Sask men’s and women’s provincial curling: Wednesday update

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Saskatchewan’s men’s and women’s 2025 provincial curling championships are officially underway in Kindersley.

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The top nine men’s teams and top nine women’s teams from across the province are competing in the SaskTel Tankard and Viterra Prairie Pinnacle respectively, with action being held at the same location at the same time for the first time.

Both events feature an eight-game round robin followed by a four-team page playoff. The championship matches are set for Sunday with the women’s game at 3 p.m. and the men’s final at 7 p.m.

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The men’s winner will represent Saskatchewan at the Montana’s Brier from Feb. 28 to Mar. 9 in Kelowna, B.C., where they will be joined by another Saskatchewan squad skipped by Mike McEwen, who has already earned one of three pre-qualified entries.

Meanwhile, the women’s winner will represent the province at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts from Feb. 14-23 in Thunder Bay, Ont.

On the men’s side, three of the top teams got off to a 2-0 start on Tuesday as Team Rylan Kleiter, Team Kelly Knapp and Team Steve Laycock all remained undefeated through the opening day. There are a pair of draws again on Wednesday before some intriguing matchups on Thursday.

Standings through Draw 2

1. Kleiter 2-0
2. Knapp 2-0
3. Laycock 2-0
4. Derksen 1-0
5. Thomas 1-1
6. Moser 0-1
7. Kalthoff 0-2
8. Jacobson 0-2
9. Ede 0-2

Draw 1 scores (Tuesday 12 p.m.)

• Laycock 10, Ede 2
• Knapp 6, Kalthoff 5
• Kleiter 7, Moser 6
• Thomas 6, Jacobson 2

Draw 2 scores (Tuesday 8 p.m.)

• Derkson 8, Thomas 7
• Kleiter 9, Jacobson 5
• Laycock 10, Kalthoff 4
• Knapp 8, Ede 6

Draw 3 (Wednesday 12 p.m.)

• Kleiter vs. Kalthoff
• Thomas vs. Laycock
• Jacobson vs. Ede
• Moser vs. Derkson

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Draw 4 (Wednesday 8 p.m.)

• Laycock vs. Jacobson
• Moser vs. Ede
• Knapp vs. Derksen
• Kleiter vs. Thomas

Draw 5 (Thursday 8 a.m.)

• Knapp vs. Moser
• Jacobson vs. Derksen
• Kleiter vs. Laycock
• Kalthoff vs. Ede

Draw 6 (Thursday 4 p.m.)

• Kleiter vs. Ede
• Kalthoff vs. Moser
• Knapp vs. Thomas
• Laycock vs. Derksen

Draw 7 (Friday 8 a.m.)

• Moser vs. Thomas
• Knapp vs. Laycock
• Ede vs. Derksen
• Kalthoff vs. Jacobson

Draw 8 (Friday 4 p.m.)

• Kalthoff vs. Derksen
• Thomas vs. Ede
• Moser vs. Jacobson
• Kleiter vs. Knapp

Draw 9 (Saturday 2 p.m.)

• Knapp vs. Jacobson
• Kleiter vs. Derksen
• Kalthoff vs. Thomas
• Moser vs. Laycock

Playoffs (Saturday 8 p.m.)

• 1 vs. 2 (Winner advances to final, loser to semifinal)
• 3 vs. 4 (Winner advances to semifinal, loser is eliminated)

Playoffs (Sunday 10 a.m.)

• Semifinal (loser of 1 vs. 2 against winner of 3 vs. 4)

Final (Sunday 7 p.m.)

• Winner of 1 vs. 2 against winner of semifinal

On the women’s side, only one team was 2-0 through the opening day as two-time champion Team Penny Barker got off to a good start with a pair of victories over Team Ashley Thevenot and Team Jessica McCartney.

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Meanwhile, Team Jolene Campbell also remained undefeated through the opening day after winning their lone match against Team Michelle Englot.

Standings through Draw 2

1. Barker 2-0
2. Campbell 1-0
3. Englot 1-1
4. Selzer 1-1
5. Thevenot 1-1
6. Martin 1-1
7. McCartney 1-1
8. Holland 0-2
9. Stevenson 0-1

Draw 1 scores (Tuesday 8 a.m.)

• McCartney 10, Holland 9
• Barker 6, Thevenot 2
• Campbell 9, Englot 4
• Selzer 8, Martin 7

Draw 2 scores (Tuesday 4 p.m.)

• Martin 8, Stevenson 3
• Englot 6, Selzer 4
• Barker 7, McCartney 1
• Thevenot 8, Holland 5

Draw 3 (Wednesday 8 a.m.)

• Barker vs. Englot
• McCartney vs. Martin
• Selzer vs. Holland
• Campbell vs. Stevenson

Draw 4 (Wednesday 4 p.m.)

• Selzer vs. McCartney
• Holland vs. Campbell
• Thevenot vs. Stevenson
• Englot vs. Martin

Draw 5 (Thursday 12 p.m.)

• Thevenot vs. Campbell
• Selzer vs. Stevenson
• Englot vs. McCartney
• Barker vs. Holland

Draw 6 (Thursday 8 p.m.)

• Englot vs. Holland
• Barker vs. Campbell
• Thevenot vs. Martin
• Stevenson vs. McCartney

Draw 7 (Friday 12 p.m.)

• Martin vs. Campbell
• Thevenot vs. McCartney
• Holland vs. Stevenson
• Barker vs. Selzer

Draw 8 (Friday 8 p.m.)

• Barker vs. Stevenson
• Martin vs. Holland
• Selzer vs. Campbell
• Englot vs. Thevenot

Draw 9 (Saturday 10 a.m.)

• Thevenot vs. Selzer
• Englot vs. Stevenson
• Martin vs. Barker
• McCartney vs. Campbell

Playoffs (Saturday 7 p.m.)

• 1 vs. 2 (Winner advances to final, loser to semifinal)
• 3 vs. 4 (Winner advances to semifinal, loser is eliminated)

Playoffs (Sunday 9 a.m.)

• Semifinal (loser of 1 vs. 2 against winner of 3 vs. 4)

Final (Sunday 3 p.m.)

• Winner of 1 vs. 2 against winner of semifinal

tshire@postmedia.com

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