The Tim Horton’s Brier playoffs may have been taking place over the weekend but for a quartet of local curlers their attention was placed firmly on another bonspiel.
For the foursome from Wadena, the weekend of March 9-10 meant traveling to Ituna for the senior girls provincial championship.
Wadena was pooled up with Moosomin McNaughton, Allan, and Gull Lake for the round robin portion of the bonspiel, with the top two teams in each of the two pools earning spots in the semi-finals.
The bonspiel got off to a tough start for Wadena as they dropped a 6-4 decision to Allan.
The loss left Wadena with a 0-1 record, and virtually forced them to win four straight if they wanted to be crowned provincial champions.
Knowing the position they were left with, Wadena came out focused in their second contest as they took on Gull Lake.
After struggling in their opening match, Wadena rebounded beautifully against Gull Lake, scoring eight times en route to an 8-5 victory.
The win left Wadena with a 1-1 record, tied with Allan, while their final round robin opponent, Moosomin McNaughton, held a record of 2-0.
Knowing they needed a win to move into the next round, Wadena could not muster up the kind of shot making required to pull out the win as they were routed 10-1.
The loss left Wadena with just a 1-2 record, which was not good enough to qualify for the semi-final, as Allan beat Gull Lake in their final round robin contest to improve to 2-1.
With Wadena not eligible to move into the semi-final, they saw their curling season come to a close.
