Press Coverage

USA men open with win at 2013 World Juniors in Russia
February 28, 2013
Korey Dropkin helped Team USA rally back and win the opening round of play this morning as the 2013 World Junior Championships got underway.

Trailing by two points, the American men (1-0) scored a deuce in the 10th end to force an extra end against Marek Cernovsky's Czech Republic rink and then stole the winning point to start the round robin with a win at the Ice Cube Curling Center.

"We came out pretty well. We had a few rough ends but kept in it, made some more shots and we came back and held on," said Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.), 17, a student at Algonquin Regional High School.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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USA ladies fall to defending champs in opening round
February 28, 2013
The defending world champions from Scotland were too much for the Americans to handle this afternoon as Team USA fell 9-7 in the first round of women's action at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Making her skipping debut at the World Juniors, 21-year-old Miranda Solem (Cohasset, Minn.) couldn't hold back the offense of Hannah Fleming's rink at the Ice Cube Curling Center as Scotland used its last rock advantage skillfully as Fleming twice converted for big ends that fueled the win for the Scots.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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Illinois set to host 2013 Club National Championships
February 28, 2013
The four-sheet Exmoor Curling Club in Highland Park, Ill., will host the ninth edition of the USA Curling Club National Championships, which gets underway Saturday featuring the top 20 men's and women's league teams.

This is the second time the Illinois region will host the Club Nationals, which made its debut in 2005, and is composed of teams who play in weekly leagues together at one of USA Curling's 165 member clubs.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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USA men now 1-1 in round robin
February 28, 2013
It was a rough night at the office for Korey Dropkin and Team USA as Sweden dominated most of tonight's match at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

After jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead against Sweden's Patric Mabergs rink, Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) and teammates Tom Howell (Brick, N.J.), Mark Fenner (Bemidji, Minn.) and Alex Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.) quickly cooled off in a 10-4 loss to slip to 1-1 in the round robin standings at the Ice Cube Curling Center.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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2013 World Juniors begin Thursday in Sochi
February 25, 2013
Teams led by Miranda Solem (Cohasset, Minn.) and Korey Dropkin (Southborough, Mass.) are set to represent the U.S. at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Sochi, Russia.

The event gets underway Thursday at the Ice Cube Curling Center as the official test event for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and continues through March 10. Ten men's and 10 women's teams will compete in the 10-day event to crown the 2013 world junior champions.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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USA finishes fourth at World Wheelchair Championship in Sochi
February 23, 2013
Team USA finished fourth at the 2013 World Wheelchair Championship after a last-rock loss to China in the bronze-medal game at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia.

"We came and we played, we trained really hard. After the fourth end break they turned up the heat. They made it really difficult. The best team won," said Patrick McDonald, Team USA's skip. The U.S. fell to China's Haitao Wang, 6-5, to finish with an 8-4 overall record. It was the second straight year that China won the bronze medal at this event.

McDonald (Madison, Wis.) and teammates David Palmer (Mashpee, Mass.), Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.), Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.), and Meghan Lino (East Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully qualified the U.S. for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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2014 Paralympic Qualification Points Standings -- Final
February 23, 2013
World Curling Federation
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USA to play for bronze at 2013 World Wheelchair Championship
February 22, 2013
Team USA will play for the bronze medal on Saturday morning at the 2013 World Wheelchair Championship in Sochi, Russia.

After winning the Page playoff 3-4 game earlier today, Patrick McDonald (Madison, Wis.) and teammates David Palmer (Mashpee, Mass.), Jimmy Joseph (New Hartford, N.Y.), Penny Greely (Green Bay, Wis.) and Meghan Lino (East Falmouth, Mass.) lost to Canada's Jim Armstrong, 6-3, in the semifinal tonight at the Ice Cube Curling Center.

With the win, Canada moves on to tomorrow's final to square off against Sweden, to whom they lost to 6-5 in the Page playoff 1-2 game. The bronze medal game also will be a rematch of the Page 3-4 game as the Americans will take on China's Haitao Wang. The medal games will both stream live at http://russiasport.ru. The U.S. game is set for 9:30 a.m. Sochi time (11:30 p.m. CT). The gold medal game will be played at 2:30 p.m. (4:30 a.m. CT).

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USA Curling
Terry Kolesar
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