Krista McCarville advances to Scotties final

Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville calls her last rock during the page playoff against Manitoba at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville advanced to the Canadian women’s curling championship final with a 7-5 win over Jennifer Jones in Saturday’s semifinal.

McCarville’s Thunder Bay team will meet Alberta’s Chelsea Carey in Sunday’s final. The winner represents Canada at the women’s world championship March 19-27 in Swift Current, Sask.

Of the eight women playing for the crown Sunday, only Alberta lead Laine Peters has won a national title before with Heather Nedohin in 2012.

Third Amy Nixon was Shannon Kleibrink’s vice when they lost the 2008 Scotties final to Jones.

McCarville came from behind to win both the semifinal and an earlier playoff game against Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson.

Trailing 4-2 after five ends against Jones, McCarville stole a point in the 10th, two points in the ninth and also stole a single in the sixth.

Manitoba outplayed Northern Ontario for seven ends in the playoff between the third and fourth seeds from the preliminary round.

But Northern Ontario scored two in the eighth, stole a point in the ninth and stole another two in the 10th for a 7-5 win.

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