Ontario skip Rachel Homan delivers a stone during a 6-4 extra-ends win over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones in the 1-2 Page playoff at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary on Saturday.
Rachel Homan booked an express ticket to the Canadian women's curling championship final with an extra-end 6-4 win over Jennifer Jones in an intense playoff game Saturday night.Ontario skip Rachel Homan delivers a stone during a 6-4 extra-ends win over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones in the 1-2 Page playoff at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary on Saturday.
Homan beat Jones to the pin with a draw in the 10th that brought people to their feet in the WinSport Event Centre and forced an extra end.The urgency in the skips' voices throughout the game and Homan's shouting triumphantly "that was unreal" to her teammates upon winning reflected the competitiveness of the two teams in what was a non-elimination game.
Homan, third Tracy Fleury and the front end of Emma Miskew and Wilkes remained unbeaten in Calgary with the win over Jones. "I just missed my last shot," she said. "Both teams played well. I thought it was a great game. It was fun to be out there. Hopefully we'll come out and play like that tomorrow."The six-time champion has said she'll retire from team curling at the end of this season. Jones, 49, can still become the first woman to win seven championships before she's done.
"I hope, but we put this team together knowing this was a building year, so I'm happy we're moving forward right now," Cameron said.'It sucks that I didn't have a good game'Three of the four Albertans, including Sturmay, made their Hearts debuts in Calgary.
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