HomAn rink wins ThunDEr BAy slAm

Ottawa’s Rachel Homan capped her undefeated run at the Tour Challenge with a title win in Thunder Bay, Ont. Homan scored three points apiece in the second and fifth ends en route to an 8-4 victory over Tracy Fleury in the women’s final on Sunday, halting the East St. Paul, Man., skip’s own unbeaten run at the tournament. Homan shot 85 per cent to lead her team compared to Fleury’s 66. The title win was Homan’s first at the Tour Challenge and it was her eighth win overall on the Grand Slam of Curling circuit. Sunday’s match was also Homan’s second straight appearance in a Grand Slam final — she lost to Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg two weeks ago at the Masters. Later Sunday, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., scored a deuce in the eighth end to slip past Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher for a 6-5 victory in the men’s final. The win gave Jacobs’ his fourth title on the Grand Slam of Curling tour.