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Team Galusha tops in Ontario

You know that quarter-final jinx Kerry Galusha had been suffering from on the World Curling Tour circuit this season?
You can put that to bed now because she's a champion.

Galusha and her rink of Sarah Koltun, Brittany Tran and Shona Barbour are atop the mountain after winning the final of the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic on Sunday in Kemptville, Ont.

Team Galusha, consisting of skip Kerry Galusha, left, Sarah Koltun, Brittany Tran and Shona Barbour, are the champions of the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic after beating Mary-Anne Arsenault of Nova Scotia in the final on Sunday. photo courtesy of Team Galusha
Team Galusha, consisting of skip Kerry Galusha, left, Sarah Koltun, Brittany Tran and Shona Barbour, are the champions of the Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic after beating Mary-Anne Arsenault of Nova Scotia in the final on Sunday.
photo courtesy of Team Galusha

They defeated Mary-Anne Arsenault of Nova Scotia in the championship game by a score of 5-3.

Galusha went into the final with the hammer to start but Arsenault was the one who drew first blood by stealing a single in the first end and another in the second. Galusha got on the board with a single in the third and stole one of her own in the fourth to tie the game at 2-2.

Both teams ended up trading points in the fifth and sixth ends before Galusha stole in the seventh to take a 4-3 lead and stole another in the eighth and final end to claim arguably the biggest win of her career and the champion's cheque of $6,000.

Galusha's march to the top started on Nov. 1, where she managed to make it to the final of the A bracket qualifier but lost out to Jestyn Murphy of Ontario in her final. That put her in the B qualifier, with three more spots in the quarter-final up for grabs and Galusha got one thanks to defeating Chrissy Cadorin of Ontario in an extra end, 6-5.

She broke the quarter-final curse by beating Danielle Inglis of Ontario, 5-4, and followed that up by exacting some revenge on Murphy in the semifinal, beating her when it mattered, 7-6.

See Wednesday's edition of Yellowknifer for the full story.