USA Curling Championship featuring Team Shuster and Team Casper at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. Team Shuster won 8-3. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Matt Hamilton, Team Shuster, delivers the stone during the USA Curling Championship at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Ben Richardson, left, delivers the stone as sweepers Luc Violette, center, and Chase Sinnett, team Casper, head down the sheet during the USA Curling Championship at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Cory Thiesse, Team Peterson, releases the stone on delivery during the USA Curling Championship against Team Strouse at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. Winner moves on the the World Championships held in Sweden in March. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Tabitha Peterson, skip for Team Peterson, left, and Cory Thiesse, right, direct their stone (red) during the USA Curling Championship against Team Strouse at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. Winner moves on the the World Championships held in Sweden in March. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Team Casper from left to right, Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson and Chase Sinnett line up for introductions before playing team Shuster for the USA Curling Championship at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Delaney Strouse, skip for Team Strouse, shouts directions for her sweepers during the USA Curling Championship against Team Peterson at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. Winner moves on the the World Championships held in Sweden in March. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Anne OÕHara, center, Team Strouse, releases the stone on delivery just behind sweepers Sydney Mullaney, left, and Rebecca Rodgers, right, during the USA Curling Championship against Team Peterson at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. Winner moves on the the World Championships held in Sweden in March. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Matt Hamilton, right, Team Shuster, signs an autograph for fan Nathan Hasbrook after winning the USA Curling Championship over Team Casper at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
John Shuster, skipper for Team Shuster, delivers the stone down the sheet during the USA Curling Championship at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Curling fans start the wave at the USA Curling Championship at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
USA Curling Championship featuring team Casper versus team Shuster at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
John Shuster, skipper for Team Shuster, left, watches sweepers John Landsteiner, center, and Matt Hamilton guide the stone down the sheet during the USA Curling Championship at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Hand shakes between Team Shuster and Team Casper after Team Shuster won the USA Curling Championship 8-3 at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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USA Curling Championship featuring Team Shuster and Team Casper at the Denver Coliseum February 11, 2023. Team Shuster won 8-3. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Getting your player ready...
Curlers took to the sheet for the 2023 Men’s and Women’s National Curling Championship finals at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, CO on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023.
















