MOOSE JAW -- Ben Gamble and his defending champion KMS Construction foursome had a bit of a close call on Wednesday night in Original 16 Cash League action, but they were able to pull out the win in the end.
And given what their opponent was gearing up for, the hard-fought battle at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre shouldn’t have been a surprise.
Gamble improved to 11-3 on the campaign with a 5-4 victory over Dayne Heisler and his RK Sunview Farms foursome, scoring one in the eighth to secure the win. It was the final game for the Heisler rink before they left for Saskatoon to play in the Curling Canada U18 Men’s National Championship.
Heisler had built a 3-1 lead with a deuce in the fifth end, but a Gamble three-spot in the sixth gave his rink control coming home. The teams then exchanged single points, and KMS had their win.
BTN Chartered Accountants (Penny Barker, 13-3) maintained their hold on first place with an 11-5 win over M&T Feedlot (Ryan Wenarchuk, 6-9).
The game was close early, as the teams exchanged three enders to open things and after Barker picked up a deuce in the third, Wenarchuk added points the next two ends to tie the game 5-5 heading into the break. Barker took over from there, though, scoring two in the sixth and adding four in the seventh to end things early.
Leeville Construction (Dustin Woloschuk, 10-6) hit double digits in the win column thanks to a big comeback victory over Fountain Tire (Chris Schon, 10-5). With the game tied 2-2 through four, Schon picked up a pair in the fifth to go up 4-2, after which the two teams exchanged single points. Woloschuk needed everything to go perfectly in the final end, and he’d get exactly that, scoring three for the 6-5 win.
The other match on the night was also a close battle, with HK Henderson (Wade Gray, 6-10) taking a 5-4 win over EMJ Marketing (Joe, Gunnis, 4-12). A steal in the fourth gave Gray a 2-1 lead, and that would turn out to be a crucial point as the teams exchanged deuces the next two ends and then single points over the final two, giving Gray the narrow win.
Young and Young Automotive (Stan Barnsley, 3-10) had the night off.
League action continues every Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Curling Centre.
