On April 11-13, 2025, Aksarben Curling hosted its Season Championship bonspiel at Baxter Arena. The event featured sixteen teams including the champions of our 12 fall and winter leagues, our top college league team, the 2023-2024 defending champs, and two wild card lottery teams.
Teams competed for the Katie Beck Championship Cup, our annual trophy honoring the legacy of Katie Beck, one of Aksarben Curling's most accomplished curlers. Read more about Katie Beck's legacy and curlers' memories of Katie Beck.
Teams played in 4-team groups that broke into semi-finals and finals. Participating teams included:
Group A
Freeze Agents (Fall Sunday 12pm champ)
Stone Cold FA (Winter Tuesday 8pm champ)
The Long Shots (Fall Sunday 2:15pm champ)
Dinosaur Means Stop (Wild Card)
Group B
Spice Curls (Winter Sunday 4:30pm champ)
One WorldRocks (Wild Card)
Stone Cold (Winter Sunday 2:15pm champ)
The Rajects (Winter Sunday 12pm champ)
Group C
Little Raise of Sunshine (Fall Tuesday 8pm champ)
Sweeping Death (Winter Sunday 6:45pm champ)
Buff N Stuff (Team Aksarben - Defending Champ)
The Ice Is Right (Winter Friday 7pm champ)
Group D
Sheets & Giggles (Fall Sunday 6:45pm champ)
Leave No Stone Unturned (Fall Sunday 4:30pm champ)
Love Hack—Sheet 52s (Fall Friday 7pm champ)
UNO Curling Club (College League champ)
Team Freeze Agents advanced out of Group A to play Spice Curls from Group B in the semi-finals, with Spice Curls defeating Freeze Agents to advance to the finals. Little Raise of Sunshine advanced from Group C to face Sheets & Giggles from Group D, with Little Raise of Sunshine besting Sheets & Giggles to reach the finals. In the Bronze match, Sheets & Giggles defeated Freeze Agents. In the Championship match, Spice Curls defeated Little Raise of Sunshine to secure the championship and Katie Beck Cup!
Congratulations to our season champions!
2024-2025 Season Champion
Spice Curls
John Cherek (skip), Elise Cherek (lead), Katie Ward (second), Jeff Cherek (vice)
2024-2025 Season Championship Runner-Up
Little Raise of Sunshine
Nic Swiercek (lead), Kaeli Samson (vice), Lisa Truesdell (skip), Matthew Truesdell (second)
2024-2025 Season Championship Third Place
Sheets & Giggles
Bill Cleary (vice), Brian Cotner (skip), Glenn Prince (third), Jay Johnson (lead)
2023-2024 Season Championship Fourth Place
Freeze Agents
Eric Newhouse (vice), Stacy Bliss (second), Tiffany Buge (lead), Erin Palmer (skip)
