Stefanie Lawton held on for the 6-3 win over Michelle Englot to capture the 2015 Saskatchewan Tournament of Hearts championship Sunday in Assinboia, Sask.
Lawton opened the scoring with a single in the first. Englot blanked the second and tied it 1-1 with a point in the third.
Team Lawton scored a deuce in the fourth to pull ahead 3-1 and never relinquished the lead. Englot got one in the fifth and the two rinks traded singles through seven and eight. Lawton added a single in nine and stole one in the final end to claim her fourth career provincial championship.
B.C.
Patti Knezevic of Prince George capped an undefeated run at the B.C. Scotties with a 4-3 win in the extra end against Sarah Wark to capture her first career provincial championship in Maple Ridge, B.C.
Wark trailed by one in the ninth and blanked the end to hold the hammer in the 10th. Knezevic, a two-time runner-up at the event, made a mistake with her final shot and gave Wark a chance to win with an open draw to get two, However, Wark’s shooter rolled heavy and she settled for just the tying point.
Knezevic held shot stone after her first skip throw and Wark’s final rock in the extra end wrecked on a guard.
The Victoria native Wark stole points in the eighth and 10th ends to upset six-time provincial champion Kelly Scott 7-6 in the semifinal.
ALBERTA
Val Sweeting successfully defended the Alberta Scotties championship with a 9-7 win over Chelsea Carey in the provincial final Sunday in Lacombe, Alta.
Sweeting held the hammer coming home, led by one and made no mistake sending her final stone into the four-foot circle to get shot rock and clinch the title.
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MANITOBA
Reigning Olympic champion Jennifer Jones ran Kerri Einarson out of rocks in the 10th end and captured her seventh career Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts title with a 5-2 win Sunday in Winkler, Man.
The Winnipeg team of Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn McEwen stayed golden throughout the tournament finishing on top of the Asham Group in the round-robin stage with an undefeated 7-0 record and beating Einarson 9-6 Saturday night in the page playoff 1-vs-1 game.
Einarson, who went 7-0 in the Extreme Force Group, held off Barb Spencer 5-3 in the semifinal earlier in the day to set up the rematch.
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ONTARIO
Julie Hastings defeated Sherry Middaugh 9-5 to capture the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts championship Sunday in Penetanguishene, Ont.
It’s the first provincial championship for the Thornhill-based team of Hastings, her twin sister Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith and Katrina Collins, who have played together since 1994.
Team Hastings qualified for the Ontario Scotties out of the last-chance Challenge Round but went on a roll and topped the round robin with an 8-1 record, sustaining their lone loss to Team Middaugh before getting revenge in the page playoff 1-vs-2 game.
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NOVA SCOTIA
Two-time world champion Mary-Anne Arsenault scored three in the final end to lift her team to a 7-5 victory over Theresa Breen and win the Nova Scotia Scotties title in Dartmouth, N.S.
Breen blanked the first two ends and earned a deuce in three to open the scoring. Arsenault countered with a pair in five and Breen replied scoring another two in six to go up 4-2.
Arsenault settled for one in the seventh and stole a point in the eighth to tie it. Breen got a single in the ninth to pull back into the lead 4-3 but gave up the hammer coming home.
2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts teams |
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| Canada | Rachel Homan |
| B.C. | Patti Knezevic |
| Alberta | Val Sweeting |
| Saskatchewan | Stefanie Lawton |
| Manitoba | Jennifer Jones |
| Ontario | Julie Hastings |
| Quebec | Lauren Mann |
| New Brunswick | TBD |
| Nova Scotia | Mary-Anne Arsenault |
| P.E.I. | TBD |
| Newfoundland & Labrador | Heather Strong |
Relegation Round |
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| Yukon | Sarah Koltun |
| Northwest Territories | Kerry Galusha |
| Northern Ontario | Tracy Horgan |
