SCOTTIES DRAW 13: Harvey 1st, Thurston 2nd

Wednesday Jan 06 2010

Although she was not the morning’s opponent, former champion Janet Harvey (Assiniboine Memorial) has ended the dream for Lisa Blixhavn (Brandon) and Chlesea Carey (Morden) at this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Killarney. Harvey scored a four on the 5th end to jump out to an 8-2 lead against previously undefeated Jill Thurston (Deer Lodge), then held on to lead 9-8 coming home.

Harvey didn’t have to throw her final rock on the home end as Thurston missed a tricky three-rock combination that might have left her lying three. The miss left a Harvey counter on the button.

Blixhavn and Carey played a game that could have had playoff implications. Carey hammered the Brandon team – scoring two threes and a four in the first five ends to make the final score 10-4 after five.

So Harvey and Thurston finish 6-1 with Harvey in first place thanks to the win this morning. Carey and Blixhavn finish 5-2.

In the other games, Kari Goethe (Swan River) defeated Karen Rosser (Springfield) 6-2 and Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge) beat Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge) 10-8.

GROUP STANDINGS (Link here to a Team Personnel List) 
6-1 Janet Harvey (Assiniboine Memorial)               
6-1 Jill Thurston (Deer Lodge)        
5-2 Lisa Blixhavn (Brandon)          
5-2 Chelsea Carey (Morden)  
2-5 Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge)           
2-5 Kari Goethe (Swan RIver)  
1-6 Karen Rosser (Springfield)  
1-6 Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge) 

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SCOTTIES DRAW 11:  Extra End Win Gives Thurston A 6-0 Record - Jill Thurston and her Deer Lodge team are now the only unbeaten team in their competition group after an extra end 7-6 victory on the late afternoon draw in Killarney over Lisa Blixhavn and her Brandon team. The win came when Blixhavn was unable to complete a triple takeout with her final stone – just to force Thurston to draw for the win. So Thurston is at 6-0 while Blixhavn drops to 5-1.

The game involved one of the best comebacks of the week. On the seventh end, Blixhavn was light on a draw, then rubbed with her last rock, leaving Thurston a draw for four and a 6-2 lead. The Brandon team fought back, scoring two, then stealing one on the ninth and one on the tenth to tie. But Thurston didn`t let them play the kind of end they had on the tenth, controlled the play and won the game without needing their final stone.

With the win, Thurston is in the driver`s seat. She has a perfect 6-0 record. However she plays Janet Harvey tomorrow morning and the result of that game plus Blixhavn`s game with Chelsea Carey will determine first place.

After winning her first four games, Carey lost a pair today to drop back to 4-2 and she now has to hope for some help tomorrow morning if she is to make the playoffs. On the late afternoon draw, Janet Harvey bounced back from her morning loss to Blixhavn and controlled her game with Carey most of the way after scoring a two on the first end. A three on the ninth ended it at 8-4. Harvey is at 5-1, tied in the standings with Blixhavn.

In the other two games, Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge) needed a last rock takeout for an 8-6 win over  Kari Goethe (Swan River) and Karen Rosser (Springfield) stole three on the ninth to end a 9-4 game with Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge) .

PLAYOFF SCENARIOS: In the final round Saturday morning, Thurston plays Harvey and Blixhavn plays Carey. Wins by Thurston and Blixhavn will give them 1st and 2nd respectively. A Harvey win and Blixhavn win creates a three-way tie for first. A Carey win and a Thurston win creates a three-way tie for second.

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SCOTTIES DRAW 9:  Thurston, Blixhavn First to 5-0 - This is the day when the teams start sorting out the playoff positions – the top four teams in each group play each other over the two draw today and one tomorrow. If you’re undefeated, you have to win at least two of the three, if you are 3-1, you probably have to win all three.    

Unbeaten Janet Harvey and Lisa Blixhavn put on a great show this morning. In that match, a 4 on the seventh gave Harvey what could have been a winning lead but to their credit the Brandon team came right back with a three.The game was tied 9-9 coming home, Blixhavn drew the button with her final rock to win it 10-9. On the 4pm draw, Blixhavn puts her now 5-0 record on the line against Thurston who defeated Chelsea Carey 7-4 this morning to stay perfect as well.

In the games between the winless  teams, Kari Goethe (8-2 over Linda Stewart) and Shauna Striech (9-3 over Karen Rosser) got their first wins.

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SCOTTIES DRAW 8:  Harvey, Carey, Thurston, Blixhavn All 4-0 - Janet Harvey (Assiniboine Memorial), the #2 seed in the competition, went to an extra end tonight at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Killarney. Karen Klein, throwing fourth for the Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge) team which was being skipped by 5th Ainsley Champagne, made a perfect draw with her first rock on the tenth to set up a score but could not make the draw to the edge of the four foot for the two she needed to win. On the extra end, Harvey drew the four foot with her last rock for a 9-8 win. Harvey stays perfect at 4-0.

The other three top seeds in the group also improved to 4-0. Jill Thurston (Deer Lodge) beat Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge)  7-3,  Chelsea Carey (Morden) defeated Kari Goethe (Swan River) 10-4 and tied 6-6 coming home, Lisa Blixhavn (Brandon) made a last rock takeout for two to defeat Karen Rosser (Springfield) 8-6    

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SCOTTIES DRAW 6:  Four More Still Perfect - The four unbeaten teams stayed perfect on the noon draw at the Scotties Tournament  of Hearts in Killarney. Janet Harvey, Chelsea Carey, Jill Thurston and Brandon's Lisa Blixhavn all improved their records to 3 wins in three starts. Harvey (Assiniboine Memorial) defeated Kari Goethe (Swan River) 8-3,  Carey (Morden) scored a 5 on the fifth and 4 more on the eighth end in beating Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge) 10-4, and Jill Thurston (Deer Lodge) stole seven points over four ends, including a four on the fourth end in defeating Karen Rosser (Springfield) 8-4. Rosser opened that game with a three but be never scored again until she took a game ending single on the eighth. Brandon's Lisa Blixhavn stayed perfect, controlling the game all the way in a 9-5 win over Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge).

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SCOTTIES DRAW 4:  Four More Stay Perfect on Day One - All four games on the late draw Wednesday were shortened by teams`abilty to score the big end. The four top seeded teams in the group all won to stay perfect at 2-0 after Day One at Killarney. Lisa Blixhavn and her Brandon team were the first winning team off the ice tonight in Killarney.  After a tough extra end win in their opening game, the Brandon Curling Club foursome won a five end game in which they scored a pair of four enders against Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge) in an 11-1 victory.

One sheet over, Jill Thurston (Deer Lodge) also scored a pair of fours in an 11-4 victory over Kari Goethe (Swan River). In another runaway game, Chelsea Carey (Morden) held a 7-1 lead at the five end break and scored a deuce on the sixth to end the game 9-1.

And a stolen four on the third end gave Janet Harvey (Assiniboine Memorial) a 6-0 lead and four more on the seventh ended the game 12-4 as Harvey defeated  Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge).

In this competition group, all four seeded teams - Janet Harvey, Chelsea Carey, Jill Thurston and Lisa Blixhavn finished the day at 2-0.

In the other group, Barb Spencer (Fort Rouge),  Karen Fallis (Wildewood) and Joelle Brown (Fort Rouge) are 2-0 after the first day of the championship.

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SCOTTIES DRAW 2: Where the morning draw at the Killarney Scotties Tournament of Hearts had only one close game – this afternoon’s draw had one blowout and three excellent matches, including a pair of extra ends. In the one short game, #2 seed – former champion Janet Harvey (Assiniboine Memorial) was a 9-1 7-end winner over another former champion, Karen Rosser (Springfield).

Shauna Streich (Fort Rouge) trailed Jill Thurston (Deer Lodge) 4-3 coming home and had to draw to the button with her last rock to tie – but Streich was just heavy enough to slide to the back of the four foot and Thurston won that one 5-3.

#3 seed Chelsea Carey (Morden) scored a deuce on the ninth to pull within a point , then built a wall that Linda Stewart (Fort Rouge) couldn’t get past on the tenth to steal a point for the tie.  The extra end also went Carey way. With a rock biting the back of the button, Carey played a guard with her last, forcing Stewart to play a difficult rub and roll off a rock at the dge of the four foot. Her final shot didn’t curl up quite enough and Carey had her second consecutive steal and a 6-5 victory.

Lisa Blixhavn (Brandon) also had to go an extra end when she flashed a hit for the win on the tenth end but Blixhavn didn’t have to throw her last rock on the 11th as Kari Goethe (Swan River) was unable to outdraw the Blixhavn counter in a 7-6 win for the Brandon foursome.

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