SAULT STE. MARIE, February 3….Saskatchewan stands atop the leaderboard in both men’s and women’s play after two draws of the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.

The Brennen Jones team from Regina and the Stephanie McVicar foursome from Saskatoon enjoyed a perfect day, winning both their games, as the Canadian junior men’s and women’s curling championships got underway at Soo Curlers Association and Tarentorus Sports Club.

Sunday afternoon, Jones defeated New Brunswick’s Jon Rennie of Rothesay, 10-3, while McVicar was an 8-5 winner of Mary Jane McGuire from Fredericton, New Brunswick, taking three in the 10th end.

Six other teams are also unbeaten in both men’s and women’s, all with 1-0 marks, heading into tonight’s Draw 3, slated for 7:30 pm ET.

In other games this afternoon, Ontario’s Travis Fanset of St. Thomas upset last year’s runner-up, Brett Gallant of Charlottetown, 8-6, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Colin Thomas of St. John’s was a 9-6 winner over Colin Miller of Yellowknife, NWT and Alberta’s Aaron Sluchinski of Drayton Valley edged Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin of Whitehorse, 8-7.

In other women’s games, Ontario’s Danielle Inglis of Burlington defeated Prince Edward Island’s Erin Carmody of Summerside, 9-5, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Julie Devereaux, who won last year’s Juniors as lead for her sister Stacie, defeated Valiso Aho of Yellowknife, NWT, 11-5 and Alberta’s Maria Bushell of Calgary opened with a 9-3 win over Sarah Koltun of Whitehorse, Yukon.

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