Fort Frances Muskies girls curling team rallies for playoff spot at OFSAA curling championship

The Fort Frances Muskies girls curling team has advanced to the playoff round at the all-Ontario high school curling championships in Thunder Bay.

Trailing Orillia 7-4 Friday morning, the team scored 4 in the 7th end, adding a final point in the 8th to win 9-7.

Fort Frances started the game down by 3 in the 1st, but drew even by the 3rd end.

Aili Chabot’s foursome trailed again in the 4th when Orillia scored 2 and added 2 more in the 6th.

The Muskies team now faces ES Catholique Theriault from Timmins in a quarterfinal match-up at 5 p.m. Central time.

In other girls’ action, Thunder Bay’s Hammarskjold Vikings lost to Nantyr Shores Secondary School from Innisfill by a score of 5-3, ending their appearance at OFSAA with a 1-3 win-loss record.

The final qualifying draw for the boys’ teams goes this afternoon at the Port Arthur Curling Club.

Hammarskjold, which clinched a playoff spot on Thursday, plays West Niagara Secondary School.

St. Patrick’s High School of Thunder Bay takes on Medway High School from Arva, north of London.

Kenora’s St. Thomas Aquinas boys team is still search for a win as they conclude play with a game against Milton’s St Francis Xavier Catholic Secondary School.