Three of the top five seeds have advanced to play Sunday for the 100th Manitoba Men’s curling championship.
Third-seeded Braden Calvert (Fort Rouge) made a last stone draw for a single point in an extra end on the late draw Saturday. The draw gave the Calvert foursome a 5-4 win over #5 seed Brett Walter (Assiniboine Memorial).
Calvert will play the provincial final game Sunday at 3PM. Walter drops into the Sunday morning semi-final where his team will play top-seeded Reid Carruthers (Granite). The Walter-Carruthers winner will meet Calvert in the championship game.
The Carruthers team defeated Sean Grassie (Deer Lodge) in eight ends Saturday evening in the Page Playoff bottom side elimination game.
Calvert’s team is the only unbeaten team left in the competition. Calvert and Walter were the two playoff round “A” winners Saturday morning with Calvert beating Grassie and Walter sending Carruthers to the “B” side.
On the afternoon draw, Grassie had eliminated #4 seed Jacques Gauthier (West St. Paul) and Carruthers ousted #2 Jordon McDonald (Assiniboine Memorial). The other two teams in the final eight, Steve Irwin (Brandon) and Jeff Stewart (Gladstone) had been eliminated on the morning draw.
