Lawton beats Flaxey in extra end in early draw at Champions Cup bonspiel

SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. – Stefanie Lawton scored one point in an extra end for a 5-4 victory over Allison Flaxey in the early draw Wednesday at the Champions Cup curling event.

Lawton, from Saskatoon, pulled ahead with a deuce in the seventh end but Flaxey, from Caledon, Ont., tied it with a single in the eighth. Lawton threw at an 81 per cent clip while Flaxey struggled at just 67 per cent.

Winnipeg’s Kerri Einarson defeated Scotland’s Eve Muirhead 7-3. In men’s play, Switzerland’s Peter De Cruz topped Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock 10-5, Scotland’s David Murdoch beat Saskatoon’s Shaun Meachem 7-2 and Sweden’s Niklas Edin defeated American John Shuster 7-5.

Three more draws were scheduled for later Wednesday at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre.

Round-robin play continues through Friday at the $200,000 bonspiel. The finals are scheduled for Sunday.

It’s the seventh and final event of the Grand Slam season.