Following the City Zones

Having a look at the results from the City Zones, and we see some interesting story lines developing.

Zone 15
Kerry Burtnyk advances by downing Carl German/Doug Harrison 8-4. They should walk through this Zone, given their level of play of late.

Zone 16
My buddies from Team Gromnisky, now playing with Jay DeFoort, ran into a hot Mike Mahon squad last night and find themselves waiting for the winner of Dave Smith and Joel Newbury in the B-side to see who will play Jeff Stoughton in the crossover game. It's Mahon and Stoughton in the marquee game of the A-side at sheet 1 of West St. Paul tonight at 9:15 p.m. Jeff's played the end sheet at Elmwood, the end sheet at West St. Paul, and he gets another end sheet tonight. It doesn't seem to be bothering him, though, as he's dominated so far. The big story of last night was Team Stoughton scoring a big seven ender in the seventh end against Troy Hamilton. I wonder how close they got to an eight-ender?

Zone 17
After a squeaker of a win in their first game against Arnold Asham, Randy Dutiaume's squad is on a roll. They blanked a talented Craig Strand team 8-0 last night to advance. They have to be the favourites here.

Zone 18
This one's wide open, with Vic Peters dropping out because of injury, it's anyone's Zone to win. And there are several game contenders. The other seed, David Bohn, is certainly capable, as are Rob Cosens and Jim Kirkness. I'd like to see Cosens make a run here.

Zone 19
The key match-up tonight is James Kirkness vs. William Kuran. Can Kuran finally shake the monkey off of his back and win a Select spot? With the way the draw was made, this could still be a preview of the final. It would be great to see.

Zone 20
It's a similar situation in this zone, with Mike McEwen and Dean Dunstone facing off tonight in a possible final preview. Hard to know how it will go, but I'm picking Dunstone to edge out a victory.

Zone 21
With Chris Galbraith getting bumped into the B-side last night by Jamie Hay, it's wide open for my pal from the Granite, Bob Sigurdson. Don't count Galbraith out just yet, though, as he's been known to find another gear in the B-side rush.

Good curling, everyone!