I was worried about this game because I've practiced sliding with the opposing skip and vice before and I know that they're very consistent. (They're also an A level team.) Fortunately, their vice could not make it to the game so that was good. I got to have my whole team together.
In the end, I had nothing to worry about as this was definitely one of our best games of the season. We had a solid 9-4 win, which included an end where my team scored 5.
I'm going to diagram my miracle shot. The opposing team had a couple shots in this end where their plan B somehow ended up with rocks in the house behind the mess of guards.
With all of the guards and the curl on the ice, I thought going off the corner was my best shot. Surprisingly, I made the shot, though the roll was a little bit too far. I was also surprised that the opposing skip missed the takeout twice.
In the fifth end, the opposing team put together a nice end to score two, which made the score 9-2. For the 6th end, I realize that the strategy is to take everything out and keep the ice clean. But I feel weird about doing that. Instead, I just play rocks in the house. If they want to freeze or take them out, that's fine. By my first shot, I had an open takeout on their shot rock. If I made the shot, my team would sit five (really, it just wasn't their night.) I don't try to run up the score out of a sense of meanness; it's just not in my nature to not try to score. Anyway, Vice made me throw a guard on their rock instead of the takeout. They scored two for the end and Vice gets credit for being much more sportsmanlike than me.
This brings our record to 6-2 and the competitive record to 2-2.
In the end, I had nothing to worry about as this was definitely one of our best games of the season. We had a solid 9-4 win, which included an end where my team scored 5.
I'm going to diagram my miracle shot. The opposing team had a couple shots in this end where their plan B somehow ended up with rocks in the house behind the mess of guards.
With all of the guards and the curl on the ice, I thought going off the corner was my best shot. Surprisingly, I made the shot, though the roll was a little bit too far. I was also surprised that the opposing skip missed the takeout twice.
In the fifth end, the opposing team put together a nice end to score two, which made the score 9-2. For the 6th end, I realize that the strategy is to take everything out and keep the ice clean. But I feel weird about doing that. Instead, I just play rocks in the house. If they want to freeze or take them out, that's fine. By my first shot, I had an open takeout on their shot rock. If I made the shot, my team would sit five (really, it just wasn't their night.) I don't try to run up the score out of a sense of meanness; it's just not in my nature to not try to score. Anyway, Vice made me throw a guard on their rock instead of the takeout. They scored two for the end and Vice gets credit for being much more sportsmanlike than me.
This brings our record to 6-2 and the competitive record to 2-2.
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