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l - l 22 - WATERLOO muoNIcuz -Wednesd-y. lanuary 19. 201 i l 7 l * â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"wâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" l l r Down to the last rock ‘ - I O O O O O C O I O : Two K-WGramte Club rmks end up m the finals of Ontarw junior promncral champwnshlp l , A l 31(80an E Chroniclesmfi ; t's one thing to be familiar with - Iyour opponent, but it's entirely , another when your opponent I shares the same ice with you on a : daily basis _, x > That's what members of the s; ‘ r K-W Granite Club's two junior ' l ‘ , , ’- { women's entries found at the as ,5 - 1“, .. . «a. I recent Pepsi lunior Provincial ; , “ O ‘ . ‘ . . ; Championship at the Sarnia Golf is“: ‘ ' ‘ x .3 7' v t ' l and Cutil1ing Cluga be ‘ . t, i i :7 .1; ’k ,f . «a [n w at turn out to more 3 . ., ' w, an ' r . ‘ & > than a chance occurrence both - l 2 ‘ *3 if , " '3 We ' , g» -. If K-W Granite rinks found them- ,1" 4 l"; ' 4 w. 1" t. selves facing each other in the a: 935,, . - ' e g; l ‘5 1:1.-v:..1'*’5& l finals with the winner going on to - I " g a»; 31%;. ; ’ [rationals in Alberta starting Ian. ., ; .V d ‘ .. -' «ah-fl [ 27. , " “ *‘v ‘- 3“; g; j And it wasn't the first time for . t w ' g {fig L Team Grandy. skipped by Clancy fig. l Grandy. and Team Thurston. , 1% ; skipped by Jasmin Thurston. f > Members of both rinks have either ‘ at 51:; ¢ I played together on other club 31??“ f“ : teams. or suited up together as '3 A . ”i ; members of Wilfrid Laurier Uni- “1;: f: g; ' versity women's curling team. 9’1!“ “ 5 5' t I» Then there are all the curling . I l leagues they play in when appar- a 5'5! 139%: . l ently they haven’t had enough of ' [ curling together, They often curl l against each other. . > You'd mm" all that familiar "Y Two K-W Granite club curling rinks made it all the way to the finals of the Pepsi Junior Provincial Championships. with Team Grandy outlasting Team I WOUld breed some contempt. bl" Thurston 6-5 in extra ends. Iceman“) ‘ in fact both rinks were pulling for . . . . , each other. hoping for an all K-W SarahWilkes _‘Laura and Lynn (KreViazuk, championship for Cracker and and a lot more cheering. so what ‘ ' Granite Club final. The finals promised to be a Grandy's lead stone) just barely made up for the loss she inflicted we have to remember is to block l ‘ “we all know why we're doing it. barn burner with the only loss suf- got it by, so it came right down to on Wilkes and Grandy in the final all that stuff out. 3 . and once we come off the ice we’re fered by Team Grandy coming in the wire,” said Grandy, theyear before. “Ignore the distractions and ‘ L all friends again.” said Laura pool play to their clubmates. “You could have fit a piece of "There was no way that was just throw our rocks.” j Cracker. who throws second stone The finals showed just how paper between them.” said Wilkes. happening again,”‘said Wilkes K-W Granite Club president 1 for the Grandy rink and formerly close the two teams are, requiring “If we had tlcked that guard she laughing. Doug Suerich said the club was played with members of Team an extra end before Team Grandy would have had a wide open draw ‘ "I just smiled. I didn't want to elated that it was an all local final, Thurston. ~50 it really doesn‘t hurt beat Team Thurston 6-5. for the win.” be too happy because we were and the e-mails were flying fast the friendships that much.” "We traded deuces for a few 'lt's a game of inches.” said beating our clubmates. team- and furious as the final results And they got just what they ends and then stole points, which Thurston. ”We had agreat run.” mates and friends" came pouring in. wished for when Team Thurston kind of changed our mindset by That gave Team Grandy the Crocker. who also goes into the So who was everybody cheer- won the semifinal to set up the the end." said Grandy. "Once we hammer in the extra end and they Canadian finals as a defending ing for? l dream match up against Team stole that point it brought us up a used their last rock advantage to national champion. had some “We cheered for good curling, Grandy. -In almost every tom-mi little bit.” clinch the title; words of wisdom for her team- and may the best team win,” said merit we've played against each But it wasn't asure thing. A shot “I was lying shot rock for the mates. “It helps to play in those Suerich. other in the finals so we figured it that just missed in the ninth end win, so 1 didn’t even have to throw big-game situations," said Crock- “We didn’t choose any would come down to us and could have ended the game in the my last stone,” said Grandy. er. favourites. We were just hoping for them." said Team Grandy vice Thurston rink’s favour. 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