Krista McCarville faced off against Team Dubinsky to open the Northern Ontario women's curling championship and came out victorious. Emma Artichuk and Laura Mann also skipped their teams to Wednesday wins.
One, as skip of the four-time defending champion Northern Ontario team, is to win her way back to the Scotties, set for Fort William Gardens next month.Her two worlds collided on Wednesday, when she and her team went up against Claire Dubinsky’s Northern Ontario U18 champion squad, a team that includes her daughter Bella throwing second stones.
Krista McCarville said she was glad the schedule makers got the game against Team Dubinsky out of the way. It’s one less thing to worry about as they try to defend their title against one of the top fields in recent memory. McCarville, lead Sarah Potts, second Ashley Sippala and third Andrea Kelly, we locked in a tight battle with Dubinsky, tied 1-1 through three ends. McCarville picked up a deuce in the fourth and hit the break up 3-2. She added two more in the in the sixth and put the game all but out of reach with three in the eighth.
“It was a really strong start. Honestly, it started with a good performance in practice. We made two really good draws to the button and all week we’ve just really been focusing on taking things step-by-step. That’s our philosophy for the week – don’t look ahead, just take everything one step at a time,” Artichuk said.
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