Press Coverage

USA Curling, 12th End Sports Network ink 2-year partnership for webstreaming
December 14, 2012
SA Curling will partner with the 12th End Sports Network in a two-year deal to bring webstreaming to the sport's top events.

The 12th End Sports Network provided live coverage of every draw of the 2012 Nationals and has signed on to air the 2013 and 2014 Men's and Women's National Championships in partnership with USA Curling.

The 12th End Sports Network (http://12thendsportsnetwork.weebly.com/index.html) is owned and produced by Rochester, N.Y., curlers Joe Calabrese and Brian Anderson.

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Terry Kolesar
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Stolts capture 2013 Mixed Doubles National Championship title
December 10, 2012
Pete and Maureen Stolt of Plymouth, Minn., will represent the U.S. at the upcoming World Mixed Doubles Championship after running through the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship undefeated.

"I don't know if it has sunk in yet, but we're both really excited to represent the U.S. We've got a lot of work to do, but we're going to work hard to bring home a medal this year and do our best to represent the U.S. at Worlds," said Pete Stolt, 34, who owns Shot Rock Curling Supplies with his wife.

The Stolts defeated Andy Jukich (Duluth, Minn.) and Tina Kelly (Bemidji, Minn.), 11-4, in the championship final tonight at the Capital Curling Club.

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Terry Kolesar
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New champion to be crowned at Mixed Doubles National Championship
December 9, 2012
There will be a new team wearing USA gear at the upcoming World Mixed Doubles Championship as two Minnesota rinks survived the quarterfinals this morning at the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Capital Curling Club.

St. Paul Curling Club teammates Tim Doherty (St. Paul, Minn.) and Carol Strojny (Mendota Heights, Minn.) defeated the defending champions Brady and Cristin Clark of Washington, 8-5, to move on to the semifinals.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Minnesota teams to battle for 2013 Mixed Doubles title
December 9, 2012
Two Minnesota rinks will battle for the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship title tonight at the Capital Curling Club.

Pete and Maureen Stolt of Plymouth, Minn., remain undefeated and will have two chances to win the event with the double knockout provision in place. The Stolts defeated fellow Minnesotans Tim Doherty (St. Paul, Minn.) and Carol Strojny (Mendota Heights, Minn.), 6-4, in the semifinals this afternoon. They move on to play against Andy Jukich (Duluth, Minn.) and Tina Kelly (Bemidji, Minn.), who got past Scott and Teri Olson of Littleton, Mass., 9-5, to clinch the other spot in the final. The final is set for 5 today. If the Stolts lose at 5 p.m., the two teams will play again at 9 a.m. Monday for the title.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Playoff picture starting to take shape at Mixed Doubles Championship
December 8, 2012

The race for playoff berths stepped up the intensity today at the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Capital Curling Club.

Minnesota's husband-wife duo of Pete and Maureen Stolt clinched at least a tiebreaker after earning a 6-3 win over Tim Doherty (St. Paul, Minn.) and Carol Strojny (Mendota Heights, Minn.) this morning to improve to 4-0. This was the first loss for Doherty and Strojny (3-1).

"This morning Pete and I knew it was going to be a tough battle," Maureen Stolt said. "Both Tim and Carol have been curling really, really well. They're a strong team coming out of St. Paul so we knew coming in that they would tough competition."

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Two tiebreaker games on tap tonight at Mixed Doubles Championship
December 8, 2012
Two tiebreaker games will be played tonight to determine the final two quarterfinal teams at the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Capital Curling Club.

Andy Jukich (Duluth, Minn.) and Tina Kelly (Bemidji, Minn.) shut out Barry Ivy (Livermore, Calif.) and Britt Rjanikov (Wayland, Mass.) 7-0 to go from on the brink of playoff elimination to the top seed in Pool C, which advances them to tomorrow morning's quarterfinals as the overall No. 3 seed. Ivy and Rjanikov will play Mike Floerchinger (Princeton, Minn.) and Kim Wapola (St. Paul, Minn.) in a tiebreaker at 8 tonight.

In the other tiebreaker game, defending champions Brady and Cristin Clark (both of Lynnwood, Wash.) will play Colorado's Darrick Kizlyk and Dena Rosenberry. The winners of the tiebreakers will complete the field of six teams advancing.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Seven teams remain perfect at 2013 Mixed Doubles Championship
December 7, 2012
After six rounds of action, seven teams remain undefeated at the 2013 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Capital Curling Club.

Not included in the undefeated group are the defending champions, Brady and Cristin Clark of Seattle, who suffered an extra-end loss to Scott and Therese Olson of Massachusetts when Clark's final draw was swept out of scoring position. The win improves the Olsons to 3-0 in Pool A. The game was a roller coaster with the Clarks scoring four points early only to give up five in the next end.

"At the start both teams were a little off, but we both settled in after that and had a hell of a game. After those two ends there were a lot of great shots. It was all about the four-foot," Scott Olson said. After tying the game with a single in the eighth, Teri Olson made a double takeout on the Clarks' stones in scoring position. Brady Clark, the nine-time mixed champion and three-time mixed doubles champ, had just a little too much weight on his final throw of the match.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Mixed Doubles Championship underway in Bismarck
December 6, 2012
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Terry Kolesar
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