The 1988 Veterans’ Champions were “Chubb” Naylor, Jim Hensel, Dick Olson and Charlie Naylor and 1988 Senior's Champions included Jack Israelson, Marv Roxstrom, Roger Pfannenstein and Noel Vanasse. In 1989 the team of Mark Haluptzok, Dan Haluptzok, Pete Fenson and Bob Fenson competed in the European Challenge for the right to represent the US in Switzerland. They finished second to Steve Brown of Wisconsin in an extra end playoff game. Junior curling has grown tremendously in our club in recent years, thanks to many parents and curlers who have been interested in promoting it. Our Sunday night junior league now has 50 to 70 participants. In 1989 the Bemidji Curling Club hosted the Minnesota Jr. Curling Championships with the Jr. Ladies’ team of Kari Liapis, Stacey Liapis, Heidi Rollheiser and Bobbie Breyen finishing first. They went on to place second in Duluth at the National Championship. In 1990 the team repeated as state champions in a four team playoff in Eveleth and went on to win the National in Chicago. At the World Championships in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, they finished sixth. The Jr. Men's’ team from Bemidji also won the State Championship in Eveleth in a ten teem playoff and competed at the Jr. Nationals in Chicago, finishing third. The team consisted of Eric Fenson, Steve Jytyla, Kevin Bergstrom and Ted McCann. The 1990s have continued as a decade of success for Bemidji rinks. The Junior Men's’ team of Eric Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Kevin Bergstrom and Ted McCann claimed the national title both in 1991 and 1992. The year of 1992 also saw the Junior team of Erika Brown, Kari Liapis, Stacey Liapis, Bobbie Breyen and Debbie Henry claim the national crown, while Andy Borland, Liz Johnson, Tim Johnson and Jean Borland captured the National Mixed Championship. A pair of national titles were earned in 1993. The Junior Women's’ team of Erika Brown, Kari Liapis, Stacey Liapis and Debbie Henry successfully defended their title. The same year, the rink of Scott Baird, Pete Fenson, Mark Haluptzok and Tim Johnson ascended to the top of the US men's curling world and returned to successfully defend the title in 1994.