GRAND PRAIRIE, Alta. -- Krista McCarville, Sarah Potts, Ashley Sippala and Kendra Lilly are back on the winning track at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grand Prairie, Alta.
The Thunder Bay foursome improved to 6-3 for the week on Thursday, after knocking off British Columbia’s Karla Thompson 10-3 in Draw 14.
McCarville, edging closer to a playoff spot, controlled the match most of the way, taking a 2-1 lead in the third and stealing two more in the fourth to go up 4-1.
Thompson got one back in the fifth, but Team Northern Ontario pounced in the sixth, scoring three to take a commanding 7-2 lead. She added three more in the eighth to end the game."
B.C. fell to 1-8 and is facing relegation for a second straight year.
Alberta helped McCarville’s cause on Sheet B, trouncing Jill Brothers’ rink 8-2. Brothers fell to 5-5, while Chelsea Carey continues to lead the pack at 8-2.
McCarville takes on Quebec's Marie-France Larouche on Thursday afternoon and wraps up round-robin play on Friday morning against Jen Hanna's Ontario rink.
