As much as viewers love a finesse shot in curling, they also love it when a team goes after its opponent and “moves some granite.”

There’s the crack as two or three or four stones collide, and rocks flash across the ice.

(Here’s an amazing shot from late last year at the Masters Grand Slam – triple raise takeout!)

You can catch the action in person Friday, Saturday and Sunday at The Broadmoor World Arena Ice Hall as 24 teams from across the continent compete at the Broadmoor Curling Club’s 10th annual High Altitude Bonspiel. Games will be played all day, with the finals at 2 p.m. Sunday.

(I apologize: This blog didn’t update like I thought it would. NOW, here’s the schedule for the bonspiel, or curling tournament.)

FRIDAY GAMES

9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY GAMES

7 a.m., 9:15 am., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

SUNDAY GAMES

8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. – the finals.

And don’t forget your cowbell!

Air Academy scored twice in the final 53 seconds to rally to beat Rampart 13-12 at the K-Dome on Wednesday. The Rams scored five consecutive goals to grab a 12-11 lead with less than five minutes to play. But Taylor Christensen scored with three seconds left to give the Kadets the win. Image from a video by Scott Kaniewski, The Gazette.

Colorado Springs resident Jerry Van Brunt delivers a rock with his team, Eight End, which includes his daughter Lauren, left, and Brett Gleeson, both Colorado Springs residents. Jerry Van Brunt represented the USA at the Men’s Curling World Championships in 1983.