Jones advances to face Homan for record 7th Scotties title in final appearance

Jennifer Jones advanced to Sunday's final at the Canadian women's curling championship with a 12-7 semifinal win over fellow Manitoban Kate Cameron in Calgary.

The 49-year-old skip is seeking a record-breaking seventh Scotties Tournament of Hearts title. She will face Ontario's Rachel Homan in the evening's championship game.

Jones scored five points in the first end to control the afternoon game early. She added deuces in the third, fifth and seventh ends to keep Cameron chasing. Cameron shook hands after the ninth end.

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Cameron played in six previous Scotties Tournament of Hearts as third for various skips. She was a rookie skip at the national championship with a new team comprised of Meghan Walter, Kelsey Rocque and Mackenzie Elias.

Rocque replaced pregnant second Taylor McDonald just before the Calgary tournament.

"As much as that loss sucks right now, I think the girls are going to take a lot from that," Cameron said. "That's one of probably the biggest games they've played in.

"Lots to learn this whole week that we can pull from and I think going forward it's just going to help make us better."

Her foursome from Winnipeg's Granite Curling Club won four straight games to reach the semifinal. That included a playoff elimination of Kerri Einarson, who was attempting to claim a record fifth consecutive national crown.

Her team couldn't recover from giving up an early five points against Jones, however.

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