Staff
Lorne Jackson was on the wrong side of revenge at the Northern Ontario mixed provincial curling championships in Kenora over the weekend.
Jackson and his rink of third Kathie Jackson, second Todd Moxham, and lead Christine Sinclair had dropped Robbie Gordon (Idylwylde) to the brink of elimination with an 8-4 win on Friday morning.
But on Saturday, the two rinks met again in the ‘C’ side of the tournament. And this time it was Gordon who prevailed, eliminating the Fort Frances crew with a 5-3 win.
Gordon scored singles in the first three ends before Jackson responded with one in the fourth.
But Gordon came right back with singles in each of the fifth and sixth ends.
Jackson counted a deuce in the seventh to get to within 5-3, but the teams shook hands after that, allowing Gordon to stay alive.
The Jackson rink had been bumped to the ‘C’ side earlier in the day with a 6-5 loss to eventual champion Craig Kochan (Fort William).
Kochan put up a deuce in the first before stealing one in the second to lead 3-0, but Jackson responded with singles in the third and fourth to get within 3-2.
The teams traded singles in the fifth and sixth, but Jackson knotted things at 4-4 with a steal in the seventh.
Kochan rallied with one in the eighth, but Jackson again tied it in the ninth.
Kochan then escaped with the win by scoring a single in the 10th.
