HANLEY—Hanley Composite School’s senior girls curling team were in Prince Albert March 6 and 7 looking to defend their provincial championship.
The team of skip Hanna Anderson, third Jill Kroeger, second Ashley Randall, lead Kirsten Cory, fifth Jasmine Heagy and coaches Scott Anderson and Melissa Koroll opened the tournament with convincing 13-0 win over the host team from St. Mary’s High School.
Next, the Hanley rink came up against a tough team from Maple Creek that went to an extra end. The exciting game ended with a Hanley 8-7 win.
In their third game of the championships, Hanley came up against a strong team from Lumsden, who handed the Hanley squad its first loss of the tourney. To advance to the semi-finals, Hanley had to play a tiebreaker against Maple Creek. This time Maple Creek was able to squeeze out a 4-3 win, ending Hanley’s run at provincials. Lumsden, who went undefeated in pool play at provincials, beat Maple Creek 7-1 in the gold medal game to win the 2015 provincial championship.
Hanley is proud of its senior girls’ team and their coach and congratulates them on making it back to provincials, a fitting end to an excellent season.