Cannon, competing in his first Seniors, followed up his win Thursday over defending champion Ted MacFadyen of Charlottetown by doubling Silver Fox clubmate Louis Walsh by an 8-4 score.
Defending Labatt Tankard men’s champion Peter Gallant is also making his Seniors debut, and recorded a 10-6 win over Clair Sweet of O’Leary to move to 2-0.
Cannon and Gallant face off Saturday at 3.
Meanwhile, Mel Bernard of Summerside stole a deuce and a triple in the fourth and fifth ends to defeat Rupert Sweetapple from the host Cornwall club by an 8-2 score The final undefeated team is skipped by Charlottetown’s Matt Smith, who downed Summerside’s Dave MacFadyen rink 11-1, taking four points in the second and the third ends, and ending the game at half time with another triple.Bernard and Smith will meet Saturday night at 7:30. The winners of the Cannon/Gallant and Bernard/Smith games face off in the A section final, Sunday at 11:30 am.
Defending champion Ted MacFadyen is still very much alive in the event, beating Cornwall’s John DeLuca 9-4 on Friday morning. The B section final in this double-knockout competition goes Monday morning at 10. If the same team wins A and B there will be no need for a final; otherwise the final game between the two section winners goes Monday at 3 pm. The men’s and women’s Seniors champions will earn a trip to the Canadian Seniors, not far away at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside, March 21-28.