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How the sports briefing appeared in the BG News 3/19 edition:

BG curlers compete in national tourney
ST. Paul, Minn. -- A group of Bowling Green State University students competed in the College Curling National Tournament last weekend.
The team was one of 25 participating teams from colleges across the nation.
The Falcon squad, comprised of students Matt Sussman, Matt Cary and Nichole Rominski, lost all three matches to teams from Michigan State, Weber State and Marquette.
Last month the same team, which also included University student Cullen Gatten, who was unable to make the trip to St. Paul, took third place out of seven teams in the Great Lakes College Curling Regional tournament held in Detroit.

This was the cleaned up version of the story. Now for the real story.

Castle, casino, bad luck highlight trip curlers' trip to Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- After spending the night in a hotel-shaped castle and gambling in an Indian casino, the BGSU curling team lost three games in the College Curling National Tournament last weekend.
In the first game against Michigan State, BG stole a point in the first end, and Michigan State's skip threw a last-rock double takeout in the 2nd end to score 4 points.
From that point, it got ugly.
State went on to steal four straight ends of 2, 3, 2 and 1 points. BGSU skip Matt Sussman wept that night in his sleep.
"I hate my life," Sussman was heard mumbling.
The next morning, BGSU lost to Weber State 10-2, and to Marquette 11-6.
After their third straight loss, Sussman vowed to avenge all losses via a shooting spree, which "could happen at any time," a spokesperson for Sussman said in a statement.
"Watch out," the spokesperson added.
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