Team Ely facing tough competition in Alaska

The team meets a local resident.

Rebecca and her teammates are thrilled to be in Alaska and competing in the USA Curling Women's Junior Nationals. "It is so beautiful here, I'm going to have a hard time wanting to leave," Rebecca said after their first day in Fairbanks.

Competition began Sunday with Team Ely facing the top two seeds in the nine-team tournament. The first game was a see-saw battle in the early going but finished with a win for Team Solem from Cohasset, Minn., by a score of 8-4.

Next was another hard-fought contest against top-ranked Team Hamilton of McFarland, Wisc., which took a 10-3 win.

In Monday's early game, Team Ely and Team Lank, from Devils Lake, N.D., traded the lead several times. They entered the 10th end in a tie, but Ely rink came out with the victory, 6-5.

Team Ely was due to play a Monday evening game (midnight eastern time) against Team Sweet from Everett, Wash.

UPDATE: Monday's late game was a 9-6 win for Team Ely!

Follow the action:

• Team Ely's web site has live updates via the team's Twitter feed, plus links to linescores and webcam video.
• The USA Curling web site has live webcam video, line scores and other information (but is difficult to navigate).