SIOUX FALLS — The dawn of a new era for USA Curling materialized Sunday night at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.

For the first time in two decades, John Shuster was unable to claim gold at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Curling. Instead, it was 24-year-old upstart Daniel Casper and his rink who played spoiler.

Team Casper secured four of the final five points in the decisive third match of the men’s team final, securing a stunning 7-5 victory over the veteran Team Shuster squad.

“It’s amazing, pretty crazy,” said Casper, who hails from Briarcliff Manor, New York. “It’s kind of what you dream of is winning the Olympic trials for years and years, and all of the work we’ve been putting in for however long leads to a week like this. At the same time, there’s still a lot of work to get t

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