Game 2 - McLeod vs Schroter

This evening we had the late game against team Schroter. I'm not sure if we have played them before, but being the beginning of the season most teams are just trying to get their game plans and execution ironed out.

In the famous phrase of Ray.. Shawn, you can have line or weight. But you can not have both

After a quick handshake and meeting of the players we flipped a nickel (thanks ray). We won color (lost the toss) and choose lucky red.

Having played on sheet 8 in previous years I was expecting something funny to happen as it's an outside sheet and usually has a straight path or crazy curl. However this evening's game it was perfect.  Lower weight shots curled, higher weight shots stayed straight.

Usually, we try and keep the end pretty clean to start out with, however for some reason half way into the first end there was a mess of rocks in the house. Due to superior skip skill. It was mostly our rocks! We ended up scoring a huge (3) pointer to get the night going!

Of course, a start like this really makes you feel good. Especially when your a team that often gives up (3) then chases down for the win.

We followed up the (3) with a (1) and another (1)... But that's when the trouble began.

The 5th end started with a rock outside of the house. This allowed Team Schroter to start to come into the house and the did so perfectly. Soon after the start there were many rocks lined up in the house and it was impossible to get in. We through a couple of big weight shots to try and clear out the house. But they only ended up peeling the original rocks. Team Schroter scored a well deserved (3).

The next end was shaping up really nice for us. We had four rock right around the button and almost no way in. The opponents were forced to throw a circus shot to try and bounce one of their rock off ours on the button. This shot they executed beautifully and left Sean in a tough position.  As Sean and I were discussion options for his last shot Geoff came down with a shot he loved. A hit and roll to the button using the opponents rock as backing and hitting it out of the house. Once we all looked at it, it seemed like the best option.

Sean through the rock and a called the line. Geoff and Ray swept.. The throwing rock hit the stationary rock perfect! The stars aligned and the trajectory to The Schroter rock was perfect. We walked away with (2), and they called the game.

McLeod 7
Schroter 3