'What's next?' Riders' Armstead focused on showdown with Ottawa
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"I have a 'What's next?' mentality," said Ryquell Armstead, who faces his former team on Saturday.
Ontario’s Rachel Homan is headed to the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The three-time Canadian women’s curling champion finished first in the championship pool at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary to clinch her spot in Sunday’s final.
She’ll face the winner of Sunday’s semifinal.
That afternoon contest will pit Kerri Einarson’s Team Canada against the winner of Sunday morning’s tiebreaker between Alberta’s Laura Walker and Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones.
Homan and Einarson finished tied after championship pool action with 10-2 records, but Homan earned first place due to her victory over Einarson in the round-robin portion of the tournament.
Walker and Jones tied for third with 9-3 records, setting up the tiebreaker.
Beth Peterson’s Wild Card 3 team placed fifth with a 7-5 record, with Saskatchewan’s Sherry Anderson, Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges and the Chelsea Carey-skipped Wild Card 1 entry tied for sixth at 6-6.
Anderson had a 6-2 record entering the championship pool, but lost all four of her games in that round.
After losses Friday to Einarson and Peterson, the Saskatchewan representatives fell 9-4 to Walker and 7-2 to Homan in Saturday’s draws.
The loss to Walker in the afternoon draw eliminated the Saskatoon Nutana team from playoff contention.