Five teams remained unbeaten in the third day of the U.S. Junior National Curling Championships at Seattle.
Teams skipped by Chris Plys of Duluth and Jerod Roland of North Dakota are undefeated in the men's division at 3-0 while teams led by Monica Walker of Massachusetts, Aileen Sormunen of Duluth and Nina Spatola of Wisconsin are 2-0 in the women's competition.
Plys opened with an 8-5 victory over Michigan and then won over Illinois 12-4 and Alaska 9-1.
Bemidji's Josh Bahr is the alternate on the Plys rink.
Roland beat Massachusetts-I 8-5, Alaska 10-0 and Massachusetts-II 8-1.
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The round robin continues through Thursday with the top four teams advancing to the Page playoffs Friday.
For the first time the Junior meet will use the Page playoff system in which the top two teams meet in the first round with that winner advancing to the final.
The loser will go against the winner of the 3-4 finishers to gain the second berth in the final. The loser of that game is the bronze medalist.
The Sormunen rink is coached by Bemidji's Bob Fenson who also guided the men's Olympic team last winter skipped by his son Pete.
U.S. JUNIOR NATIONALS
Men's Division
Standings: Minnesota-I 3-0, North Dakota 3-0, Mass-II 2-1, Washington 2-1, Wisconsin 2-1, Alaska 1-2, Illinois 1-2, Michigan 1-2, Mass-I 0-3, Minnesota-II 0-3
Women's Division
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Massachusetts 2-0, Minnesota 2-0, Wisconsin-I 2-0, Illinois 1-1, Wisconsin-II 1-1, ,Alaska 0-1, Utah 0-1, North Dakota 0-2, Washington 0-2
