(By Larry Wood)
t ended with a near-miss for Marie-France Larouche but, otherwise, Saturday’s mid-day Page Three-Four sudden-death playoff match at the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts always seemed heavily weighted toward the home-province entry.
Alberta’s Heather Nedohin guided her Edmonton team to a 7-4 conquest of Quebec, cracking three deuces during the match while Larouche never was able to mount a multiple score.
The Albertans out-curled their adversary 85-76 in team percentage with Nedohin outpointing Larouche on last rocks by 87-70.
Heather Nedohin at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
(Photo by: Andrew Klaver)
“I think we need to work on the beginning of our games,” said Larouche, who was directing a brand new team this season. “I think we have to be more ready at the beginning.
“It was very disappointing because we know we are able to beat this team. But we don’t play our best game today so we lost.”