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Portage Curling Club is hosting the Wisconsin Junior/U18 Championships,  Dec. 16-18.  Along with the traditional Junior Men’s and Women’s Championships, for the first time ever, U18 championships will also be decided.  As it’s name suggest, U18 competitions are open only to junior curlers who were under age 18, on June 30 of this year.   Five boys teams have signed up.  They are:
1. Rob Shlimovitz, Portage  – defending champions
    Rob Shlimovitz, Cody Falk, Ben Miller, Alex Vorpahl
2. Nick Steinhaus, Kettle Moraine
   Nick Steinhaus,  John Paul Munich, Josh Heimerl, Mitch Wilson, Clay Osterhaus
3. Ryan Elwing, Wauwatosa
 
    Ryan Elwing, Trevor Marquardt,  Connor Hipke,  Robert Hipke,  Michael Elwing
4.  Jackson Armstrong, Wausau
    Jackson Armstrong, Christopher, Kirsch, Wesley Wendling, John Wilkerson
5.  Gabriel Koepke, Green Bay
     Gabriel Koepke,  Connor Krupp, Dillon Krupp Brody Olsen, Adam Strassburg
All  teams will compete for the Wisconsin Junior Championship.  In addition, the Elwing, Armstrong and Koepke teams will be competing in the  Boys U18 Competition.  The winner of the U18 event will compete in Cedarburg for the National U18 Championship,  March 8-12, 2017.
Four Girls teams make up the field, with all teams playing simultaneously for the Wisconsin Junior Championship, and the Wisconsin U18 Girls Championship.  These teams are:
1.   Viau, Stevens Point
       Suzanna Viau,  Andrea McDonald Rachel Kawleski, Elizabeth Vorpahl
2.  Crotty, Pardeeville
      DaKotak Crotty, Kayla Guenther, Ashton Osterhaus, Tiahna Lewer
3.  Armstrong, Appleton
      Anna Armstrong, Abby Dollevoet, Anita Ecrose, Chloe Knuppel
4.  Rubenzer, Portage
      Elizabeth Rubenzer, Anissa Zaske, Krista Domaszek, Jaycie Korth
The winning girls team will represent the Badger State in the National U18 Championship, Cedarburg, March 8-12, 2017