Matt Froehlich picked up a 6-2 win over EMJ Marketing (Joe Gunnis) in league action on Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre to improve to 7-1 on the season. That, combined with BTN Chartered Accountants (Penny Barker) falling 10-5 to Pro-Tec Electric, saw Froehlich take over sole possession of first place in the 10-team league.
Things were close in the early going between Froehlich and Gunnis, as the eventual victors found themselves hanging on to a 3-2 lead after five ends. Froehlich picked up one in the sixth and added a steal of two the next end, though, and ran Gunnis out of rocks in the final frame to pick up the win. Gunnis fell to 1-7 with the loss.
Pro-Tec Electric (Stan Barnsley, 6-2) used the highest-scoring end this season to pace their win over Barker (6-1). After scoring a single point in the second end to tie the game 1-1, Barnsley stole no less than six in the third to take a 7-1 edge. Barker got two back in the fourth and another deuce in the sixth to get back within four, but a Barnsley two-ender in the seventh brought things to an early end.
KMS Construction (Ben Gamble, 5-1) remained the only other rink with a single loss after taking a 7-2 win over Fonger Wealth Management (Nick Cornea, 1-6). Things were tied 2-2 through three ends, but Gamble scored a pair in the fourth and stole three more in the fifth, leading Cornea to shake hands.
The closest game of the night was between Motion-Golden Mobility (Lorraine Arguin, 2-5) and KalTire (Dustin Woloschuk, 2-6), and it featured one of the biggest comebacks of the season in the process. Woloschuk scored four in the first end and led 6-2 through six when Arguin went to work -- a three ender to get within one in the seventh, steal of one in the eighth to tie the game and another steal in the extra end to take a 7-6 victory.
The other contest saw a string of steals lead to a 7-3 win for John’s Music (Ryan Wenarchuk, 5-3) over Walchuk Masonry (Tyler Krupski (2-5). After Krupski put up three in the second end to take a 3-2 lead, Wenarchuk scored a pair in the third and followed with steals of one in the fourth, fifth and sixth ends to take a 7-3 victory.
League action continues every Wednesday at Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.
