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Kitz rink finishes fourth

The Chaelynn Kitz rink finished in fourth place at the provincial junior women's curling championship held in Humboldt Jan. 1-5.
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Kitz rink finishes fourth at junior curling provincials in Humboldt.

The Chaelynn Kitz rink finished in fourth place at the provincial junior women's curling championship held in Humboldt Jan. 1-5.

The team includes skip Kitz (Oxbow), third Angela Hookenson (Lampman), second Taylor Marcotte (Torquay) and lead Halynne Lamontagne (Oxbow), as well as fifth Rachel Erickson (Maryfield) and coach Shane Kitz (Oxbow).

With the competition being a round robin format, Kitz faced Team Kerr from Regina in their first game. This was a very close matchup, with Kitz scoring three in the ninth end to put them up one coming home without hammer. Kitz stole two in the 10th end to capture their first win of the competition. 

Kitz’s second game was against defending provincial champion Team Streifel from Saskatoon. Streifel scored one in the first, Kitz blanked the second, Streifel stole one in the third end and Kitz blanked the fourth. In the fifth end, Kitz managed to score her deuce to tie the game up at 2-2. In the sixth end, Streifel had a draw for a single, but was a bit heavy on her draw and Kitz stole two. Streifel got two back in the seventh, stole two more in the eighth and stole one in the ninth. Streifel ran Kitz out of stones in the 10th end, giving Streifel the win by a score of 7-4. 

Kitz’s third game of the round robin had her facing Team Corbin from Moose Jaw. Kitz was in control of this game from the beginning. Going into the eighth end, Kitz was up by a score of 6-1. In the eighth, Corbin was able to score a huge five points to tie the game. Corbin managed to steal one more in the ninth, putting Kitz down by one coming home with the hammer. Kitz had an open draw for two and the win on her final stone. With her sweepers getting a good read and hammering it all the way down the ice, they were able to put it in the top of the eight-foot to score their deuce and give them the win by a score of 8-7. 

Team Kitz’s second matchup of the day had them playing Team Thompson from Regina. Once again, Kitz and her team came out very strong, scoring one in the first and stealing two more in the second. Thompson counted one in the third and Kitz rebounded with two more in the fourth. Thompson counted a single in the fifth to make it 5-2. Kitz blanked the sixth, gave up a steal of one in the seventh end and blanked the eighth end. In the ninth, Kitz made a delicate tap back shot on her last stone to count three making the score 8-3. Thompson shook hands after the ninth end giving Kitz the win. 

In the final round robin game Kitz played Team Anderson from Hanley. This was a very low scoring matchup with points hard to come by. With the first end being blanked, Anderson took one in the second. The third end was blanked and Kitz took a single in the fourth. With the fifth end being blanked, Kitz stole a single in six. The seventh end was also blanked. Kitz managed to steal another point in the eighth end. Anderson was able to score her deuce in nine to tie the game back up at 3-3. In the 10th end, Kitz was lying one behind cover. Anderson tried a raise takeout and just missed; Kitz did not have to throw her final stone. The final score was 4-3 for Kitz. They finished second in their pool with a record of 4-1, which advanced them to the page playoff round.

Team Kitz faced Team Mitchell from Saskatoon in the A2 vs B2 game. This was not the team's strongest game and they fell behind early by a score of 5-1 after four ends of play. Kitz managed to score a deuce in five, with the sixth end being blanked. Mitchell scored three in the seventh end. Kitz followed with a single in eight and a steal of two in the ninth, putting them two down playing the 10th end. Kitz was lying two points for the tie, forcing Mitchell to throw her last rock for the win by a score of 9-6. With this loss, Kitz’s run for the provincial title came to an end.