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St. Paul curling teams claim NEASAA zone banners

The St. Paul Regional High School girls and mixed teams won zone banners at the NEASAA event, while Holy Rosary from Lloydminster won the boys' banner.

ST. PAUL - The St. Paul Curling Rink played host to this year's Northeast Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (NEASAA) curling zones championship, bringing teams in from across a large swath of the province, each vying for a spot at provincials.

Teams from St. Paul, Lloydminster, Bonnyville, Innisfree, Plamondon, Myrnam, Kitscoty, Vermilion, and Fort McMurray played in boys, girls and mixed categories over the course of two days. 

As things wrapped up on Feb. 24, the winners in each category were decided.

St. Paul Regional High School proved a top competitor, getting the zone banner on the girls' side and going undefeated throughout the tournament. The ladies will now head to provincials in Lethbridge. 

St. Paul Regional also managed to take top spot on the mixed side, earning themselves a spot at provincials also after a tight game against the team from Kitscoty. 

On the boys' side, it was the Holy Rosary team from Lloydminster that would take top spot at zones. The St. Paul boys' team finished in fourth place overall.

Top results from the Feb. 23-24 zone competition include:

Girls

1st - St. Paul Regional

2nd - Holy Rosary

3rd - JR Robson

Boys

1st - Holy Rosary

2nd - JR Robson

3rd - Innisfree

Mixed

1st - St. Paul Regional

2nd - Kitscoty

3rd - New Myrnam




Janice Huser

About the Author: Janice Huser

Janice Huser has been with the St. Paul Journal since 2006. She is a graduate of the SAIT print media journalism program, is originally from St. Paul and has a passion for photography.
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