Nova Scotia’s Taylour Stevens was one step closer to reaching the final of the Canadian junior women's curling championship.
Stevens' Halifax Curling Club team of Lindsey Burgess, Kate Callaghan and Cate Fitzgerald, will face Alberta in Saturday's late semifinal in Langley, B.C. Alberta upended New Brunswick 10-3 in a tiebreaker earlier Saturday.
Nova Scotia closed out preliminary play with an 8-2 record and advanced directly to the semifinal.
The semifinal winner moves to Sunday's final versus Manitoba at 1 p.m. (AT). Truro’s Karlee Burgess is the third for Manitoba’s Mackenzie Zacharias rink that went 10-0.
On Saturday, Burgess was named a first-team all-star at third, joining teammates Zacharias (skip) and Lauren Lenentine (lead).
Lyndsey Burgess earned the Ken Watson Sportsmanship Award, as voted by the players, while Callaghan will take home an ASHAM Fair Play Award, as selected by the officials.
In the junior men's championship, Nova Scotia - represented by the Chester rink of Graeme Weagle, Owen Purcell, Jeffrey Meagher and Scott Weagle - finished at 5-5.
Manitoba will face Newfoundland and Labrador in Sunday's final at 6 p.m.
Meagher was selected as a first-team all-star at second while Scott Weagle took second-team all-star honours at lead, in a tie with Newfoundland's Nathan King.
Nova Scotia coach Anthony Purcell earned an ASHAM Fair Play Award.
