![]() ![]() ![]() "I feel like I'm throwing better than ever," Rizzo said. Rizzo's numbers slipped in the win, but coming through a tight port for a hit to score two for a 2-1 lead in the second end had Newfoundland chasing the rest of the game. Rizzo carried the best shooting percentage of all fourth-stone throwers into Monday's win over Stacie Curtis. "I'll just keep trucking along and see where it takes me." "It's given me a little more longevity because if I didn't join this team I probably would have retired," Rizzo said. After a few different lineup configurations, they landed on their current setup. Rizzo skipped a team in the 2005 Olympic trials and reached the 2013 trials final as Sherry Middaugh's third. The four Page playoff teams emerge from that group. The top three teams in each pool of nine at the conclusion of the preliminary round Thursday advance to the championship round. Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville led Pool B at 4-1 ahead of Galusha and Manitoba's Jennifer Jones, both at 3-1. "We know we're underdogs still, but if we come out and make the right shots at the right time and stick together as a team, you never know what can happen."ĭefending champion Kerri Einarson was the lone unbeaten team heading into Tuesday at 5-0 atop Pool A. I feel this year our pool is tougher, the whole field is tougher, it's crazy, but we're excited to play and see what we can do. ![]() "It's hard to quit when I have a good strong team around me," Galusha said. Galusha intended the 2022-23 curling season and her 16th Hearts to be her last, but the skip has walked that back. Margot Flemming and Sarah Koltun, both 29, round out the Yellowknife Curling Club foursome. The 59-year-old import player from Brantford, Ont., throws fourth stones, with 45-year-old Galusha delivering lead rocks and calling shots. "That's the part that's reeling us back in," Rizzo said Monday following a 14-8 win over Newfoundland and Labrador. Winning three of four games to start this year's Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Kamloops makes the curlers feel calling it quits might be premature. team to make playoffs last year in Thunder Bay, Ont. In her 15th Canadian women's curling championship, Galusha skipped the first all-N.W.T. If we're staying, we're staying together." "We're kind of in the same boat," Rizzo said. The recent revitalization of their Northwest Territories team makes it difficult to walk away, however. KAMLOOPS - Kerry Galusha and Jo-Ann Rizzo are a package deal.īoth are closing in on the end of their competitive curling careers. ![]()
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