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Jacobs, McEwen set for GSOC National final (Grand Slam)

(by Jonathan Brazeau) SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs has a chance to win a Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title in his hometown after winning 8-2 in six ends over Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher during the National semifinals Saturday.

Brad Jacobs (Photo: Anil Mungal)

Bottcher, the 2012 world junior champion, held the hammer in the first and drew his final stone into the four-foot circle to score one but that was his only lead of the game.

After a close measurement in the second, Jacobs scored a deuce to jump ahead. Jacobs pulled away with a steal of one in the third and two in the fourth and iced the game with a triple in the sixth.

It was Bottcher’s first time reaching a Grand Slam semifinal.

Watch the National final Sunday on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific at 4:30 p.m. AT.


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Jacobs will face Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen, who earned a 5-2 victory over Heath McCormick, from Blaine, Minn., in the other semifinal match.

McEwen led 4-0 after stealing singles in the second and third ends and two in the fifth. McCormick blanked the first and fourth ends. He settled for one in the sixth and stole a point in seven. McCormick had three stones in the house in the final end but McEwen nailed the hit and stick to count one.

[PEI’s Adam Casey rink finished play with a 2-3 win-loss record, and beat Jacobs in their round robin encounter.]

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