Column: Greenhorns make history on BC ice
THE GREENHORNS, from left to right: Abby Bryson, Justin Rubacalba, Dennis Dortsch, Jason Schmidt and Jessica Hensley. (Photo courtesy of Dennis Dortsch)
The Greenhorns made history on Jan. 21 at Lake Windermere, British Columbia, and it’s at least partly because a group of Whitefish High graduates started playing Wii.
The home video game console drew the quartet of Jessica Hensley, Justin Rubacalba, Abby Bryson and Jason Schmidt together, and before you could say, “We play Wii,” they settled on curling. Soon enough, though, the flat screen just wasn’t satisfactory. They wanted the real thing.
Fast forward to 2023, when the Greenhorns made their yearly sojourn to the Bonspiel on the Lake. Teams are guaranteed four matches of six “ends” — think innings — each, and the tournament uses a waterfall bracket. That is, you drop into one the lower three divisions with each loss.
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