MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM -- The wins just keep adding up for Chris Schon and his Fountain Tire foursome in the Original 16 Cash League.
Schon improved to 5-0 on the campaign and remain the lone unbeaten rink after taking an 8-2 win over HK Henderson (Wade Gray, 3-2) on Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre.
Gray got off to a good start and led 2-1 through three ends, but Schon took control with three in the fourth and followed up with steals the next two ends, including three in the sixth to bring the game to an early end.
R.K. Sunview Farms (Dayne Heisler, 2-4) followed up on their win in the U18 Sask Cup #2 tournament over the weekend in style, rolling to a 13-3 victory over M&T Feedlot (Ryan Wenarchuk, 1-4).
Heisler picked up a deuce in the fourth end to take a 4-2 lead and after Wenarchuk got one back in the fifth, things couldn’t have gone better for the young rink the rest of the way. A three-spot in the sixth made it a 7-3 game and Heisler then put up one of the biggest ends of the season, stealing six in the seventh for the 10-point win.
Young and Young Automotive (Stan Barnsley, 1-5) picked up their first win of the season with a 5-3 victory over EMJ Marketing (Joe Gunnis, 1-5).
As the score would indicate, it was close throughout. Gunnis took a 2-0 lead out of the fourth end, but Barnsley picked up a deuce in the fifth to tie things up. A steal in the sixth gave Barnsley a one-point lead, and the teams would exchange points over the final two ends.
The closest game of the night was between a pair of perennial league title contenders, as KMS Construction (Ben Gamble, 4-1) took an 8-7 win over BTN Chartered Accountants (Penny Barker, 3-2).
Gamble struck first with three in the second end for a 3-1 lead, but Barker would get all of that back the next end and would steal two in the fourth to go up 6-3. Gamble got back within one with two in the fifth, and after the teams exchanged singles, he’d get a steal of two in the eighth to take the one-point victory.
Leeville Construction (Dustin Woloschuk, 4-1) had the bye.
Action in the Original 16 Cash League takes place every Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre.
