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Estevan's Fradette rink competes at U18 girls' curling provincials

Team Fradette represented the Estevan Curling Club at the recent CurlSask U18 women's provincial competition.
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Members of the Fradette rink were, from left, April McMillen, Amy Fradette, Olivia Fonstad, Kali Johnson and Heidi Fradette.

MOOSE JAW - The Heidi Fradette rink travelled to Moose Jaw from Dec. 27-30, 2023, to compete in the CurlSask U18 girls' provincial championship.

The Fradette rink, competing out of the Estevan Curling Club, went 3-2 at the competition and just missed out on the playoffs.

They opened with an 8-7 win over Mackenzie Bjornson out of the Callie Curling Club in Regina. Fradette opened with five points in the first end, and led 8-3 entering the seventh, but Bjornson scored four in the seventh to make the game close. Fradette ran Bjornson out of rocks in the eighth.

The next game was a 7-5 loss to Kaylee Hogeboom's team from the Moose Jaw Curling Centre. Fradette led 5-2 after five ends, but Hogeboom scored three in the sixth and stole one in each of the seventh and eighth ends.

Fradette responded with a pair of one-point wins. The first was 6-5 over Olivia Fisher of the Saskatoon Nutana Curling Club. Fradette scored one in an extra end to win a game that Fradette led 5-1 through five ends.

Then they won 7-6 over the Chloe Semeniuk rink from the Twin Rivers Curling Club in North Battleford. Fradette scored five in the sixth end to rally from a 5-2 deficit, stole one in the seventh and gave up just one in the eighth.

Their final game was a 7-6 loss to the Regina Highland Curling Club's Shawna Simpson, who went on to win the provincial title. Fradette led 3-0 after the first end, but Simpson replied with four in the second. It was tied 6-6 after the seventh end, but Simpson scored the winning point in the eighth.

The Fradette rink finished tied for second in their pool with Hogeboom, but lost the tie-breaker due to the round-robin result.

Other members of the Fradette rink were third Kali Johnson, second Amy Fradette, and leads April McMillen and Olivia Fonstad. Pauline Ziehl Grimsrud was their coach.

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