If Tyler Tardi is going to mark his first lose in the championships to any team, he鈥檇 probably feel better knowing a relative emerged victorious.

Team BC, headed up by Tardi, is at the New Holland Canadian Juniors this week in Prince Albert, Sask., and he and his squad (based out of Langley) fell early this morning to their first defeat in eight games.

The local boys gave up sole possession of first place after losing their first game of the championship to Manitoba, 7-4. That team is skipped by Assiniboine鈥檚 J.T. Ryan, but the Prairie team also features Tardi鈥檚 cousin, Jacques Gauthier (who played with Team Tardi when they scooped the World junior championships in Scotland last March).

After falling to Manitoba this morning, the team regrouped and hit the ice again over the lunch hour. They just came off the ice from a game against Quebec, winning 6-4. Quebec conceded heading into the 10th end.

The British Columbia team is made up of Tardi (a Cloverdale skip who plays out of the Langley Curling Centre), Sterling Middleton (the third who hails from Fort. St. John, and curls out of New Westminster), Matthew Hall (second, who lives in Cloverdale but also plays out of the Langley rink), and Alex Horvath (the lead who plays out of Victoria). The coach is Tyler鈥檚 father, Paul. This is the first time, since the team鈥檚 inception, that Tyler鈥檚 older Brother, Jordan isn鈥檛 playing with the junior team. He aged out at the end of last season.

The championship pool continues tomorrow, when Team BC takes on Nova Scotia during another early morning game.

The semifinals are set for Saturday and the finals are on Sunday. The same games also will be streamed live in the U.S. onESPN3. for streaming and broadcast information.

The winning teams will represent Canada at the 2019World Junior Championships, running Feb. 16 to 23 , in Liverpool, N.S.

People can find all the scores and standings by linking to the scoreboard on the event website,at:.

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