Boutet, Hayward win Manitoba junior titles
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Skip Evan Boutet led his team to its second provincial title of the season when it capture the Manitoba junior men’s championship on Feb. 22 in Morris, Man.
Boutet’s rink from the Heather Curling Club, which also includes Luc Cormier, Bryce Buchel, Quinn Lagace and coach Blaine Malo, defeated Morden’s Nash Sugden 7-4 in the final, adding the junior men’s championship to the U-18 title it won earlier this year.
Shaela Hayward’s Carman foursome won the junior women’s championship for the third year in a row, defeating Cassidy Dundas of Heather 6-5 in the final. Hayward will be joined by teammates Keira Krahn, India Young, Dayna Wahl and coach Ron Westcott at the Canadian junior championships in Sudbury, Ont., next month.
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Team Hayward won the Manitoba junior women’s curling championship on Feb. 22 in Morris, Man. They are (from left): Skip Shaela Hayward, third Keira Krahn, second India Young, lead Dayna Wahl and coach Ron Westcott. Hayward and Krahn won the title for the third year in a row, while it was the second in three years for Young.
Both Boutet and Sugden will represent Manitoba at the men’s tournament in Sudbury.
— Staff
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(From left) Skip Evan Boutet, third Luc Cormier, second Bryce Buchel, lead Quinn Lagace and coach Blaine Malo show off their buffalo crests after Boutet and his teammates won the Manitoba junior men’s provincial curling championship on Feb. 22 in Morris, Man.