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Fleury stops McCarville to set up intriguing Northern Ontario final

Hometown hero Fleury ends streak of futility against McCarville with 9-4 win.
Tracy Fleury
Sudbury's Tracy Fleury takes a shot in the second end of the championship game at the Northern Ontario Scotties on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Nipigon (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)

SUDBURY – Krista McCarville won’t run the table at the Northern Ontario women’s curling championship.

In fact, she might have a battle on her hands.

After cruising to a pair of wins to open the play-downs, being contested in Sudbury, McCarville was stopped in her tracks on Friday night by hometown hopeful Tracy Fleury, looking to re-capture the title for the first time since 2015.

Fleury took a 4-1 lead with deuces in the second and fourth end, then put the game away in the sixth, scoring three points to jump in front 7-3. After McCarville, who hails from Thunder Bay, was held to one in the seventh, Fleury ended it with two more in the eighth to end the match.

McCarville (2-1) takes on Piper Croisier on Saturday morning to wrap up round-robin play. She`ll take on Fleury in the final, scheduled for 7:30 p.m.



Leith Dunick

About the Author: Leith Dunick

A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories too. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time. Twitter: @LeithDunick
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