Lawton advances to Canada Cup final to face Bernard (CCA)

(CCA)  Calgary’s Cheryl Bernard is back in Olympic-Games form and she’ll face Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton to provide conclusive proof when the women’s scrapping at Canada Cup of Curling winds up in a battle for $25,000 today (Sunday) at 9 pm Atlantic on TSN. 


Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner and Sherry Anderson (Photo: CCA/Michael Burns Photography)
Bernard and Lawton took turns making short work of an 18-game winning streak amassed by Calgary’s Shannon Kleibrink heading into Saturday’s Page playoffs.

 Winning her eighth straight over her cowtown rival, Bernard and her team of Susan O’Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire and Cori Morris stole vital fifth- and sixth-end singles en route to a 6-4 duke in the Page One morning match and advanced directly to the championship final.

 Kleibrink appeared frustrated by a relentless Lawton onslaught in the afternoon semi-final and surrendered 8-4.

 Lawton, with Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler and Marliese Kasner operating efficiently in front, clobbered Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay 9-2 to emerge from the sudden-death Page Two scuffle.

 “We came to play today and it really showed,” said the 30-year-old Lawton. “We made all kinds of shots.  They (Kleibrink) just struggled with draw weight and having an early lead we were able to hit away.”

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