The tie-breaker will be played on February 9.

In yesterday’s action Team Servant defeated Team Kingston from Korah by a score of 9-1 and Team Acorn defeated Team Lemeiux from St. Marys by a score of 4-1. The closest game on the ice was a heated contest in which Team McClelland from Korah narrowly got past Team Moore from Superior Heights by a score of 6-5.

In the girls’ division, Team Rutledge from Superior Heights is this year’s league champion with a 9-1 record. The team skipped by Katie Rutledge includes vice Lauren Rogers, second Emma McLean and lead Allie Lucente. In second place with a record of 7-3 is Korah’s Team Simbirski with skip Alicia Simbirski, vice Sara Couturier, second Kasis Dubreuil and lead Anik Graves.

Play-off action begins February 10th and will include a double-elimination bracket for both the Boys’ Championship and Boys’ Consolation and a best of three for the Girls’ Championship.