HALIFAX - Calgary's Kayla Skrlik earned the biggest first win of the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials on Sunday.

Skrlik's rink defeated the top-ranked women’s team in the world, Ottawa's Rachel Homan, 8-7 in extra ends. It snapped Homan’s 32-game winning streak against Canadian teams, a streak that spanned 413 days.

“It's a really good confidence builder win, I think the best confidence builder we could have," Skrlik said. "But, it's still a long week, we can’t just beat Homan and lose the rest of our games. We’re taking it one shot, one game at a time and that really helped, especially against Rachel.”

Skrlik (1-2) broke a 4-4 tie with a three-point ninth end. But Homan (2-1), the reigning Canadian and world champion, forced Skrlik to the extra end by making a draw for three in t

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