Alberta’s Koe tops Wild Card 2’s Carruthers 9-7 in extra end at Tim Hortons Brier

LONDON, Ont. — Alberta’s Kevin Koe needed an extra end to complete a 9-7 victory over Reid Carruthers of Wild Card 2 at the Tim Hortons Brier.

Koe made a short in-off for a deuce to improve to 4-0 after seven draws of round-robin play. Carruthers fell to 2-2.

In other early games, Wild Card 3’s Karsten Sturmay edged Yukon’s Thomas Scoffin 7-6 and Ontario’s Mike McEwen dropped an 8-7 decision to Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith.

Nova Scotia’s Matthew Manuel scored five points in the eighth end for a 10-4 win over Nunavut’s Jake Higgs.