MOOSE JAW - The Heidi Fradette rink travelled to Moose Jaw from Dec. 27-30, 2023, to compete in the CurlSask U18 girls' provincial championship.
The Fradette rink, competing out of the Estevan Curling Club, went 3-2 at the competition and just missed out on the playoffs.
They opened with an 8-7 win over Mackenzie Bjornson out of the Callie Curling Club in Regina. Fradette opened with five points in the first end, and led 8-3 entering the seventh, but Bjornson scored four in the seventh to make the game close. Fradette ran Bjornson out of rocks in the eighth.
The next game was a 7-5 loss to Kaylee Hogeboom's team from the Moose Jaw Curling Centre. Fradette led 5-2 after five ends, but Hogeboom scored three in the sixth and stole one in each of the seventh and eighth ends.
Fradette responded with a pair of one-point wins. The first was 6-5 over Olivia Fisher of the Saskatoon Nutana Curling Club. Fradette scored one in an extra end to win a game that Fradette led 5-1 through five ends.
Then they won 7-6 over the Chloe Semeniuk rink from the Twin Rivers Curling Club in North Battleford. Fradette scored five in the sixth end to rally from a 5-2 deficit, stole one in the seventh and gave up just one in the eighth.
Their final game was a 7-6 loss to the Regina Highland Curling Club's Shawna Simpson, who went on to win the provincial title. Fradette led 3-0 after the first end, but Simpson replied with four in the second. It was tied 6-6 after the seventh end, but Simpson scored the winning point in the eighth.
The Fradette rink finished tied for second in their pool with Hogeboom, but lost the tie-breaker due to the round-robin result.
Other members of the Fradette rink were third Kali Johnson, second Amy Fradette, and leads April McMillen and Olivia Fonstad. Pauline Ziehl Grimsrud was their coach.
