Team Newfoundland and Labrador took top honours at the Under-18 Male Curling Championships in Ottawa on the weekend, defeating Saskatchewan 5-4 in the gold medal game.
Skip Simon Perry, third Nicholas Codner, second vice-skip Brayden Snow, lead Carter Holden and coach Glen Goss curl out of the RE/MAX Centre in St. John’s.
The biggest blow of the final came in the fourth end where a missed freeze attempt on Team Saskatchewan’s final stone wicked off its intended target, giving NL a quiet hit for three and a 3-1 lead. Team NL then went ahead 5-2 and hung on for the victory.
Perry says the under-18 title is the redemption he was seeking.
The win marks NL’s first win at the national under-18 in either men’s or women’s since the event’s inception in 2017.
