MUENSTER, HUMBOLDT — The Muenster School junior girls curling team claimed the Horizon Central Athletic Association district championship last week.
The team beat rinks from Lanigan and Humboldt’s St. Dominic School to win the district championship Feb. 15 in Ituna. The Muenster School squad included skip - Payton Muggli, third - Sully Yeager, second - Sarah Loehr, and lead - Mikayla Sylvestre.
Coach Janine Lacoursiere said the Muenster School rink was very dedicated to practice and all league games. She said they were “eager to learn and soaked in all advice given to them by their coaches.” Lacoursiere also noted that the student-athletes had “positive attitudes and like to have fun. … All seem to really enjoy the sport.”
Muenster Senior Boys
On the boys’ side, the Muenster School senior team finished second at the district championship and punched its ticket to regionals. The latter event will be held in Prince Albert, March 4-5.
Riley Sylvestre skips the senior boys rink. Ethan Hinz is the third. The rink’s front end are second Jacob Newberry and lead Adam Korte.
“I believe they were successful because they've been curling together since Grade 7,” coach Maegan Clark said. “They get along well and have a great attitude on the ice during games and at practice. They really enjoy playing together and are looking forward to regionals.”
At the district championship in Wadena, Feb. 11-12, Muenster School beat Bruno and Bellevue to reach the finals. After going through the B-side, Bellevue beat Muenster School for the title.
St. Dominic School
Humboldt’s St. Dominic School teams were the runners up for the HCAA District Championship in both junior boys and junior girls.
The St. Dominic junior boys team opened play in Ituna on Feb. 15 by beating Quill Lake. A loss to Wynyard sent the rink to the B-side. It beat Quill Lake again to win the B. In the finals, St. Dominic fell to Wynyard. The St. Dominic rink was made up of skip Wyatt Fleischhacker, third Liam Zimmerman, second Carter Possberg, and lead Landon Wegleitner.
In the girls district championship, also on Feb. 15 in Ituna, St. Dominic beat Lanigan and lost to Muenster School. The team included lead Calleigh Gehlen, second Mary Corcoran, third Abby Zimmerman, and skip Leina Niekamp.
Information received from St. Dominic stated both teams played hard and were “excellent ambassadors for our community.” St. Dominic student-athletes and those from other schools participated in practices every Monday at the Humboldt Curling Club. The information from the
school praised Brian Wempe for organizing the practices and expressed appreciation to the community coaches “for taking the time to help teach our students the game of curling.”
Champions
On the senior side, the HCAA District champs were: boys – Bellevue, girls – Wadena, mixed – Watrous, and doubles – Strasbourg. On the junior side, it was boys – Wynyard, girls – Muenster School, mixed – Watrous, and doubles – Strasbourg.
