What a response and what a game.
After a tough loss in the semi-finals, the Dauphin Clippers rebounded and are coming home with bronze medals.
Tied at 3 after six, the Avery Scott led foursome stole a point each in the seventh and eighth to beat Oak Park, 5-3, in the bronze medal match.
The team's wonderful week included five wins and just a single loss.
Dauphin Clippers strong, what a week for Avery, Lucas Boulbria, Marlee Hadway, and Stuart Fisher.
The Dauphin Clippers have already beaten them.
If they can do it a second time, they'll be coming home with bronze medals. After falling short against Steinbach, 1-5, Avery Scott, Marlee Hadway, Lucas Boulbria, and Stuart Fisher will play for a bronze medal at the provincial championships.
Their opponent is the Oak Park Raiders. Dauphin beat the Raiders in the round-robin, 8-3, and Oak Park is coming off an 8-3 loss to Morden in their semi-final.
Check back later Saturday evening to find out how Dauphin did.
The top four high school curling teams in the province remain.
The Dauphin Clippers are among them as the foursome led by Avery Scott have advanced to the Final Four. After a perfect round-robin, Dauphin led 3-0 after two ends and never looked back in a convincing 8-3 win over Arborg.
The Clippers, which includes Scott, Stuart Fisher, Lucas Boulbria, and Marlee Hadway will now play a very good team from Steinbach in the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon.
It's Dauphin strong and the team will look to keep rolling.
Their most impressive performance of the round-robin came in their final game.
After back-to-back wins, the Dauphin Clippers finished their round-robin with a perfect game in an 8-3 win against Oak Park.
They won three straight and will now play Arborg in the quarterfinals on Saturday morning.
They've qualified for the playoff round thanks to some late drama.
Scott, Boulbria, Hadway, and Fisher were trailing 5-4 against Wawanesa after six ends. They tied it up with a single in the seventh and coming home without the hammer, the team played an incredible end and stole a point for a thrilling 6-5 win over the Warriors.
The team's game on Friday evening against Oak Park is for first place in Pool 1. Oak Park also enters the game with two straight wins.
It was a perfect start for the Dauphin Clippers curling team.
Led by Avery Scott, the Clippers downed the Kelvin Clippers, 6-4, on Thursday afternoon. Dauphin gets the rest of Thursday off before playing Wawanesa and Oak Park on Friday.
The top two teams from each pool qualify for the playoffs. Scott is joined this week by Lucas Boulbria, Marlee Hadway, and Stuart Fisher.
On the girls side, the Swan Valley Tigers lost their first game against the Birtle Falcons, 4-6. They will play Miami and Jeanne-Sauve.
