Team Brad Jacobs from Calgary has started the 2025 United States Steel Pan Continental Curling Championships with a victory.
The team, consisting of Jacobs, vice-skip Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant, lead Ben Hebert, alternate Tyler Tardi, and coaches Paul Webster and Jeff Stoughton, defeated China's Team Xiaoming Xu 10-4.
This win comes after their previous meeting at the 2025 BKT World Men's Curling Championship in April, where Team Jacobs won 11-2 against the Chinese team in the bronze-medal game.
Team Jacobs fervently hopes this won't be their last opportunity to wear the Maple Leaf this season.
The competition took place at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia, Minn.
Author's summary: Team Jacobs wins 10-4 against China.