Top seeds win at Scotties

By: Paul Wiecek Posted: 11:28 AM CST Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE -- Top seed Jennifer Jones, fourth seed Barb Spencer and sixth seed Jill Thurston all improved to 3-0 here at the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts Thursday morning.

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PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE -- Top seed Jennifer Jones, fourth seed Barb Spencer and sixth seed Jill Thurston all improved to 3-0 here at the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts Thursday morning.

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PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE — Top seed Jennifer Jones, fourth seed Barb Spencer and sixth seed Jill Thurston all improved to 3-0 here at the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts Thursday morning.

Jones hammered Lori Forbes of the The Pas 10-0, Spencer defeated Stonewall’s Kelsey Boettcher 8-4 and Thurston thumped Brandon’s Kelsey Russill 12-3. In the only other game this morning, eighth seed Darcy Robertson improved to 2-1 with a 9-2 win over Terry Ursel of Plumas.

With the 10-0 shellacking at the hands of Jones, the Forbes foursome has now been outscored 33-1 in their first three games this week.

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Skip Janet Harvey throws during play Thursday afternoon against team Lisa Deriviere at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Portage la Prairie. — Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg Free Press Skip Janet Harvey throws during play Thursday afternoon against team Lisa Deriviere at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Portage la Prairie.

The Scotties continues on the 12:15 p.m. draw when third seed Chelsea Carey plays Kim Link of East St. Paul, second seed Cathy Overton-Clapham plays Lisa Menard of Dauphin, fifth seed Janet Harvey plays Lisa DeRiviere of Miami and seventh seed Michelle Montford plays Brandon’s Liza Park.