By Greg Higgins

Finals will see Gushue vs Edin; Sheidegger vs Tirinzoni

Jan 7, 2017 | 10:02 PM

It seemed the unstoppable force met with the immovable object as the score was 0-0 through three between Ontario’s Brad Jacobs and Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue in a semi-final contest at the Meridian Canadian Open. Something had to give and it finally did in the fourth, as Jacobs missed a hit and roll with his hammer and Gushue stole two. In clear frustration, Jacobs slammed his broom to the ground multiple times.

Not satisfied with one point on his hammer, Jacobs decided to go to take zero’s in the fifth an try to tie the game or take a lead in the sixth. Gushue stole another point and finished off the game 4-0 in the seventh without ever having the hammer.

Gushue humbly said he was as surprised as anyone they pulled off the shutout.

“It was different. I haven’t had many games where I haven’t had the hammer but usually it is a good thing,” Gushue said. “They [Jacobs] came out and they were making everything for the first three ends. It was tough for us to generate any offense and then finally in the fourth we got a mistake out of them and we were able to steal two.”

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In the other semi-final contest, it was as back and forth as it could be between Sweden’s Niklas Edin and B.C.’s John Morris. Tied 1-1 after two ends, Edin managed to score two in the third and Morris answered right back with three points of his own to take a 4-3 win into the fifth. Edin caught fire and never looked backed scoring four points in the final three ends to take the game 4-7.

Edin will face Gushue for all the glory in the men’s final at 11 a.m. Sunday morning.

On the women’s side of the semi-final contests, Casey Sheidegger continued her great run, scoring three in the second end of her matchup in the battle of Alberta against Val Sweeting. Sheidegger followed it up with a two point third to take a commanding 5-0 lead into the fourth. After a one point steal in the fourth end, the game was Sheidegger’s from there, winning 7-3. After zeros in the fifth end, Edin hit back with two of his own to take a one point lead.

It was Steady as she goes for Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in the women’s other semi-final contest. She slowly compiled a 4-1 lead by the fourth, but Hasselborg of Sweden made it game, scoring two in the fifth end. Tirinozi answered back with three in the sixth and that was all she wrote. The Swiss team won 7-4 and will now try to stop Sheidegger’s Cinderella story from coming to fruition at 3 p.m. Sunday in the finals.

Greg Higgins is a reporter with battlefordsNOW.com. He can be reached at greg.higgins@jpbg.ca.

by Greg Higgins

Finals will see Gushue vs Edin; Sheidegger vs Tirinzoni

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