National Final Live: McEwen faces Jacobs

Who will win the Pinty's GSOC National: Mike McEwen or Brad Jacobs? (Photos: Anil Mungal).

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Brad Jacobs looks to win his first career Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title in his hometown but will have to go through Mike McEwen, who has been on fire all year long, in the National final Sunday.

McEwen has grabbed a 4-2 lead with a single in the fifth and a steal of one in the seventh. Jacobs went big to attempt to score a deuce in the seventh but nudged McEwen’s shot rock closer to the pin.

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McEwen attempted an angle raise takeout to score two in the first but missed and gave up one. He then looked to score three in the second but couldn’t push Jacobs’ rock out far enough and was forced to take one to tie it 1-1. Jacobs attempted to knock out McEwen’s shot rock on the button but couldn’t get it to roll far enough.

Jacobs settled for one in the fourth to knot it up again. McEwen tried to blank the fifth with a runback but couldn’t get the rock to roll out and took one.

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