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Winless heading into the final game at the Canadian juniors, Brayden Klassen鈥檚 rink capped its tournament with an emphatic 11-1 win over Nunavut yesterday.

Klassen鈥檚 Yukon team, which includes third Spencer Wallace, second Tryg Jensen and lead Will Klassen 鈥� Brayden鈥檚 younger brother 鈥� finished the event in Stratford, Ont., with a 1-8 record.

鈥淲e definitely underperformed in some games,鈥� said the 19-year-old skip. 鈥淲e had some rough games against some really good teams. ... Lots of the games we threw away in one end.鈥�

The team started the event with eight straight losses to Northern Ontario, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia.

Meanwhile, 15-year-old Alyssa Meger鈥檚 rink finished 2-7 after collecting victories against Newfoundland, 9-8, and N.W.T., 12-6.

The club lost to Saskatchewan, B.C., N.S., Ontario, P.E.I., Northern Ontario and Nunavut.

Meger鈥檚 teammates were third Emily Matthews 鈥� previously of Nunavut, second Peyton L鈥橦enaff and lead Zaria Netro 鈥� who is new to curling this season.

鈥淭hey played pretty well, kept within themselves and everything,鈥� said coach Chris Meger. 鈥淭hey thought they might have been able to squeak out another win or two, but we鈥檒l chalk that up to them being brand new to the whole national event.鈥�

The coach said his daughter blanked out throwing her final hammer stone against Newfoundland 鈥� a draw to the button that secured the win.

鈥淪he still doesn鈥檛 remember the last shot,鈥� he laughed. 鈥淪he got in the hack ... and then saw the rock on the pin. She was quite happy with that.鈥�

Coach Meger said much thanks was due to 鈥渕om-agers,鈥濃�圠aini Klassen and Cheryl Meger, who helped raise funding for the trip to Ontario.

The event was a family affair, with Dean Klassen coaching his son鈥檚 rink.

Both Yukon skips represented the territory at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C., last year.

Curlers not participating in playoff games this weekend will pair up with rivals for a fun mixed doubles event before returning home.

Meanwhile in Whitehorse, Laura Eby鈥檚 rink earned its third straight ladies bonspiel title at the Whitehorse Curling Club last weekend.

Twelve teams competed in the event, which used a modified scoring system. Eby鈥檚 team scored 52 points in five games, edging runner-up Leslie Grant by three points.

鈥淲e did a hat trick,鈥� said Eby, whose rink also includes third Deb Enoch, second Janine Peters and lead Lorna Spenner. 鈥淲e also won the PIC (Pacific International Cup playdowns) too, so we had quite a week.鈥�

Tyler Williams and Darol Stuart still need to square off to determine the men鈥檚 PIC entry.

Meanwhile, two masters teams were acclaimed to represent Yukon at the Canadian championships in Nova Scotia, April 4 to 10.

Ellen Johnson will skip the women鈥檚 side, which also includes third Ev Pasichnyk, second Lorraine Stick, lead Elaine Sumner and fifth Catherine Dugas.

Stuart is captain of the men鈥檚 rink, alongside third Gord Zealand, second Bob Walker and lead Clarence Jack.