Defending champion Rachel Homan carried an unbeaten record into the Scotties Tournament of Hearts playoffs, while Alberta and B.C. locked in their playoff seedings Thursday.
Defending champion Rachel Homan capped Pool A play with an 8-0 record after an 8-4 win over Alberta's Selena Sturmay at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Thursday. Alberta's Kayla Skrlik and B.C.'s Corryn Brown both finished 6-2 with Skrlik ranked higher because of a win over Brown in the preliminary round.
Pool B's playoff picture was still muddy heading into the evening draw with Manitoba's Kerri Einarson, Ontario's Danielle Inglis, Nova Scotia's Christina Black and Quebec Laurie's St-Georges the front-runners.Sunday's winner at the Fort William Gardens represents Canada at the world championship March 15-23 in Uijeongbu, South Korea, and earns $100,000 in prize money.
The losers take on the third seed in the opposite pool with those victors advancing to the Page playoff between the third and fourth seeds. "I think this is our 79th or 80th game of the season, so we've played a lot," said Skrlik. "It's been very, very beneficial this year, with Margot being new in the lineup, Ashton being in a new position, and Geri-Lyn being in a new position.
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