Winners of the tournament in Portage la Prairie will represent Manitoba at the nationals in Red Deer in mid February.

2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Portage la Prairie  - results courtesy CurlManitoba

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Championship Final Results

Jennifer Jones returns to the Nationals for the eighth year in a row. Jones beat Chelsea Carey 6-5 in Sunday's final.

Team Carey held the hammer for the first four ends, blanking the first three ends.

In the fourth end, Kristy McDonald threw a triple knockout and later Carey split the rings with her last rock to score two.

Jennifer Jones made a tap for three in the fifth end to get on the scoreboard.

The sixth end saw Jones hit and roll in behind Team Carey's guard in her last rock. Carey was unsuccessful in her attempt at the runback and Team Jones stole one.

In the seventh end, Carey lightly tapped her rock to score two and tie the game. Jones had an open draw to the button to score one in the eighth.

In the ninth end, Carey drew to the four foot facing five to score one and tie up the game once again. In the final and tenth end, Jones tapped her rock up to score one and clinch the win.

Team Jones consists of Skip Jennifer Jones, Third Kaitlyn Lawes, Second Jill Officer, Lead Dawn Askin, Fifth Jennifer Clark-Rouire, and Coach Janet Arnott.

Draw 9 Results

Lisa DeRiviere-Miami continues to impress at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Monsanto by defeating Kim Link-East St.Paul 7-5 in ten ends. DeRiviere started strong scoring three points in the third end and two points in the fifth to take a 5-1 lead. Link scored singles in the sixth and seventh to get back into the contest only to have DeRiviere to score another pair in the eighth to put the game away. DeRiviere has a record of 3-2, while Link falls to 1-4.

Chelsea Carey-Morden suffered her first lost of the championship, losing to three time Provincial Champion Janey Harvey-Assiniboine Memorial 6-5 in an extra end. Carey is tied for first in the "Red Brick" Red Group with a 4-1 record while Harvey sits at 3-2.

January 27 2012

Carey, Chelsea - Morden(5) vs Harvey, Janet - Assiniboine Memorial(6) Park, Liza - Brandon(6) vs Menard, Lisa - Dauphin(4) Link, Kim - East St. Paul(5) vs DeRiviere, Lisa - Miami(7) Montford, Michelle - Assiniboine Memorial(5) vs Overton-Clapham, Cathy - Fort Rouge(11)

Draw 8 Results

January 26, 2012

Lisa DeRiviere-Miami and Michelle Montford-Assiniboine Memorial had an exciting close match tonight at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Lisa scored the first point in the third end and Michelle responded by scoring two in the fourth end. For the remainder of the game, they went back and forth scoring one. Michelle secured the win with a point in the 10th.

DeRiviere, Lisa - Miami(4) vs Montford, Michelle - Assiniboine Memorial(5)

Overton-Clapham, Cathy - Fort Rouge(9) vs Link, Kim - East St. Paul(3)

Menard, Lisa - Dauphin(2) vs Carey, Chelsea - Morden(9)

Harvey, Janet - Assiniboine Memorial(7) vs Park, Liza - Brandon(2)

Draw 7 Results

Kelsey Boettcher-Stonewall provided the crowd at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with an upset by defeating former World Champion Jennifer Jones-St.Vital 7-6 in ten ends. With the game tied at two after three ends, Jones scored two in the fourth to take lead. Boettcher battled back scoring singles in three straight ends to take the lead only to have Jones score a pair in the eighth to lead 6-5. Boettcher then showed her mettle, scoring a single in the eighth and another in the tenth to steal the win. Jones drops to 3-1 with the loss while Boettcher improves to 2-2.

January 26, 2012

Russill, Kelsey - Brandon(5) vs Robertson, Darcy - Fort Rouge(8)

Jones, Jennifer - St. Vital(6) vs Boettcher, Kelsey - Stonewall(7)

Forbes, Lori - The Pas(0) vs Spencer, Barb - Fort Rouge(10)

Thurston, Jill - Granite(9) vs Ursel, Terry - Plumas(6)

Draw 6 Results

Lisa DeRiviere-Miami continued her strong play at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts presented by Monsanto with a convincing 6-2 win over Janet Harvey-Assiniboine Memorial in ten ends. With no score after three ends, the teams traded singles in the fourth and fifth. DeRiviere scored two points in the sixth and seventh ends and never looked back winning the match 6-2. She improves her record to 2-1 while Harvey falls to 1-2.

January 26 2012, 12:15 PM

Carey, Chelsea - Morden(9) vs Link, Kim - East St. Paul(2) Harvey, Janet - Assiniboine Memorial(2) vs DeRiviere, Lisa - Miami(6) Montford, Michelle - Assiniboine Memorial(10) vs Park, Liza - Brandon(4) Menard, Lisa - Dauphin(1) vs Overton-Clapham, Cathy - Fort Rouge(8)

Draw 5 Results -

2009 Provincial Champion Barb Spencer-Fort Rouge improved her record to 3-0 with a 8-4 win over Kelsey Boettcher-Stonewall in nine ends. After blanking the first two ends Spencer exploded for four points in the third to take a commanding lead. The teams traded singles for the next four ends, with Spencer ending the game with a score of two in the ninth.

January 26 2012, 8:30 AM

Spencer, Barb - Fort Rouge(8) vs Boettcher, Kelsey - Stonewall(4) Thurston, Jill - Granite(12) vs Russill, Kelsey - Brandon(3) Robertson, Darcy - Fort Rouge(9) vs Ursel, Terry - Plumas(2) Forbes, Lori - The Pas(0) vs Jones, Jennifer - St. Vital(10)