Sarah Wilkes has been dreaming about winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts since she was six years old. Two decades later, that dream became a reality. JonathanBrazeau has the story:
The new Team Carey had a delayed start together as Brown missed the first part of the season after giving birth to her first child, Finn, in October. Heather Rogers and Breanne Knapp filled in as spares until Brown was back in the lineup only two months later. Even then when the season started, Ferguson held the broom in the house during skip stones while Wilkes swept the final rocks.
Although Carey opened the Scotties final with the hammer, Homan struck the scoreboard first picking up back-to-back single steals to lead 2-0 after two ends. Carey was forced to a lone point in three and Homan cracked the game open with a three-ender in the fourth to make it a 5-1 hold. Wilkes and Carey stood at the back of the house accepting that fate was out of their hands. They were stunned, much like the 3,484 fans in attendance, as Homan was short again. Brown and Ferguson tossed their brooms high in the sky to kick off the celebration.
Perseverance and plugging away were the keys throughout the week and that was no different in the final as the game perfectly summed up not only how their Scotties Tournament of Hearts went but their season as a whole, too.
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