Defending champion Bonot rink wanted an extra-end steal to maintain their goals of a repeat alive.
THUNDER BAY – The defending champs are nonetheless alive on the Northern Ontario Males’s Curling Championship.
However they should win out to reclaim their title.
Trevor Bonot’s foursome eked out an 8-7, extra-end win on Saturday morning to maneuver on in C-side, eliminating his opponent, Thunder Bay’s Chris Silver, within the course of.
It was a battle from begin to end, stated Bonot, who by no means led till he manufactured a steal of 1 within the eleventh, after getting his deuce within the tenth to maintain the match going.
“They pushed us to the limit, and to have our life hanging on a steal and hoping for a miss is unnerving, but we’re pretty happy to sneak that one out and still be alive here,” Bonot stated.
Silver, who had gained three-straight, after opening with two straight losses, led 3-0 after a steal of two within the third finish, however Bonot rallied again, choosing up one within the fourth after which he stole singles within the fifth and sixth to even the match 3-3.
Silver scored a deuce within the seventh, however with hammer within the eighth, Bonot had a possible hit-and-stick for 3, however did handle to attain two, as soon as once more tying the match.
One other two within the ninth gave Silver a 7-5 benefit, however Bonot was excellent on his draw to the button for a pair within the tenth, forcing the additional finish.
“Of course, it’s a lot of pressure, but I think for us it’s about staying calm and doing what we do and just making sure we have draw weight and control – nothing too pumped up and just stay calm.”
It’s aid figuring out they’ve survived to play one other match, a day battle in opposition to Zach Warkentin, who pulled out all of the methods on Saturday to attain a come-from-behind 9-7 win over Brian Adams Jr., stealing three within the tenth to triumph.
“You’ve got to win a lot of games to make the playoffs in these events, and we know that,” Bonot stated. “A couple more would be nice, but first off we’ve got a game at 2 o’clock and we’re going to start with the first end and see how that goes.”
Warkentin discovered himself in early bother, giving up 4 within the second finish to Adams.
However video games aren’t misplaced within the second finish, stated the veteran skip, who bounced again with two within the third and hit the fifth-end break trailing 5-3.
“It’s a long game. It’s 10 ends and we’ve been on flip side of (being) up big. It’s really tough to defend a lead for that long, so we knew if we just stuck to the process, that’s kind of what we kept saying,” Warkentin stated.
At that time, it was all about making pictures.
Down 7-4 coming into the ninth, Warkentin was left with an open hit for 2 to attain a pair, leaving him down one, with out hammer, coming house.
As Adams put up guards, Warkentin clogged the four-foot, burying a 3rd stone on the four-foot. Adams was left with a difficult draw and rubbed on a guard, ending his week.
“Once we had those two in play, we knew that OK, Brian’s going to have to make a couple of really nice ones against us to be able to get it. It just kind of came down to … just make two pistol draws and know he’s going to have to face a tough one. And that’s all you can do.”
The winner of the two p.m. match will advance to the C-qualifier in opposition to the loser of the B-qualifier between Thunder Bay’s Dylan Johnston and Sudbury’s Sandy MacEwan.
