PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — And then there were two.
Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and John Morris of Vernon, B.C., will duke it out for the Princess Auto Elite 10 championship.
Jacobs scored a 3-and-2 win over Calgary’s Kevin Koe and Morris took down Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers 4-and-2 in Saturday’s semifinals.
Watch the Princess Auto Elite 10 final between Jacobs and Morris live Sunday on Sportsnet and stream online at Sportsnet NOW at 11 a.m. AT.
After Koe stole the first — Jacobs needed a couple raises to push but didn’t quite get it — his last in the second crashed on a guard with Jacobs already sitting two prior to his last. After a push in three, Jacobs scored again in four and once more didn’t have to throw his final rock as Koe was unable to get first or second shot. Koe gave up a steal in five as his last came up light.
Jacobs stole again in six to bring out handshakes.
Meanwhile, Carruthers looked to make an across-the-face raise double to take the first end, but missed the second counter to give up a steal, and he was a hair light on a draw in the second to concede another.
A great double raise takeout gave Carruthers the third end. Morris reestablished the two-end advantage as fourth Jim Cotter caught enough of Carruthers’s counter to take it out and sit two. Carruthers looked to make a double in five to win the end, but didn’t curl enough and just grazed to hand a point to Morris.
With Carruthers in the danger zone in six and needing to win out, another steal ended his run.