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Kerri Einarson claims 5th Scotties Tournament of Hearts after defeating Kaitlyn Lawes in 11 ends
Kerri Einarson claimed her fifth Scotties title by edging Kaitlyn Lawes 4-3 in an 11-end final, capitalizing on key misses and timely steals.
- On Sunday, Kerri Einarson won the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, defeating Manitoba skip Kaitlyn Lawes 4-3 in 11 ends at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre for her fifth national title.
- After Lawes left four rocks in the house, Einarson raised her own to force the extra end, then Lawes failed to remove Einarson's lone rock with her hammer throw.
- A 12-5 semifinal win over Alberta's Selena Sturmay preceded Einarson's final after Lawes routed her 10-2 in Saturday's playoff, taking the long route to victory.
- With Homan absent, Einarson or Homan have been finalists for the past 10 years, while Homan is missing this year's event representing Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
- Players reflected after the final, with Sturmay, seven months pregnant, saying `You don't come to this event to lose and I just want to say thank you to the girls for playing as well as they did.
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MISSISSAUGA — Kerri Einarson's Team Canada, based of out Camp Morton, Manitoba, has defeated Kaitlyn Lawes' of Winnipeg 4-3 in 11 ends in tonight's championship final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. More coming. The Canadian Press
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