The Vernon-Kamloops rink of skip Ava Arndt and second Ivy Jensen of Vernon, and Kamloops sisters Bethany Evans (third) and Alicia Evans (lead) finished fourth at the 21-team Canadian U18 girls and boys curling championships in Saskatoon.
Ontario's Katrina Frian scored one with the hammer in an extra end to beat Arndt 6-5 in the bronze-medal match Saturday, Feb. 22.
After losing their first two games on the Prairies, the Arndt foursome rattled off five straight wins to earn a spot in the championship semifinals, where they lost 10-2 to eventual silver-medalist Abby Desormeaux of Alberta. Desormeaux fell 8-7 to Cassidy Blades of Nova Scotia in the gold-medal match.
Jensen won Sportsmanship Spirit Award for her pool, selected by the pool's other players.
The Megan Rempel rink of Kelowna-Penticton finished with a 2-5 record.
Kelowna's Owen Jaeger went 3-4 on the boy's side.
The gold medal was won by Zach Atherton, giving Nova Scotia a sweep of the Canadian titles. Atherton defeated Tyler MacTavish of Ontario 7-1 in the final.
Quebec91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Zachary Janidlo knocked off Alberta91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Peter Hlushak to claim the third-place finish.
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Kamloops' Corryn Brown made the playoffs at the Canadian women's curling finals in Thunder Bay, but were eliminated in their first playoff game by Christina Black of Nova Scotia, 10-5.
Brown's rink went 6-2 in the round-robin to qualify for the playoffs.
The team is coached by Vernon's Jim Cotter.
