The same three teams remain undefeated at the top of the Original 16 Cash League standings after league play on Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.
Perennial contenders BTN Accounting (Danielle Sicinski, 4-0) found themselves with the toughest contest of the night, battling to a 7-6 win over Paws N Play (Donna Ackerman, 0-4). It looked like it was going to be an easy evening in the early going for Sicinski, who used a three-ender in the fourth to build a 6-2 lead. Ackerman would get back into it with a deuce in the fifth, though, and after holding Sicinski to one in the sixth would add single markers the following two ends before just falling short.
Things went smoother for Easy Care Living (Lorraine Arguin, 4-0) against Here for the Beer (Patrick Ackerman, 0-4). Leading 3-2 in the third, Arguin would score four to take a 7-2 lead, and after the two teams exchanged single points the next two ends, would end up taking an early 8-3 victory.
Matt Froehlich (4-0) used a string of steals to take a 9-2 victory over Joe Gunnis (EMJ Marketing, 0-4). The two teams found themselves tied 2-2 through three ends, but Froehlich would score a pair in the fourth, steal three in the fifth and single points in the sixth and seventh for the commanding win.
KMS Construction (Ben Gamble, 3-1) kept pace with the leaders with a solid showing of his own, stealing two in the third end to build a 4-0 lead over Pro-Tec Electric (Stan Barnsley, 2-2). Barnsley looked to get back in the contest with single points the next two ends, but back-to-back Gamble deuces in the sixth and seventh would lead to an 8-2 win.
Protec Video (Wade Gray, 1-3) picked up their first win of the season in impressive fashion, using a pair of early three enders to roar out to an 8-0 lead through three ends against KalTire (Rob Sokchoff, 2-2). Sokchoff looked to get back into it with two of his own in the fourth and steal in the fifth, but another Gray two in the sixth brought things to an early end and a 10-3 win.
John’s Music (Ryan Wenarchuk, 3-1) found themselves in the closest game of the night, as they would battle to a 6-5 win extra-end win over Walchuk Masonry (Tyler Krupski, 1-3). Wenarchuk put together a 4-1 lead though four ends and would lead 5-2 through six, but Krupski got within one with two in the seventh and would steal another in the eighth to tie things 5-5. Wenarchuk used the hammer to good effect in the extra end, though, taking one and earning the win.
Original 16 Cash League action continues every Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.
