Curling

Thunder Bay team has an outside chance at a direct bye to Sunday's final, but needs a little help.

Defending champion Bonot rink needed an extra-end steal to keep their dreams of a repeat alive.

Thunder Bay skips are tied for first place with 4-1 records.

An 8-5 loss on Friday morning to Thunder Bay's Brian Adams Jr. sends the defending champion squad to the C-side bracket, with one more loss ending their dream of a repeat.

Both rinks made easy work of their opponents on Friday morning, setting up a clash between the two Thunder Bay teams on Friday night.

Facing win-or-go-home games, Thunder Bay skips pull off key wins on Thursday night at the Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship.

Thunder Bay rink scored three in the eighth to break open a 4-4 contest and went on to defeat their Sudbury opponent 9-6 on Thursday night.

Sudbury rink remains unbeaten at Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championship.

Robyn Despins and Krista McCarville both picked up victories in Thursday morning’s game at the Port Arthur Curling Centre.

Thunder Bay's Chris Silver led 5-0 through three ends, but wound up on the wrong side of a 9-7 defeat.