WINNIPEG -- And then there was one.
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Alta., knocked off four-time Scotties Winner Jennifer Jones Monday night to
claim sole possession of first place at the Canadian Olympic curling trials. But
she says her young squad isnt going to drop that underdog moniker just yet. "We
still like to think we are," said Sweeting, who curls out of Edmonton with third
Joanne Courtney, 24, second Dana Ferguson, 26, and lead Rachelle Pidherny, 27.
"Yeah were 3-0 but theres lots of week left and we dont have a playoff spot or
anything like that yet." Sweeting was down three early but evened things up in
six and stole seven points en route to a convincing 9-6 win over Jones. Jones,
who entered the game in a tie for first with Sweeting, now sits in second at 2-1
along with fellow Winnipeg skip Chelsea Carey, who knocked off Ottawas Rachel
Homan 9-8. "We just missed a couple of bad shots and lost control of the game,"
said Jones, who is trying to claim the one prize that has eluded her team, the
right to represent Canada at the Olympics. "We battled back and won one today,
this morning and kind of let one slip away tonight but well come beck sharper
tomorrow." In the morning, Jones needed an extra end to finish off Middaugh.
Homan and the rest of the womens field sit at 1-2. Saskatoons Stefanie Lawton
picked up her first win 8-6 over Renee Sonnenberg of Grande Prairie, Alta., and
Edmontons Heather Nedohin also picked up her first win 6-3 over Sherry Middaugh
of Coldwater, Ont. Jones took an early 3-0 lead against Sweeting but got in
trouble in the fourth end and then was heavy on a draw letting Sweeting to steal
a crushing four in the seventh end. On the mens side, Jeff Stoughton made a
great shot to tie their game but it wasnt enough as Kevin Martin extended his
winning streak to two games. That puts Stoughton in a must-win situation for the
rest of the tournament. "Wasnt that something... youre just never safe," Martin
said of Stoughtons shot, minutes after the Edmonton skips single in the 10th
made it 6-5. "We had to make it a tough double and of course he made an
incredible double and made it a close game." Brad Jacobs and John Morris also
stayed undefeated. Morris, Martins former third, is curling with B.C.s Jim
Cotter and he beat Calgarys Kevin Koe 6-4 and Jacobs, out of Sault Ste Marie,
Ont., downed Winnipegs Mike McEwan 7-5. Glenn Howard, out of Coldwater, also
beat fellow Ontario skip John Epping of Toronto 9-5, which left both at 1-1. The
almost 6,000 at the MTS Centre had lots to cheer about as Stoughton made a
difficult double off one of Martins stones to score three in the ninth. He
missed another, perhaps even more difficult, multiple takeout in the sixth that
could have given him four but he had to settle for one. Stoughton knows he has
no more room left to lose another game, with all agreeing a record of 5-2 is
probably a must to make the playoffs. "I would think so. Its not where we wanted
to be after two games," he said. "Weve played worse and won." He has already
said this will be the last time he tries to win a spot on the Olympic team.
"Theres five games left . . Were not out of this by any means." Martin agreed
that losing more than two looks like elimination. "Five and two is safe, four
and three I dont think ever has been." Jacobs was enjoying the moment as well.
"Its a seven-game round robin so every win is huge. You feel great to be at 2-0.
You wouldnt want to be 0-2," he said. The Manitoba Curling Association and the
province also announced Monday that curling is joining the CFLs Winnipeg Blue
Bombers and NHLs Jets with a specialty license plate of its own, and part of the
proceeds will go to the associations Curling for Life Endowment Fund.
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