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Daigle, Barry claim jr. curling crowns

Team Barry receiving their yellow Team New Brunswick jackets. From left to right, coach Kevin Kyle, mate Chris Sleep, second Blake Hunter, and lead Alex Kyle. Not pictured is skip Josh Barry. (Picture by Terry Sleep.)

Jessica Daigle and Josh Barry came into Wednesday’s final day at the Lounsbury Provincial Junior Curling Championships needing two wins for the title. Both teams then took the ice and won their games and the championships – Daigle by beating Capital Winter Club sides Cathlia Ward 10-7 and Ashley Howard 4-3, and Barry by beating [...]

Live blog: Final draw of Jr. curling championships

Alex Kyle, Blake Hunter, and Chris Sleep look on as skip Josh Barry's (not pictured) stone glides to remove Jon Rennie's shot stone during Wednesday afternoon's draw. (Photo by Sean Thompson.)

The Lounsbury Provincial Junior Curling Championship comes to a climax Wednesday evening with two final games. In the ladies’ draw, defending champion Ashley Howard (Capital Winter Club) faces Jessica Daigle (Thistle-St. Andrews), while the mens’ game features 2007 champion Jon Rennie (Riverside) against Josh Barry(Riverside/Fredericton). The live blog follows below: Lounsbury Provincial Junior Curling Championships [...]

Live Blog: Jr. Curling Championships, 2:00 Draw

The Josh Barry team, who were all named to the mens' all star team: Skip Josh Barry, mate Chris Sleep, second Blake Hunter, and lead Alex Kyle. (Photo by Terry Sleep.)

Jon Rennie can lock up the mens’ championship with a win against the all-star Josh Barry team, who’ve only lost once to Rennie this year. On the ladies’ side, Cathlia Ward looks to continue her impressive run in the semifinal against Jessica Daigle. Follow along on the live blog below: Lounsbury Junior Provincial Curling Championships: [...]

Live Blog: Junior Curling Championships

Team Rennie making a shot yesterday. In back, Jon Rennie; sweeping, Andrew Perrin and Tyler Millican; holding the broom, Chris MacRae. (Photo by Sean Thompson)

Will Ashley Howard and Jon Rennie knock their opposition out of the event? Or will Cathlia Ward and Dmitri Makrides pull off imporessive upsets? Find out below. Lounsbury Provincial Junior Championships, 9:00 AM Draw

Defending champs off to jr. curling finals

Jessica Daigle (left) watches the line of the stone Krista Flanagan and Jade Carruthers escort towards the house. (Photo by Sean Thompson.)

A day of upsets and high drama at the Lounsbury Provincial Junior Curling Championships ended with both defending champions clinching spots in the finals. Despite suffering their first losses, Ashley Howard and Jon Rennie both came back to win later on Tuesday to secure their finals berths. Howard, from Fredericton’s Capital Winter Club, lost 5-3 [...]

Rennie, Howard lead Jr. curling field

Cathlia Ward (blue) looks on as Melissa Menzies and Emily MacRae of Team Howard guide a rock down the ice.

Jon Rennie and Ashley Howard remained unbeaten Monday at the Lounsbury Provincial Junior Curling Championships – but they had to survive tough challenges to do so. Rennie downed Josh Barry of the Riverside and Fredericton Curling Clubs 9-7 in the afternoon draw at Moncton’s Curling Beausejour before cruising past Riverside’s Josh Pye 10-4 in the [...]

Defending champions lead way at Jr. Curling Championships

From left to right, Spencer Watts, Michael Prince, and Avery Hughson of Team Babin look helplessly as their shot

Former champions on the mens’ and ladies’ sides opened Sunday’s play strongly at the Lounsbury Junior Provincial Curling Championship at Moncton’s Curling Beausejour. Two-time mens’ champion Jon Rennie had little trouble winning his two games today, beating Josh Pye 9-6 and Evan MacKnight 11-2, while defending ladies’ champion Ashley Howard thrashed Jennifer Armstrong 10-2. In [...]

Rennie seeking junior curling three-peat

Jon Rennie in the hack, practing for the Provincial Junior Curling Championships. (Photo by Sean Thompson).

Off the ice, Jon Rennie is a relaxed guy, a guy you`d likely find in the headhouse chatting it up with friends, gossipping, and having a good time. When he steps on to the ice, though, his attitude changes. His focus  narrows to the painted circles on the other end of the surface. And if [...]

University sports: where are the fans?

Tailgaitin

Walking through the campus of Boston College on an October Saturday afternoon, the first thing you notice is the tailgate parties. Seemingly every parking spot, every bit of front lawn, and any free piece of asphalt is filled with cars, barbecues, team flags, beanbag tosses, and people proud to be at the game, supporting their [...]

Football comes to UNB

The UNB Red Bombers march towards the field as the UNBSJ Seawolves watch.

The University of New Brunswick saw its first football game in nearly thirty years recently in Fredericton. The resurrected Red Bombers took on rival UNBSJ in the team’s first game in the Atlantic Football League. Here’s a report from Sean Thompson

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