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Article content Rachel Homan throws her final stone during Game 1 of the best-of-three final of the Canadian Olympic curling trials at Scotiabank Centre. Photo by Tim Krochak \/The Chronicle HeraldArticle contentBoth skips shot an identical 74 per cent on the day. Black was coming off a 90 per cent shooting percentage in the semifinal upset of Team Kerri Einsarson on Thursday.Article contentAn inconsistent ice surface proved to be a challenge for both teams.Article content\u201cIt was challenging out there,\u201d said Homan\u2019s second Emma Miskew. \u201cWe thought when we started the game that the frost was going to stay away, but it was not the case, and we definitely struggled a little bit when the frost crept in.Article content\u201cIt\u2019s something to know for tomorrow. We\u2019ll be a little sharper with the frost.\u201dArticle contentAfter Homan scored one in the ninth, Black had the hammer for the 10th end down 5-3.Article contentTeam Black vice-skip Jill Brothers connected on a brilliant double-raise takeout. She lifted her arms high and looked to the ceiling, almost in disbelief.Article contentWith a cluster of stones in the four-foot, Black had a very tough shot for the victory but was a little light.Article contentArticle contentA game of inches, and that\u2019s how close Black came to pulling off a second-straight stunner at the Olympic trials.Article content\u201cYou watch us any time, we don\u2019t give up,\u201d Black said. \u201cWe\u2019re resilient and we find a way to scratch. We told each other at the fifth-end break, \u2018let\u2019s scratch and crawl our way back into this thing, guys. Let\u2019s just be annoying and don\u2019t give up. Just annoy them and see what happens. So that\u2019s what we did, and we were able to bring it down to the last rock.\u201dArticle content Christina Black, Jennifer Baxter and Karlee Everist look over the stones in the four-foot in the 10th end as Team Homan escaped with a 5-4 win. Photo by Tim Krochak \/The Chronicle HeraldArticle contentMiskew chuckled when asked if she found Team Black annoying.Article content\u201cWell, they\u2019re not annoying,\u201d she replied. \u201cThey definitely made a lot of shots, and they had a good handle on the ice. They\u2019re a great team.Article content\u201cI was a little confused how we got there. They made a lot of nice freezes and taps, and all of a sudden, we\u2019re in a little bit of trouble. So, it wasn\u2019t the easiest shot she had with the last one, but it was definitely there.Article content\u201cHopefully tomorrow it won\u2019t be as tense near the end of the game.\u201dArticle contentGame 1 of the men\u2019s final between Winnipeg\u2019s Team Matt Dunstone and Team Brad Jacobs of Calgary is later Friday at Scotiabank Centre.Article contentJacobs secured first place in the round robin and a bye to the best-of-three final. Dunstone advanced by defeating Saskatoon\u2019s Team Mike McEwen 9-5 in Thursday night\u2019s semifinal.Article content<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Black light on last-shot attempt, Homan escapes with Game 1 win at Canadian Olympic trials final Article content Rachel Homan throws her final stone during Game 1 of the best-of-three final of the Canadian Olympic curling trials at Scotiabank Centre. Photo by Tim Krochak \/The Chronicle HeraldArticle contentBoth skips shot an identical 74 per cent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":13431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,590,1],"tags":[116,589],"class_list":["post-13430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-newfoundland-and-labrador","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}