Manitoba skip secures spot in finals
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The Mike McEwen train just kept on rolling through the Masters Grand Slam of Curling on Saturday, as the Manitoban skip secured his berth in the final.
The Fort Rouge Curling Club foursome steamrolled reigning Olympic champion Brad Jacobs’ Sault Ste. Marie rink, cruising to a 7-2 win after just five ends. And what a way to win it — although a McEwen miss handed Jacobs a steal of one in the first end, the skip rebounded big. Holding the hammer in the second, McEwen threw a slick double-takeout to score four and vault into a 4-1 lead.
Jacobs just couldn’t get much going in response. He settled for another single in the third, while McEwen scored three more in the fourth end. After McEwen cleared out the house in five, the Jacobs foursome offered up handshakes.
Now, McEwen, third B.J. Neufeld, second Matt Wozniak and lead Denni Neufeld will prepare to face Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue in the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final, which is set for 2 p.m. on Sunday at Selkirk Recreation Complex. The game will be broadcast on Sportsnet.
Team McEwen won the Masters once before, back in 2010. They’ve been almost unbeatable this season, dropping just two games in 34.
Though three Manitoban teams started the Masters, only one will finish it out. Jennifer Jones fell 5-4 in the Saturday night semifinal to Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson, who will now take on Edmonton’s Val Sweeting in the 10 a.m. Sunday morning final. Sweeting eked past two-time defending Canadian champion Rachel Homan 4-3 in an extra end.
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