Team Johnston stole two in the eighth to knock off Kory Carr's foursome 8-6 on Sunday at the Kakabeka Falls Curling Club.
KAKABEKA FALLS – Dylan Johnston never led the Northern Ontario Mixed Curling Championship finale until the last rock was thrown.
Johnston was sitting shot stone and Carr’s only chance was to throw as much weight as he could muster and hope to untangle a trio of stones surrounding the button, two of them belonging to Johnston.Johnston was left with a steal of two and will represent Northern Ontario next November at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in St. Catharines, Ont., the top-seeded team pulling out an improbable 8-6 wins, scoring deuces in the final two ends to secure the triumph.
Johnston put a little extra weight on his shot and somehow kicked both of Carr’s stones out of harm’s way, his shooter stopping in the rings to score three, tying the match 4-4.
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