Carruthers outlasts McDonald to advance to Viterra final

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STONEWALL — The Manitoba men’s curling provincials semi-final went down to the wire.

Brad Jacobs, the skip of Team Reid Carruthers, had to make a tricky double takeout on his final rock to score three and defeat Assiniboine’s Jordon McDonald 10-7.

With the win, Carruthers advances to the 2:30 p.m. final against Fort Rouge’s Braden Calvert with a chance to wear the Buffalo jackets at the Brier on the line.

“Yeah, that was a battle,” said Jacobs. “Those kids played really well. I had no idea they had that in them. Kudos to them, that’s a hell of a team.”

McDonald, 20, went 6-2 this week with both of his losses coming against tournament No. 1 seed Carruthers.

“I’m super proud of the boys for how the week went. It’s super disappointing the way we lost there, but I thought we gave it the best we could. To make them throw their last rock, and not an easy shot either, I’m super proud of that,” said McDonald.

McDonald, third Dallas Burgess, second Elias Huminicki, and lead Cameron Olafson are a junior team and will be the favourite at the Manitoba’s under-21 championship in Carman later this month (Feb. 21-25).

“This puts our confidence through the roof. We know we can play with some of the best teams in the world now. If we just keep playing like that, we’ll be super confidence and hopefully it gives us success moving forward,” said McDonald.

McDonald is the reigning provincial junior champion and won bronze at last year’s under-21 nationals.

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“They do everything that I would say a world class junior team does,” said Jacobs.

“They made it really tough on us. That team, I would say, is playing beyond their years.”

Calvert is undefeated in Stonewall and beat Carruthers 8-7 Saturday night in the 1 vs. 2 Page playoff game.

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