聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Team Stewart鈥檚 curling year came to a close at the Curlsask Juvenile Men competition held in Nipawin, March 19-22. Stewart began the competition with a narrow loss to Rylan Kleiter of Saskatoon on opening Thursday. Friday the team rallied to defeat Tanner Kinaschuk of Yorkton, only to lose to Dallas Burnett and his team from the West Central Region. On their last leg, the team refused to give up putting together a string of 4 wins, defeating Leippi of Regina, Reddekopp from Spiritwood, Kleiter of Saskatoon and finally Carson Ackerman of Moose Jaw in the C final. The boys then met Kleiter who had taken the 鈥淎鈥� and 鈥淏鈥� events in the first of two games in the playoff round. Stewart was up one coming home without hammer and played to steal the win or give up one and go to the extra end. With their rock partially hidden behind a mass of overlocking guards, it looked like a win would take them to a second and deciding game. With his first stone, Stewart placed a guard to block off the only approach to the button. Kleiter ran the guard into the house and made a super shot to clip out the Stewart stone. Brayden then drew to the button with his last but without cover, Kleiter removed it and scored 2 to win. While the second place finish was not quite what the Stewart Team hoped for, they finished the year strong and can be proud of their accomplishments this year. All four members of Team Stewart graduate and we wish them continued success as they move on to join other teams in the years to come. 聽
