US EditionCanada's Brad Jacobs Downs U.S. to Take Men's Pan Continental Curling Title (Sports)
Brad Jacobs' team secured Canada’s spot at the 2026 World Curling Championships by winning the Pan Continental title with a 7-3 victory over the United States.
- On Sunday, Canada's Brad Jacobs defeated John Schuster's United States rink 7-3 to win the men's Pan Continental Curling Championships, securing a spot for next year's world championships.
- Brad Jacobs reached the men's gold-medal game after a narrow 5-4 semifinal win over China on Saturday in Virginia, Minnesota, with vice-skip Marc Kennedy curling a perfect game including a triple-takeout.
- Canada posted a perfect round-robin record after beating the U.S. 6-5 in Friday's final draw, while Sunday's final was a rematch after the U.S. defeated Japan 9-3 in the semifinal.
- Defending champion Rachel Homan's Ottawa-based rink beat the United States 8-3 in a women's semifinal and will face China's Rui Wang in Sunday's final, while Canada already holds a guaranteed berth for the women's worlds March 14-22, 2026, in Calgary, Alberta.
- Jacobs' bronze at the 2025 world championship underscores the rink's recent form, and the Calgary-based team will aim to defend their Canadian title and return to Ogden City, Utah.
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Duluth News Tribune
Superior TelegramTeam Shuster defeated in Pan Continental final
VIRGINIA — Team Canada and skip Brad Jacobs kept John Shuster's Team USA from claiming an international victory on home turf on Sunday by a 7-3 decision in the final of the Pan Continental Curling Championships at Iron Trail Motors Event Center. After three blank ends and a single point for Canada in the fourth, Shuster produced a two on a run-back to give the Americans a 2-1 lead at the halfway point. Jacobs notched a double for two to regain t…
Canada's Brad Jacobs downs U.S. to take men's Pan Continental curling title (Sports)
Canada's Brad Jacobs has won the men's Pan Continental Curling Championship with a 7-3 win over John Schuster of the United States. The Pan Continental is a regional qualifier for countries for next year's world championships. Jacobs, whose team took the bronze medal at the 2025 world championship i...
The Hamilton Spectator
Canada’s Brad Jacobs downs U.S. to take men’s Pan Continental curling title
VIRGINIA - Canada's Brad Jacobs has won the men's Pan Continental Curling Championship with a 7-3 win over John Schuster of the United States.
Prince George Citizen
Canada's Brad Jacobs downs U.S. to take men's Pan Continental curling title
VIRGINIA — Canada's Brad Jacobs has won the men's Pan Continental Curling Championship with a 7-3 win over John Schuster of the United States. The Pan Continental is a regional qualifier for countries for next year's world championships.
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