Fresh off nearly making the playoffs at the Home Hardware Olympic Curling Pre-Trials last week, Barker picked up a 5-0 three-end victory over Fonger Wealth Management (Nick Cornea, 1-3) at Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.
Barker scored one in the first, stole three in the second and another in the third to bring things to an early end. BTN improved to 3-0 with the victory.
KMS Construction’s Ben Gamble kept pace and improved to 3-0 themselves, but had a bit of a battle to do it as they took on fellow unbeaten Matt Froehlich (3-1).
After Gamble scored two in the third end, Froehlich scored singles over the next three frames to take a 4-2 lead. Gamble got back on track in the seventh, though, putting up a three-ender and then stealing a pair in the eighth to take a 7-4 victory.
John’s Music and Ryan Wenarchuk kept pace with the leaders with another quick game, as they downed EMJ Marketing (Joe Gunnis, 1-3) 7-0 in three ends. Wenarchuk did his damage with a pair in the first, single in the second and four in the third to close things out.
Walchuk Masonry (Tyler Krupski, 1-3) picked up their first win with a 7-1 victory over Motion-Golden Mobility (Lorraine Arguin, 1-3). A three-ender for Krupski in the first set the tone, and a deuce in the fourth gave the eventual victors a 6-1 edge. They stole another in the fifth, and Arguin shook hands.
A big end made all the difference in the other contest on the night, as Pro-Tec Electric (Stan Barnsley, 2-2) scored four in the third and went on to an 8-5 victory over KalTire (Dustin Woloschuk, 1-3). Making things interesting was Woloschuk’s start, as they led 3-0 when Barnsley put up his big end. Barnsley wasn’t done there, though as he stole one in the fourth and another two the next end to lead 7-3. Woloschuk got two back in the sixth but would get no closer after Barnsley’s single in the final end.
Original 16 Cash League action continues every Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.
