Semi-Final Saturday

The Brier's nearly over for another year.

A few days ago, I was pretty pissed that Kevin Martin was eliminated from the Brier. He was, by far, my favorite guy in there. I was hoping he'd win. But it wasn't to be. He was given the boot by Nova Scotia's Mark Dacey in the quarterfinals. And today, Dacey also met his match in the semis.

Last night, Quebec ran out of gas towards the end of their game to first place team Ontario's Glenn Howard in the "1 vs 2" page playoff game. So Quebec dropped down to play Dacey. The winner gets to take a stab at Ontario in the final match on Sunday.

Quebec roared out of the gates, going up 5-1 after the first three ends. It looked like they'd just steamroll thier way into the finals... but Dacey finally decided not to suck, and made a game of it.

Came down the last end, last rock. Quebec was up by two, Dacey needed to steal a pair in the tenth. No easy task. Obviously not easy enough for Dacey, because he blew it. He did, however, manage to steal one... but that wasn't enough. Quebec wins it, 7-6. They'll get another shot at Howard on Sunday.

See, I told you that all those Quebec fans had nothing to worry about.