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

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

“We definitely underperformed in some games,” said the 19-year-old skip. “We had some rough games against some really good teams. ... Lots of the games we threw away in one end.”

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’s 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’s teammates were third Emily Matthews – previously of Nunavut, second Peyton L’Henaff and lead Zaria Netro – who is new to curling this season.

“They played pretty well, kept within themselves and everything,” said coach Chris Meger. “They thought they might have been able to squeak out another win or two, but we’ll chalk that up to them being brand new to the whole national event.”

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

“She still doesn’t remember the last shot,” he laughed. “She got in the hack ... and then saw the rock on the pin. She was quite happy with that.”

Coach Meger said much thanks was due to “mom-agers,” Laini 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’s 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’s 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’s team scored 52 points in five games, edging runner-up Leslie Grant by three points.

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

Tyler Williams and Darol Stuart still need to square off to determine the men’s 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’s side, which also includes third Ev Pasichnyk, second Lorraine Stick, lead Elaine Sumner and fifth Catherine Dugas.

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