By Jeff D'Andrea

B.C. wins and is in the junior national curling semifinals

Jan 25, 2019 | 4:00 PM

It took a tiebreaker, but now the playoffs have been set for the 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Prince Albert.

British Columbia’s Sarah Daniels beat Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges 8-6 in the tiebreaker match earlier Friday at the Art Hauser Centre to advance to the semifinals. On her last rock, Daniels performed a clean hit for two to win the match in 10 ends.

Daniels turned the game around in the seventh end. Down 4-2, Daniels’ successful double-takeout gave B.C. a huge four-ender. St-Georges was able to tie it up in the eighth with two points of her own, but Daniels blanked the ninth end before scoring two in the 10^th.

B.C.’s win puts them in the semifinals matchup against defending world champion Kaitlyn Jones and Team Nova Scotia. That’s slated for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre.

The winner of that matchup will play the undefeated Alberta in the gold medal match.

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There was no tiebreaker needed on the men’s side. Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter will play Manitoba’s J.T. Ryan at 7 p.m. at the Art Hauser Centre in the semifinals. It will be a rematch of sorts, as Ryan defeated Kleiter 10-4 on Friday afternoon.

The winner of that will take on the 9-1 Tyler Tardi and Team B.C. Tardi has won the last two national championships, as well as last year’s world junior title.

Jeff.dandrea@jpbg.ca

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