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Wisconsin curls to national mixed crownBy BOB ELEYSports WriterWhile one man's frustrations came to an end. another team’s continued as Wisconsin edged Colorado to win the 1988 U.S. Mixed National curling championship Wednesday afternoon at the Fairbanks Curling Club.“This is very, very satisfying,” said Wisconsin skip Steve Brown, after his rink notched an 8-7 victory over Colorado by stealing a rock in the tenth end of the championship game in the 14th annual event.“I’ve had a lot of frustrating games over the last couple of years so it’s finally nice to win one.”Brown said. :.-YY^ YYYYwY.It was the second mixed national title for Brown, who also has twomen’s national championships to his credit. Y \For Colorado, it was another frustrating finish in the national tournament. Colorado has finished second three straight years, losing each title game by one rock in the last end. Y“It is frustrating, but it also was a pleasure to be in the finals again and have another chance at it,” said Tom Davis, who throws skip rocks for Colorado. “Although the outcome was the same, I thought we had a little better chance to winthis time. Y V.Y YYy-YyYY, Y/Y“It was just a few missed shots that beat us. Overall it was an excellent competition and we re just glad we could be here.”Brown knows the frustration Colorado was suffering.“This is the kind of win where you don’t feel like jumping up and down because Colorado has a super team,” Brown said. “They should be looked at as winners.“They’ve finished second three years in a row and they are true champions.Joining Brown on the cham pionship rink were third Lisa Schoeneberg, who skipped the U.S. Olympic women’s team, second Paul Schaefer and lead BonnieMansfield.“I’ve played a lot of games dur ing the past year and it finally paid off,” Schoeneberg said. “I played in the Olympics and a lot of other bonspiels, but what was really important to me was to win a championship and I finally did it.” Schaefer and Mansfield were playing on their first-ever national championship team.“This makes the whole season worthwhile,” Schaefer said. “We’ve come close before, but thisis really nice.”“I'm ecstatic,” said Mansfield. “This is very exciting for me.“It really hasn't sunk in yet,” she added. “I’ve never curled in this caliber of competition before, but Ireally enjoyed it.”Colorado jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first three ends, but Wisconsin laid four rocks in the fourth topull even.“I didn’t know what to think of the start, Brown said. “I was con fident and felt great, but somethingwasn’t clicking. I didn’t know what was wrong, but Lisa kept everything calm and we pulled out of it.” “I didn't know if it was going to last all 10 ends. Schoeneberg said, “but I knew if we stayed in there and kept at it, we could still win it. It was kind of scary, though ” Colorado went back ahead. 6 4, but Wisconsin eventually tied the game, 7-7 in the eighth end and then stole a rock in the 10th Mansfield commended members of the the curling club and the Fairbanks community for their tournament efforts.In addition to Tom Davis, mem bers of the Colorado rink were third Bev Behnke, who called the shots, second Adolph Behnke and lead Pat Davis.
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Thu, Mar 31, 1988
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