Dennis Graber's Prince George Golf and Curling Club rink is in the driver's seat at the Tim Hortons B.C. Senior Men's Curling Championship.
With the final draw of round robin scheduled for this afternoon in Kelowna, Graber leads the eight-team field with a 5-1 record. If he beats Ken McHargue of Sparwood, he'll clinch first place and a bye to Sunday's final. McHargue takes a 2-4 record into today's game.
On Friday night, Graber defeated Sparwood's Ralph Will 5-3. The key end for Graber was the seventh, when he stole a single point and moved into a 4-2 advantage.
Earlier Friday, Graber dumped New Westminster's Doug Meger 8-3 in eight ends. The P.G. skip broke the game open with three points in the fourth end and a steal of one in the fifth.
On Thursday, Graber stole two points in the 10th end to beat Brian Gessner of New Westminster 6-5. In Graber's second game on Thursday, he scored a 6-3 comeback victory against Kelowna's Rob Koffski. Graber trailed 3-2 after eight ends but picked up a deuce in the ninth and stole two more points in the 10th.
Graber started provincials with a 9-8 Wednesday win against Wayne Harris of Comox. Later that day, Graber fell 5-4 to Richmond's Ken Watson.
The other members of Graber's rink are third Brian Windsor, second Garnet Boese and lead David Johnston.
The B.C. champion will advance to nationals, March 17-25 in Abbotsford.
