Curling

Kakabeka Falls Curling Club foursome 1-0 at national championships in Ottawa.

Their championship game against defending champion Tanner Horgan of Sudbury came down to a measurement.

Team McCarville captured the Northern Ontario Women's Curling Championship with a 6-4 win over Sudbury's Krysta Burns.

The two teams will tangle in a rematch of last year's Northern Ontario Women's Curling Championship.

Thunder Bay rink has played six win-or-go-home games at the provincial curling championship in Little Current, has won all six of them and is now two wins away from the title.

Trevor Bonot has earned a spot in Sunday's semifinal and will take on the winner between Brian Adams Jr. and Zach Warkentin.

Thunder Bay rinks will play each other Saturday afternoon for a spot in Sunday morning's semifinal. Krista McCarville rink remains undefeated atop the women's standings.

Defending champions needed a deuce in the 10th end to squeak past Sudbury's Krysta Burns.

Local hopeful Zach Warkentin stayed alive with a 6-4 win over Chris Silver, eliminating the Thunder Bay rink in C-side play.

On the men's side, Thunder Bay's Zach Warkentin kept his team's hopes alive with a 7-1 win over Matthew Hunt.