VIDEO: Final day of pool play at Grand Slam of Curling Masters and Junior event on Friday

(Video Credit: Jett Schwaier/CHAT News)

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On Sunday, the Men’s final is at 11 a.m., and the women’s is at 3 p.m.

Curling Thursday included an all-women’s draw at 7:30 a.m.

Wrana moved to 2-1 after defeating Fujiisawa 7-3. Sturmay also moved to 2-1, beating Park 8-3. Kitazawa remained perfect at 3-0 with an 8-5 win against Gray-Withers, and Reese-Hansen moved to 2-1 with a 7-3 win over Kobayashi. All losing teams dropped to 1-2.

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At the 11 a.m. draw, Hasselborg won a close 7-6 contest, to give the Gim team its first loss. Hasselborg improved to 2-1.

Homan defeated Lloyd 5-3, and X. Schwaller won big over Nihira 10-2 during the 3 p.m. draw. Homan and X. Schwaller both sat 2-1; Nihira was 1-2, and Lloyd remained the only winless women’s team at 0-3 by the end of the day.

The evening draw had Einarson win its first of the tournament with a close 5-4 match over Paetz. Both entered Friday at 1-2.

On the men’s side, curling started at 11 a.m. with Y. Schwaller defeating Hlushak 6-2, Casper over Yamaguchi 7-5, and Dunstone beating Van Amsterdam 6-3.

In the 3 p.m. draw, Bottcher beat Spiller 5-3, and Mouat won over McDonald 4-2.

Hoesli beat Waddell 6-3, Hardie won a close one over Koe 5-4, and Epping defeated Jacobs 9-3 in the 7 p.m. draw.

Entering Friday, Dunstone, Mouat, Hardie and Hoesli remained undefeated in the men’s standings at 3-0. Y. Schwaller, Bottcher, Epping, Casper, and Waddell were all at 2-1. McDonald and Jacobs sat at 1-2. Spiller, Yamaguchi, Hlushak, Van Amsterdam, and Koe all sat winless and out of playoff contention at 0-3.

Friday’s 7:30 a.m. games include three women’s games and one men’s game. One team will get their first win in the men’s draw as Yamaguchi (0-3) plays Van Amsterdam (0-3). On the women’s side, Nihira (1-2) faces Kobayashi (1-2), Gim (2-1) takes on Park (1-2), and Fujisawa (1-2) plays Lloyd (0-3).

The 11 a.m. draw has two men’s games and two women’s games. Epping (2-1) plays McDonald (1-2), and Hoesli (3-0) faces Hlushak (0-3) on the men’s side. Hasselborg (2-1) takes on Sturmay (2-1), and Paetz (1-2) plays the unbeaten Kitazawa (3-0) in the women’s draw.

At 3 p.m., Einarson against Gray-Withers is the only women’s game. The men’s side has Jacobs (1-2) playing Mouat (3-0), Y. Schwaller (2-1) facing Waddell (2-1), and one team will get their first win of the tournament as Spiller (0-3) takes on Koe (0-3).

The evening draw at 7 p.m. has two women’s games and two men’s games. The men’s side has Dunstone (3-0) against Casper (2-1), and Hardie (3-0) facing Bottcher (2-1). The ladies’ games feature X. Schwaller (2-1) taking on Reese-Hansen (2-1) and Homan (2-1) against Wrana (2-1).

The Jr. Grand Slam of Curling U21 event at the Medicine Hat Curling Centre continues on Friday. Men’s games are underway at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The women play at noon and 8 p.m.

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Thursday’s 2 p.m. men’s draw had the following results:

• Hennig 7, Mitsopoulos 6

• Hellman 12, Willkomm 3

• Weiss 6, Sherwick (Medicine Hat) 1

• Rose 8, Le. Maksymetz 1

• Duncan 6, Stockdale 5

• Janidlo 6, Hrynew 5

• Bachek 4, Heisler 0

• Fujii 7, Jaeger 0

Thursday’s 6 p.m. women’s draw had the following results:

• DeSchiffart 8, Padget 5

• Dubinsky 6, Loudon 3

• Yurko 6, Arndt 1

• Wood 6, Locke 3

• Li. Maksymetz 7, Yoo 4

• Tanaka 11, Hayward 3

• McPherson 5, Koe 2

• Galusha 11, Simpson 1

On Saturday, quarterfinals begin at 11 a.m. and the semifinals at 3 p.m.

Sunday, the event moves to Co-op Place with the men’s final at 10:30 a.m. and the women’s at 2:30 p.m.

by Jesse Gill

VIDEO: Final day of pool play at Grand Slam of Curling Masters and Junior event on Friday

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