MetroWest Locals Part Of National Championship Curling Team

LAFAYETTE, CO — The Girls U18 national championship for curling is coming back to the MetroWest.

At the youth curling championships last weekend in Lafayette, Colo., Team Pekowitz took home the win in the U18 Girls championship game.

The team is made up of curlers from Natick and Wellesley including Julia Pekowitz, Addison Neill, Megan Stopera and Alexandra Pekowitz. Coaches for the team included Bill Pekowitz and Framingham resident Keith Dropkin.

The team faces Team Hollands, who they had lost to in a previous round, defeating them 6-2, according to a USA Curling news release.

It capped off three must-wins in a row for Team Pekowitz, who needed to defeat Team Hagenbuch in the final round of pool play to advance and then topped Team Wendling in the semi-final, the news release said.