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Three games to go in the Round She Goes and as it should be the gals have their fate in their own hands. All alone in third place with Kliebrink, Lawton and C. Jones to come over the next two days. Win all three and end up in first place. Sounds easy, rolls right off the tongue, really, really hard to pull off in this tough crowd where everyone seems to be getting better every game.

Kliebrink seems to have awakened her inner tiger and has been curling extremely well, backed up by the irrepressible Amy Nixon she is still a big threat. Stefanie Lawton is an awesome competitor and will be very tough to handle and there is lots of fight left in Colleen Jones who will want to go out swinging in what could be her last game in front of her home town crowd.

Our gals game against Lawton will be the featured matchup on TSN's delayed broadcast Wednesday night starting at 10:00 PM EST. It's pins and needles time for those of us who stand and wait.

There have been a few instances of what I would consider poor sportsmanship in the last few draws and I suppose it is a direct result of the tremendous pressure that must accompany the quest for Olympic glory. The stakes are high, emotions run riot.

On the other hand, it makes me even more proud of the sportsmanly manner our own ladies and so many others play the game and conduct themselves. They look and act like Olympians should and I remain extremely proud of them.

Gogetem