Hometown team stays within striking distance of pulling off an upset as the opener of final in Halifax is decided on the last rock.

Black Friday in the curling world?

Not for the Halifax-based women’s curling crew after its 5-4 loss to the No. 1 team on the planet.

Instead of a bonanza for Haligonians who crashed the Scotiabank Centre doors Friday, it turned out to be a bad deal on the first day of finals action at the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials presented by Connect Hearing.

Christina Black came up a touch short of toppling defending two-time world and national champion Rachel Homan in Game 1 of the championship series to determine the country’s female representation for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Just not enough touch, in fact, to pull off the upset.

“We kept it with

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