WADENA - It took an extra end for Team Comfort - Kenzie Seeds / RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty to claim the 2022 Championship in the Quill Plains Chevrolet Premier League
Team Dwight Pomedli - Pomedli Farms stole in the second and again in the third before Team Comfort bounced back with three in the fourth end.
A steal in the fifth put Comfort up two, then the Teams exchanged deuces.
In the eighth end, third Jenna Pomedli made a perfect come around of a lone opponent stone at the top of the 12-foot, leading to an open hit for Skip Verne Anderson for two and the tie.
In the extra end Lead Dwight Pomedli, and Haylee Bindig swept the first Anderson stone to the top of the four-foot to lay two and put Comfort in trouble.
Comfort made a light weight double to leave Anderson a tough draw that he just missed giving Lee Johnson, Dane Ward, Randy Leitch, and Scott Comfort the Championship.
The entire final can be seen on the Wadena RE/MAX Curling Club’s YouTube page. .
On route to the Final Comfort defeated, Garry Leach, and Greg Harcourt, While Pomedli defeated Delores Syrota and Jay Bindig.
This year the Quill Plains Premier League introduced a Sportsmanship Award voted on by the players
The first winners of the award were June Campbell, and Brian Nelson, who ended up with the same amount of votes.
In the B-Final, Syrota defeated Cory Carter. The ladies team took an early lead and held it through seven ends when they broke it open. Sylvia Broad, Gloria Leach, June Campbell, and Delores Syrota claimed the B-Side against Schulte Industries Ltd. Cory Carter, Joshua Jack, Nathan Wdowach, Duane Keleman.
Syrota lost round 1 to Pomedli, then defeated Brian Nelson to reach the B-Final, while Carter lost to Harcourt, then defeated Garry Leach to advance to the B-Final.
In the C-Final Greg Harcourt and Jay Bindig had a close battle through four ends with a tie score. In the sixth end Harcourt took two then ended up stealing a couple in the seventh for the conceded win.
RJ Sales and Service - Greg Harcourt, Richard Choquette, Darryl Schultz, Rocky Kreinke defeated Lakeside Argo - Jayden Bindig, Van der Buhs, and spares Darin Faubert and Kade Comfort (missing Braden Flesheicker, Colby Fox). Harcourt defeated Carter then Lost on last rock to Comfort to end up in the C, while Bindig defeated Nelson and lost to Pomedli in the Semi-Final.
The D-Side Final saw Garry Leach and Brian Nelson do battle. Leach took an early lead and never looked back to take the win.
Leach had lost to Comfort, and Carter to drop to the D, while Nelson lost to top seed Bindig and Syrota. Teams consisted of Wadena Drugs / Wadena Coop - Brian Nelson, Denise Nelson, Darcy Wallen, Brendalyn Wallen and 5th Murray Botcher and Brendonn Holdings / Kenzie Seeds - Garry Leach, Collin Redman, Lyle Leach, Norm Fehr but with Redman missing spare James Holowaty joined the team at second.
